If you have ever felt any of these problems, 'Link to Windows' is the solution to your problems.
What is 'Link To Windows' ?
Samsung’s “Link to Windows” is a feature which lets you sync your phone to your PC Once connected, you can access your messaging apps, notifications, photos, and other phone functions directly from your Windows desktop. With the integration of Samsung and Microsoft, you can now seamlessly connect your Samsung device with Windows laptop/PC.
What are the major features that Link to windows offer ?
•Stop emailing photos to yourself (Link your phone to see your recent photos directly on PC)
•Manage your phone notifications ( See your notifications directly on PC and manage them directly from there )
•Instantly access your text messages ( Reply to text messages without taking your phone out of pocket)
•Use your phone screen without picking it up (Mobile apps, orders, social-media can be accessed through PC directly)
How to set up 'Link to Windows' ?
Here's how to do so: (Make sure you have active internet connection)
•Open Settings from the home screen.
•Scroll down to the bottom of the page. •Tap Advanced features.
•Tap Link to Windows.
•Select Link your phone and PC.
•Hit Sign in with Microsoft to sign in to your Microsoft account.
Once you're signed in, you'll need to give the feature access to texts and notifications.
•Hit Continue to get started.
•Hit Allow to give the app access to your contacts, to let the app manage phone calls, give it access to storage, access to your texts.
Once you're done, you should automatically see your PC listed. Hit Link your PC to finish setting up Link to Windows.
See the attached screenshot of PC:
How to know whether your device supports 'Link To Windows' or not ?
The easiest trick is to swipe down to open quick settings panel and find 'Link To Windows' icon. If it's there then you are ready to go.
Else, in the Settings>Apps, find if 'Link to windows service' is installed or not. If it's there, then just follow above steps to get connected.
The device we have used for illustration is Samsung Galaxy A50 (working on Android 10 )
Some popular devices with this feature are: Note 9 and Note 10 series; S9, S10 and S20 series; A30s, A50s, A70, A70s etc.
So do you use 'Link to Windows' feature? Which feature do you like the most ? Do you have any other trick to link to PC that easily ?
Let us know in comments down below :)
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