Your PC also needs to be using a graphics card (GPU) that supports DirectX11.

Learn how to check your PC's version of Windows Learn more about how to use Apps What do I need to use Apps?Ī PC running the Windows 10 May 2019 Update or later. You can add your Android apps as favorites on your PC, pin them to your Start menu and taskbar, and open them in separate windows to use side-by-side with apps on your PC.

Using a Wi-Fi connection, Apps allows you to browse, play, order, chat, and more - all while using your PC’s larger screen and keyboard. With the Phone Link app, you can instantly access the Android apps installed on your mobile device right on your PC. For more information, see Introducing Microsoft Phone Link and Link to Windows. In addition, the Your Phone Companion app for Android is now called Link to Windows. For more information on downloading Link to Windows to your phone, check out our guide: how to install APK files.Note: We’ve changed the name of the Your Phone app to Microsoft Phone Link.

The new apps that arrive from Microsoft are automatically added to Your Phone Companion, so this is an excellent way of checking out the new items. In fact, this might be a very good tool to discover some new application that you didn’t know existed. In fact, there are so many that it’s difficult to keep track of all of them, so the company made another app that gathers all of them under a single roof.Īll the Android applications that are built by Microsoft are grouped in categories such as Productivity, Education, Entertainment, Communication, and News. Android users might have noticed that Microsoft has quite a few apps for their operating system.

Open your phone companion