Microsoft Your Phone app now supports multiple Android apps on your Windows 10 PC
Your Phone’s latest update lets you run multiple Android apps on your PC, but you need a supported phone.
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Updated February 2, 2021:Microsoft’s Analy Otero Diaz clarifiedthat the Samsung Galaxy S21 does support running multiple apps through the Your Phone app. We’ve updated the article accordingly.
What you need to know
Microsoft’s Your Phone app allows you to use and interact with your smartphone through your Windows 10 PC. With it, you can place phone calls, send text messages, and receive notifications from your smartphone on your PC. Select Samsung smartphones also get extra features, thanks to agrowing partnership between Microsoft and Samsung.
One of those Samsung-specific features is the ability to mirror Android apps onto a Windows 10 PC through the Your Phone app. Following recent updates, several Samsung phones can now run multiple Android apps on a PC through Your Phone.
Here’s the list of supported phones, as found on aMicrosoft support page:
This list notably does not include Microsoft’s ownSurface Duo. The Samsung Galaxy S21 is not listed on that support page, butMicrosoft’s Analy Otero Diaz clarifiedthat the Samsung Galaxy S21 does support running multiple apps through the Your Phone app.
A differentMicrosoft support pagelists some recommendations and minimum requirements for using multiple apps through Your Phone:
Analy Otero Diaz, the principal program manager lead at Microsoft working on cross device experiences, shared the rollout of multi-app support on Twitter.
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Unleash your#Androidapps on your#Windows10PC! With#YourPhoneapp and select@SamsungMobilephones you can interact with multiple mobile apps from your PC. Available today! More info -https://t.co/5jpTJTwmeiFull video -https://t.co/Ff5kbGRG22#Microsoft#MotionGraphicspic.twitter.com/GXqsvP6NRqUnleash your#Androidapps on your#Windows10PC! With#YourPhoneapp and select@SamsungMobilephones you can interact with multiple mobile apps from your PC. Available today! More info -https://t.co/5jpTJTwmeiFull video -https://t.co/Ff5kbGRG22#Microsoft#MotionGraphicspic.twitter.com/GXqsvP6NRq— Analy Otero Diaz (@AnalyMsft)January 28, 2021January 28, 2021
Diaz shared the news on January 28, 2021 a stated that it would be “available today,” so the feature should be available on all supported devices by now.
Your Phone syncs your photos, text messages, and notifications between your phone and your PC. Now, select Samsung phones can use it to run multiple apps on a Windows 10 PC.
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