

You will get prompt asking permission to connect it to the PC, just click allow. As soon as you log in from both your phone and PC, it seamlessly connects both the devices. Both devices need to be connected to the internet. So if you wish to change it, you can do that in the start menu, under Account Settings, else you can straightaway start using it. The app will automatically detect the account you’re logged in through in your PC. It asks whether your phone is Android or iPhone, let’s choose Android for our convenience. It's expected that this behavior will improve over time, but in the meantime, you can check all your incoming text using the Your Phone app directly.After Your Phone installs, launch the app. The reason is that when you close or minimize the app, there's a delay before text notifications appear in Action Center. When using the Your Phone app, you'll notice that only some of the notifications for incoming text messages, but not for all of them. (In future updates, Microsoft is expected to bring this functionality.) Inconsistent incoming text notifications The Your Phone app is still a work in progress, and at the time of this writing, it doesn't include support for viewing or sending media in MMS messages.

Missing photos and videos from text messages

If you're saving pictures on a different location, they won't appear on your desktop app. In addition, only the images within the "Camera Roll" and "Screenshots" folders will be available. You won't see all your picturesįor instance, to reduce network usage and optimize performance, the Your Phone app only shows the 25 recent images from your Android device. While the above troubleshooting steps can help to fix most problems setting up the Your Phone app, the experience is still a work in progress, which means that some features and functionalities are limited or they're yet to be implemented.

Information you need to know about Your Phone Once you've completed the steps, re-launch the app, set up the experience one more time, and this time, it should connect to your Android device. On Android, use these steps to reset the Your Phone Companion app: How to reset the Your Phone app on Windows 10 and AndroidĪlternatively, you can reset the app to resolve most common issues connecting your computer with your phone.
