RELATED: How to Make Calls from Windows 10 Using an Android Phone Media Controls This makes it possible to make and receive calls from Windows when your Android device is connected.Īs with the messaging feature, you can see your call log and make calls by searching through your contacts or entering a phone number manually. Since the Phone Link app connects to your phone over Bluetooth, your Windows PC can essentially act as a Bluetooth headset. RELATED: How to Wirelessly Sync Photos Between Windows 10 and Android Calls More importantly, you can easily save them to your Windows PC and even simply drag and drop them into other Windows apps. Here’s where you can see photos from your Android device. The next tab in the Phone Link app is for photos. RELATED: How to Send Texts from Windows 10 Using an Android Phone Photos

Phone Link knows the contacts from your phone, so you can find a specific person or enter a phone number. You can begin new conversations from the Phone Link app. It’s not just about replying to messages that come in, either. The main difference is messages live in their own tab and you can see full conversation histories from the Phone Link app. This works essentially the same as notification syncing. The second big feature is the ability to receive and reply to text messages on your Windows PC. RELATED: How to Get Android Notifications on a Windows 10 PC Messaging When you dismiss a notification in Phone Link, it’s dismissed on your phone as well. In some cases, you can take action on the notification without touching your phone. Notifications from your phone appear in the Notification Center like any other Windows notification. Once connected, notifications from your Android device will appear on your Windows PC.

The feature that most people are probably interested in when it comes to Phone Link is syncing notifications.

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