Supported devices for Your Phone app experiences

As we share new features for the Your Phone app, some of them are dependent on the operating system or type of device you have. Please check the list below to determine if your device is eligible for these experiences.

Currently Link to Windows is only available on the following Android devices in select markets:

Recently released devices:

Samsung Galaxy Fold

Samsung Galaxy Note20 5G

Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G

Samsung Galaxy S21 5G

Samsung Galaxy S21+ 5G

Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G

Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5G

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 5G

Other eligible devices:

Samsung Galaxy S10e

Samsung Galaxy A8s

Samsung Galaxy A30s

Samsung Galaxy A31

Samsung Galaxy A32

Samsung Galaxy A32 5G

Samsung Galaxy A40

Samsung Galaxy A41

Samsung Galaxy A42 5G

Samsung Galaxy A50

Samsung Galaxy A50s

Samsung Galaxy A51

Samsung Galaxy A51 5G

Samsung Galaxy A52

Samsung Galaxy A52 5G

Samsung Galaxy A60

Samsung Galaxy A70

Samsung Galaxy A70s

Samsung Galaxy A71

Samsung Galaxy A71 5G

Samsung Galaxy A72

Samsung Galaxy A80

Samsung Galaxy A90s

Samsung Galaxy A90 5G

Samsung Galaxy Note9

Samsung Galaxy Note10

Samsung Galaxy Note10+

Samsung Galaxy Note10 Lite

Samsung Galaxy S9

Samsung Galaxy S9+

Samsung Galaxy S10

Samsung Galaxy S10+

Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite

Samsung Galaxy S20

Samsung Galaxy S20+

Samsung Galaxy S20 FE

Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra

Samsung Galaxy Xcover 5

Phone screen is available on Android devices in select markets running Android 9.0 or greater that have Link to Windows installed (for some devices, it may be preinstalled). These phones include:

Recently released devices:

Samsung Galaxy Fold

Samsung Galaxy Note20 5G

Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G

Samsung Galaxy S21 5G

Samsung Galaxy S21+ 5G

Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G

Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5G

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 5G

Other eligible devices:

Samsung Galaxy A8s

Samsung Galaxy A30s

Samsung Galaxy A31

Samsung Galaxy A32

Samsung Galaxy A32 5G

Samsung Galaxy A40

Samsung Galaxy A41

Samsung Galaxy A42 5G

Samsung Galaxy A50

Samsung Galaxy A50s

Samsung Galaxy A51

Samsung Galaxy A51 5G

Samsung Galaxy A52

Samsung Galaxy A52 5G

Samsung Galaxy A60

Samsung Galaxy A70

Samsung Galaxy A70s

Samsung Galaxy A71

Samsung Galaxy A71 5G

Samsung Galaxy A72

Samsung Galaxy A80

Samsung Galaxy A90s

Samsung Galaxy A90 5G

Samsung Galaxy Note9

Samsung Galaxy Note10

Samsung Galaxy Note10+

Samsung Galaxy Note10 Lite

Samsung Galaxy S9

Samsung Galaxy S9+

Samsung Galaxy S10

Samsung Galaxy S10+

Samsung Galaxy S10e

Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite

Samsung Galaxy S20

Samsung Galaxy S20+

Samsung Galaxy S20 FE

Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra

Samsung Galaxy A72

Apps is available on Android devices in select markets running Android 9.0 or greater that have Link to Windows installed. If your Android device is running Android 11.0¹ or higher, you may be eligible for the multiple apps experience. Those devices have an asterisk* next to them.

Recently released devices:

Samsung Galaxy Fold*

Samsung Galaxy Note20 5G*

Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G*

Samsung Galaxy S21 5G*

Samsung Galaxy S21+ 5G*

Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G*

Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip*

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5G*

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 5G*

Other eligible devices:

Samsung Galaxy A8s

Samsung Galaxy A30s

Samsung Galaxy A31

Samsung Galaxy A40

Samsung Galaxy A41

Samsung Galaxy A42 5G

Samsung Galaxy A50

Samsung Galaxy A50s

Samsung Galaxy A51

Samsung Galaxy A51 5G

Samsung Galaxy A60

Samsung Galaxy A70

Samsung Galaxy A70s

Samsung Galaxy A71

Samsung Galaxy A71 5G

Samsung Galaxy A80

Samsung Galaxy A90s

Samsung Galaxy A90 5G

Samsung Galaxy Note9

Samsung Galaxy Note10*

Samsung Galaxy Note10+*

Samsung Galaxy Note10 Lite*

Samsung Galaxy S9

Samsung Galaxy S9+

Samsung Galaxy S10

Samsung Galaxy S10+

Samsung Galaxy S10e

Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite

Samsung Galaxy S20*

Samsung Galaxy S20+*

Samsung Galaxy S20 FE*

Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra*

¹ Android 11 availability depends on your mobile device, market availability, and your mobile provider.

