However, this is not a perfect solution for purely native tasks like playing mobile games, since they are specifically made with phone controller mechanisms like gestures.
Method 1: Using Microsoft’s Your Phone Companion to Control an Android Phone
New models of Samsung Galaxy phones have Your Phone Companion pre-installed as Link to Windows which can easily be accessed from the quick settings menu. The other Android phones which are not pre-installed with the app can easily get it from the Google Play store. Here are some of the major features of Your Phone Windows App: Photos Management – When a phone is connected to a Windows PC, you can easily view, edit, delete, and share any photos stored on your phone. This means you won’t need to go through the hassle of sending images from your phone to your PC and the reverse. Notification Access – With the PC app you can easily view, manage, and respond to notifications received on your phone without having to open your phone. Text Messaging – From your PC, you can easily create and respond to text messages received on your phone Call Management – You can conveniently make and answer phone calls from your PC since you can access all your saved contacts. Control Apps – This works on only a few phones (currently new Samsung Galaxy models). The feature allows a phone’s screen to be mirrored on PC which means you can open any app on your phone from your PC.
Install Your Phone Companion App
Setup Connection Between Phone and PC
Access Phone Notifications from PC
Make and Receive Calls with Your Phone App
Run Phone Apps from PC
This a new feature in the application and it allows you to run phone apps like you’re actually holding your phone. This feature uses the screencast feature on your phone. Basic navigation procedures are:
Single left mouse click – Behaves like a single tap on the phone screen and is primarily for selection and opening appsRight mouse click – Moves back to the previous page just like the back button on the phoneLeft mouse click and hold – Behaves like touch and hold on the phone screenMouse scroll – Behaves like scrolling with fingers on the phone screen. It scrolls through pages either vertically or horizontally
Manage Photos from PC
You can easily access and manipulate images in your photos app. Navigate to Photos from the left menu of the app to get started. You can share an image to any other app running on your, for example to the Mail app or any messaging app. If you just want to save images on your PC, just drag and drop the image to the PC. There’re are various options available for manipulation of the image for example editing, copying, saving, and more…
Text Messaging from PC
Navigate to the Messages section using the navigation menu on Your Phone app on PC. You can type a message from the right section and then type the phone number or search for a saved contact to receive the message
Method 2: Using Scrcpy to Control an Android Phone from PC
Unlike Your Phone from Microsoft, Scrcpy is an open-source application which means it’s free to use and it is open for anyone to contribute towards the development. I wouldn’t say it’s better than Your Phone of Windows since it doesn’t integrate fully with the Windows operating system, but it’s perfect for mirroring your Android phone on PC. It can be handy in scenarios where you’re demonstrating how a certain mobile app works for example during a presentation. Scrcpy can only work when the phone is connected to the PC via a USB. Setting up is very simple with these steps:
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