Windows 10 Your Phone App – Android Phone Photo and Notifications Pop Up On Your PC

Windows 10 Your Phone App

Microsoft has been adding new features and improvements to Windows 10 users experience every week by rolling out new updates to its newest operating system. In the latest update (Build 17730) they added a new app to the OS called ‘Your Phone App’. They have been testing it since past couple of months, finally this is the time to roll it out to the users, and that too in Fast Ring only.

Your Phone App features are different then what we saw earlier on Windows 10. It is not the “Get Android notifications on PC”, but a lot more than that. Once you are connected and synced your Windows 10 PC with your Android phone, you capture a photo on your phone, see it pop up on your PC. It is that easy now.

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Windows 10 “Your Phone App” Demo

No need to transfer your photos to PC using cable, or any Wifi app. Simply keep the Your Phone App opened, capture a photo or take a screenshot on your phone, and see it on your PC.

Apart from the Photos, it also keeps your updated with all Notifications on your phone, at one place on the computer. You can reply directly from this app to your emails, messages, as well as WhatsApp. There’s an official video too showing the demo of Phone App:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDnIbbRAOCQ

Remember, if you are Slow Ring user, you may need to wait for some more weeks to get this app on your PC. However, you can still give it a try by downloading the standalone app from Microsoft Store. But if in the Fast Ring, you will find it in your apps. If you need any help setting it up, check this detailed guide of ‘How to Setup Your Phone App with your Android Phone‘.

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