Samsung Note10 series

Samsung Galaxy Note20 series

Samsung Galaxy S10 series

Samsung Galaxy S20 series

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip

RCS messaging availability is varied

Whether RCS messaging is available to you also depends on the mobile operator network that you use and the country you live in.

Your Phone app requirements and set up

System requirements

The Your Phone experience starts on your PC with Windows 10 and the Your Phone app. From your PC you can connect to select Android and Samsung devices with these two apps:

Your Phone Companion (YPC) app for most Android devices

Link to Windows (LTW) app preinstalled on selected Samsung phones

You’ll see these names combined as Your Phone Companion – Link to Windows in the Google Play Store and in the Galaxy Store. In the Microsoft Store, you’ll see Your Phone. This link between your device and PC gives you instant access to everything you love. Read and reply to text messages with ease, view recent photos from your Android device, use your favorite mobile apps, make and receive calls, and manage your Android device’s notifications right on your PC.

The Your Phone app requires the following to work:

A PC running Windows 10 April 2018 Update or later. If you’re currently running the April 2018 Update, you will need to install the Your Phone app from the Microsoft store. Any Windows version after the April 2018 Update will have the app preinstalled.

An Android device running Android 7.0 (Nougat) or above.

Your phone and PC both need to be connected to the same Wi-Fi.

You’ll find the Your Phone app preinstalled if you have the Windows 10 October 2018 Update or later. When you open the app you’ll be guided through a few extra steps you’ll need to take to finish setting things up.

Note: Some of the features in the Your Phone app will require a newer version of Windows than the April 2018 Update. Additionally, the app doesn’t currently support organizational (work) accounts.

How to link your devices

Make sure to have both your PC and Android device nearby, turned on, and connected to the same Wi-Fi.

If you start from your PC:

In the search box on the taskbar, type your phone, and then select the Your Phone app from the results.

Select Android from the list of phone models.

You’ll be asked to sign in to your Microsoft account. (You’ll need to be signed in to the same Microsoft account on both your Android device and PC in order to link your devices.)

Once you’re signed in, you’ll be prompted to install or open the companion app on your Android device. To do this, open a web browser on your Android device and then enter the link that’s displayed on your PC (aka.ms/yourpc).

For Surface Duo and select Samsung devices, this link will open the Link to Windows app you have preinstalled on your device. For other Android devices, you’ll be directed to your app store to download the Your Phone Companion app (companion app).

Sign in to the companion app with the same Microsoft account that you’re signed in to on your PC. The app will then open to a screen that displays a QR code for you to scan — we’ll come back to that in a second.

Once you’ve signed in, go back to your PC and select the I have the Your Phone Companion app installed on my phone check box. Then select the Pair with QR code button.

Note: If you’d like to pair your device without using a QR code, select the Pair manually button on your PC instead. On your Android device, you’ll be prompted to enter the code displayed on your PC.

A QR code will appear on your PC screen. On your Android device, the companion app should be open to a screen with a camera on it. Use this screen to scan the QR code that’s displayed on your PC.

Once your devices are linked, your Android device will prompt you with several device permissions. These permissions help you access content from your phone on your PC.

If you start from your Android device:

Open a browser on your Android device, type www.aka.ms/yourpc in the browser, and then download the Your Phone Companion app. For Surface Duo and select Samsung devices, you’ll be prompted to open Link to Windows instead, which is preinstalled on your Android device.

Sign in to the companion app with the same Microsoft account you’re signed in to on your PC (you need to be signed in with your Microsoft account on your PC in order to link your devices even though you’re starting from your phone).

After signing in, you’ll be prompted to scan a QR code that’s displayed on your PC. To get to it, on your PC, open a browser to aka.ms/linkphone.

Use the companion app’s camera to scan the QR code that’s displayed on your PC with your Android device to link your devices.

You’ll be asked for a series of device permissions to allow you to access content from your phone and on your PC.

If you encounter issues installing the app, troubleshoot them here.

Unpinning from your taskbar

This app is designed to be experienced as part of your PC taskbar. For some users who have linked an Android device to the PC, the app may get pinned to the taskbar of your PC. To unpin the app, right-click it and then select Unpin from taskbar.

select function (winsock2.h)

The select function determines the status of one or more sockets, waiting if necessary, to perform synchronous I/O.

Syntax

Parameters

Ignored. The nfds parameter is included only for compatibility with Berkeley sockets.

An optional pointer to a set of sockets to be checked for readability.

An optional pointer to a set of sockets to be checked for writability.

An optional pointer to a set of sockets to be checked for errors.

The maximum time for select to wait, provided in the form of a TIMEVAL structure. Set the timeout parameter to null for blocking operations.

