While Microsoft’s Your Phone application has important reasons to exist, it still having a long way to go. The maker has pushed a major update in August this year, which lets Samsung users cast their Windows PC apps. And now, with the November update, Microsoft extends support for more handsets and usage.
Windows 10 Your Phone App Gets More Development
The Your Phone in Windows 10 is more than just a screencasting application since it lets users operate their phones using their PC. While this is being improved over time, the November update to Windows Insiders has seen more support added to this feature. The Your Phone app now supports more Samsung Galaxy devices. The list includes;
- Samsung Galaxy Note 9
- Samsung Galaxy S9
- Samsung Galaxy S9+
- Samsung Galaxy Note10
- Samsung Galaxy Note10+
- Samsung Galaxy Note10 Lite
- Samsung Galaxy Fold
- Samsung Galaxy S10
- Samsung Galaxy S10+
- Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite
- Samsung Galaxy S10e
- Samsung Galaxy A8s
- Samsung Galaxy A30s
- Samsung Galaxy A31
- Samsung Galaxy A40
- Samsung Galaxy A41
- Samsung Galaxy A50
- Samsung Galaxy A50s
- Samsung Galaxy A51
- Samsung Galaxy A60
- Samsung Galaxy A70
- Samsung Galaxy A70s
- Samsung Galaxy A71
- Samsung Galaxy A71 5G
- Samsung Galaxy A80
- Samsung Galaxy A90s
- Samsung Galaxy A90 5G
- Samsung Galaxy S20
- Samsung Galaxy S20+
- Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra
- Samsung Galaxy Note20
- Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra
- Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2
- Samsung Galaxy Fold
- Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro
- Samsung Galaxy Z Flip
Besides supporting more handsets, one of them, Your Phone engineers, said that users can now resize their app windows. Also, they can add their frequent apps to Favorites and also to the taskbar for quick access. While extending support, it should be noted that users should be running the latest versions of all the linked devices.
Using all my favorite mobile apps right from my PC! We're now rolling out support for multiple phone apps! @MSYourPhone #LinkToWindows #WindowsInsiders pic.twitter.com/mvQiqW9Qf7
— Vishnu.one (@VishnuNath) November 6, 2020
As Android Police said, it demands the Galaxy handsets run on One UI 3.0 with Android 11 as a base, while some phones can be supported in Android 9 as MS Poweruser reported. Further, both the PC and phone should be on the same WiFi network, with the PC running on Windows v2004 or later and be included in the Windows Insider program.
It also requires the Your Phone app to be in version 1.20102.132.0 or later and its Companion app on your related Samsung phone in version 1.20102.133.0 or later.
After all, one major complication is that it needs the phone to be unlocked and connected throughout the session, yet, it doesn’t support app sounds and some mouse/keyboard inputs from the PC to your phone.