Your Phone Companion allows you to link your Android device to Windows 10. Microsofts recently released Your Phone Companion on the Google Play Store. Right now, its the recently most installed free app on the platform.

How does Your Phone Companion work?

Phone Companion can detect when a phone or tablet is plugged into the PC and displays the name of the device and manufacturer. When a phone is plugged in, Phone Companion links to the transfer activity in Photos or the phones storage location in File Explorer.

What is Your Phone Companion app for?

Your Phone Companion is an app developed by Microsoft for Windows 10 to connect Android devices to other devices with Windows 10. It allows you to access the favorite things you do on your phone using a Windows computer.

How do I set up Phone Companion?

Open a browser on your Android device, type www.aka.ms/yourpc in the browser, and then download the Your Phone Companion app. For Surface Duo and select Samsung devices, youll be prompted to open Link to Windows instead, which is preinstalled on your Android device.

Does Your Phone Companion app come with Your Phone?

The Your Phone experience starts on your PC with Windows 10 and the Your Phone app. From your PC you can connect to select Android and Samsung devices with these two apps: Your Phone Companion (YPC) app for most Android devices. Link to Windows (LTW) app preinstalled on selected Samsung phones.

How do I remove phone companion from my Android?

On your Android device, open Link to Windows by going into the Quick Access panel, tap and hold on the Link to Windows icon. Click on Microsoft account. Scroll down to Your Phone Companion where you will see your previously used Microsoft account email address. Click on Your Phone Companion and click Remove account.

Is Microsoft Your Phone Companion safe?

No. Apple infamously locks down iOS for the iPhone making it nearly impossible to get reliable, consistent syncing to other devices. While there are unofficial workarounds to make this happen, Microsoft is only interested in sanctioned, non-hacking ways of getting devices to sync with Windows 10.

How do I see hidden apps?

How to Find Hidden Apps in the App DrawerFrom the app drawer, tap the three dots in the upper-right corner of the screen.Tap Hide apps.The list of apps that are hidden from the app list displays. If this screen is blank or the Hide apps option is missing, no apps are hidden.23 Apr 2021

Can I disable Your Phone Companion?

If you have Link to Windows: On your Android device, open Link to Windows by going into the Quick Access panel, tap and hold on the Link to Windows icon. Click on Your Phone Companion and click Remove account.

Can I remove Your Phone Companion app?

Uninstall Your Phone app from your Android device. Hold your phone companion for a while and then select uninstall. Do you want to uninstall, click yes.

Does your phone companion use data?

The Windows 10 Your Phone companion app no longer requires a Wi-Fi connection to sync your messages and photos. As noted by Windows Central, the Your Phone app can sync to Android phones using your mobile data connection.