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How to Get Android Notifications on a Windows 10 PC
Learn to access your phone from your PC using Phone Link
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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If you own anAndroidsmartphone, you’ll be happy to know that you can finally manageAndroidnotifications in Windows 10.
The app that links your phone with your PC is called Phone Link, formerly known asYour Phone, and it allows you to see notifications from yoursmartphonedirectly on yourWindows 10PC.
Also, you can see your entire SMS history or reply to messages directly from the PC.
Read on to find out how to connect your devices so that you can receive Android notifications directly on your PC.
How can I get Android notifications on my PC?
If you want to connect yourAndroidphone to aWindows 10PC in order to receive notifications on the PC, you need to use the Phone Link app.
First, make sure that you have the Phone Linkappon your PC and that it’s updated. If you don’t have the app, you canget it from the Microsoft Store.
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Press theWindowskey on your keyboard and typePhone Linkin the search box that opened, then click on the first result to open the app.
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Click onGet Started.
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Sign in with your preferred Microsoft account.
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On your Android phone, navigate to the www.aka.ms/yourpc web address and install theLink to Windowsapp.
When you’re done, go back to your PC and click onI have the Link to Windows appready.
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Choose betweenPair with QR codeandPair manually. If you choose the first option, the app will create a QR code for you to scan using your Android phone, in order to automatically connect your devices.
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If you prefer to choose thePair manuallyoption, you need to open the Link to Windows app on your device, click onContinue, allow the app to access your camera, and then press onTry another way.
After, you need to sign in with your Microsoft account on your Android in order to connect the devices.
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After you connect the devices, you just need to review the permissions. You can choose whether you want to allow Windows Link to:
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After, click onContinue.
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Select whether you want to let the app run in the background.
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Click onDone.
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And that’s it. From now on, you’ll receive notifications and messages from yourAndroidphone directly to your desktop.
If you’ve missed some of them, you can always find the in theWindows 10Notification Center.
It’s worth mentioning you’re also able toreply to messagesfrom all your messagingapps, not only from your defaultAndroidSMSapp. One less to take your phone out of your pocket!
YourPhone app won’t connect to the smartphone? Check out our guide to solve the problem in no time.
In case yourAndroid phone isn’t recognized by your Windows 10 PC, we have yet another dedicated guide that will help you fix the issue.
If you have any more questions or suggestions, feel free to leave them in the comments section below.
More about the topics:Android issues,windows 10,your phone app
Loredana Harsana
Windows Software Expert
Loredana is a passionate writer with a keen interest in PC software and technology. She started off writing about mobile phones back when Samsung Galaxy S II was on top of the world and she fell in love with tech of all sorts.
Whenever she’s not at her work desk, you’ll find her enjoying refreshing tea flavors, spilling stories on paper, and listening to the radio.
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