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YourPhone:bit.ly/yourpc493 | 20 mins | Windows 10

NOTIFICATIONS

Thisis whereyoucan

seeanynotifications

fromyourphone,such

asincomingGmailand

WhatsAppmessages,

andCalendarevents

MESSAGES

Viewthe

messageson

yourphone

andsenda

replyorcreate

a newmessage

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M

icrosoft’sYourPhoneapp

connectsyourAndroid

smartphonetoyourPCsoyou

canreplytotextmessagesdirectlyin

Windows,receiveandmanagephone

notifications,andviewandsavecopies

ofrecentphotosonyourphone,without

havingtomessaroundemailingthemto

yourself.Theappcanevenmirroryour

phonescreen,soyoucaninteractwith

yourappsandphonecontentdirectlyon

yourPC,althoughthisparticularfeature

onlyworkswithselectedphones.

Themostrecentadditiontotheapp

is theabilitytomake(andreceiveor

decline)phonecallsdirectlyfromyour

PC.Yourcomputerneedstohave

Bluetoothforthistowork.

Make phone calls from your PC

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It maytakea littlewhiletoset

everythingup.YourPCandphone

needtobeconnectedviaBluetooth, and

youmayneedtogranttheappsthe

same(ordifferent)permissionsa couple

oftimes.Onceit’sallcompleted,you’re

presentedwitha longlistofrecent

incomingandoutgoingcalls.^1

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InstalltheYour

Phoneappon

yourPC,theninstall

theYourPhone

Companionappon

yourAndroid

phone(bit.ly/

ypcandroid493).

In themobileapp,

signin withyour

Microsoftaccount

details.Youcan

createa new

accountif you

don’thaveone.

Allowthe

requestedaccess

permissions.^1

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Thecompanion

apponyour

phonedoesn’toffer

muchin thewayof

features.Youcan

explorepopular

Microsoftapps^1

andopenSettings,

(^2) althoughthe
latteronlyletsyou
checkforupdates.
Youcanalsoallow
datasyncovera
cellularconnection
andadda battery-
optimisation
exception.
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You’regiven
theoptionto
runthecompanion
appin the
background,sotext
andphotosstayup
todate,thoughthis
mayrundownyour
batteryfaster.
ConfirmyourPCis
ready,openthe
apponyour
computer,allowthe
connectiononyour
phone^1 and
choosewhetheror
nottosendusage
datatoMicrosoft.
You can nowmake and receivecalls through
your Androidphone directly from your Windows
10 PC. Here’s what you needtoknow
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Tomakecallsin theYourPhone
apponyourPC,clickthe‘Calls
(inpreview)’linkontheleft,^1 thenclick
the‘Getstarted’button.^2 Grant the
mobile app permission to access call logs
on your phone, then tick the Yes button
in the PC app to allow Your Phone to
make calls.
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