N YOUR WINDOWS 10 COMPUTER
First, make sure you have the latest version of the Your Phone app:
- Open the Microsoft Store, and search for “Your Phone”
- If the app isn’t already installed, install it
- If the app is installed, click the three-dot menu button next to the “Launch” command. If “Update” appears as an option, select it.
Next, prepare your computer for the connection:
- Open the Your Phone app
- Click the Android box, then click “Get started”
- Enter your phone number in the prompt that appears
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Got it? Good. Time to move to the phone side of things.
ON YOUR ANDROID PHONE
- Look for a text from Microsoft with a link to install the Your Phone Companion app (or just find the app
on your own), and then install it
- Open the Your Phone Companion app, and tap “Sign in with Microsoft”
- Enter your Microsoft credentials. Make sure to use the same account shown in the Your Phone app on your computer.
- Grant the app the various permissions it requests
- When the app prompts you to set up the Your Phone app on your PC, tap “My PC is ready”
- When the app prompts you to allow the connection, tap “Allow”
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THE FINAL LINK
There’s just one bit of setup left, the part that allows notifications to go through:
- Open your phone’s system settings, search for “Notification Access,” then select the Notification Access option
- Find the Your Phone Companion app in the list, and activate the toggle beside it
- Tap “Allow” on the confirmation window that appears
- Go back to the Your Phone app on your computer, and click the Notification tab on the left side of the screen. If you don’t see a Notification tab, close the app and then reopen it.
- Click “Get started,” then click “Open settings for me.” You already manually adjusted your settings (which is the more direct way of doing it — and the only way to do it as of this year’s Android Q release), so you should be taken right to the app’s Notifications screen.
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