Return value

The select function returns the total number of socket handles that are ready and contained in the fd_set structures, zero if the time limit expired, or SOCKET_ERROR if an error occurred. If the return value is SOCKET_ERROR, WSAGetLastError can be used to retrieve a specific error code.

Error code	Meaning
WSANOTINITIALISED	A successful WSAStartup call must occur before using this function.
WSAEFAULT	The Windows Sockets implementation was unable to allocate needed resources for its internal operations, or the readfds, writefds, exceptfds, or timeval parameters are not part of the user address space.
WSAENETDOWN	The network subsystem has failed.
WSAEINVAL	The time-out value is not valid, or all three descriptor parameters were null.
WSAEINTR	A blocking Windows Socket 1.1 call was canceled through WSACancelBlockingCall.
WSAEINPROGRESS	A blocking Windows Sockets 1.1 call is in progress, or the service provider is still processing a callback function.
WSAENOTSOCK	One of the descriptor sets contains an entry that is not a socket.

Remarks

The select function is used to determine the status of one or more sockets. For each socket, the caller can request information on read, write, or error status. The set of sockets for which a given status is requested is indicated by an fd_set structure. The sockets contained within the fd_set structures must be associated with a single service provider. For the purpose of this restriction, sockets are considered to be from the same service provider if the WSAPROTOCOL_INFO structures describing their protocols have the same providerId value. Upon return, the structures are updated to reflect the subset of these sockets that meet the specified condition. The select function returns the number of sockets meeting the conditions. A set of macros is provided for manipulating an fd_set structure. These macros are compatible with those used in the Berkeley software, but the underlying representation is completely different.

The parameter readfds identifies the sockets that are to be checked for readability. If the socket is currently in the listen state, it will be marked as readable if an incoming connection request has been received such that an accept is guaranteed to complete without blocking. For other sockets, readability means that queued data is available for reading such that a call to recv, WSARecv, WSARecvFrom, or recvfrom is guaranteed not to block.

For connection-oriented sockets, readability can also indicate that a request to close the socket has been received from the peer. If the virtual circuit was closed gracefully, and all data was received, then a recv will return immediately with zero bytes read. If the virtual circuit was reset, then a recv will complete immediately with an error code such as WSAECONNRESET. The presence of OOB data will be checked if the socket option SO_OOBINLINE has been enabled (see setsockopt).

The parameter writefds identifies the sockets that are to be checked for writability. If a socket is processing a connect call (nonblocking), a socket is writeable if the connection establishment successfully completes. If the socket is not processing a connect call, writability means a send, sendto, or WSASendto are guaranteed to succeed. However, they can block on a blocking socket if the len parameter exceeds the amount of outgoing system buffer space available. It is not specified how long these guarantees can be assumed to be valid, particularly in a multithreaded environment.

The parameter exceptfds identifies the sockets that are to be checked for the presence of OOB data or any exceptional error conditions.

In summary, a socket will be identified in a particular set when select returns if:

• If listen has been called and a connection is pending, accept will succeed.
• Data is available for reading (includes OOB data if SO_OOBINLINE is enabled).
• Connection has been closed/reset/terminated.

writefds:

• If processing a connect call (nonblocking), connection has succeeded.
• Data can be sent.

exceptfds:

• If processing a connect call (nonblocking), connection attempt failed.
• OOB data is available for reading (only if SO_OOBINLINE is disabled).

Four macros are defined in the header file Winsock2.h for manipulating and checking the descriptor sets. The variable FD_SETSIZE determines the maximum number of descriptors in a set. (The default value of FD_SETSIZE is 64, which can be modified by defining FD_SETSIZE to another value before including Winsock2.h.) Internally, socket handles in an fd_set structure are not represented as bit flags as in Berkeley Unix. Their data representation is opaque. Use of these macros will maintain software portability between different socket environments. The macros to manipulate and check fd_set contents are:

• FD_ZERO(*set) — Initializes set to the empty set. A set should always be cleared before using.
• FD_CLR(s, *set) — Removes socket s from set.
• FD_ISSET(s, *set) — Checks to see if s is a member of set and returns TRUE if so.
• FD_SET(s, *set) — Adds socket s to set.

The parameter time-out controls how long the select can take to complete. If time-out is a null pointer, select will block indefinitely until at least one descriptor meets the specified criteria. Otherwise, time-out points to a TIMEVAL structure that specifies the maximum time that select should wait before returning. When select returns, the contents of the TIMEVAL structure are not altered. If TIMEVAL is initialized to <0, 0>, select will return immediately; this is used to poll the state of the selected sockets. If select returns immediately, then the select call is considered nonblocking and the standard assumptions for nonblocking calls apply. For example, the blocking hook will not be called, and Windows Sockets will not yield.

WindowsВ 8.1 and Windows ServerВ 2012В R2: This function is supported for Windows Store apps on WindowsВ 8.1, Windows ServerВ 2012В R2, and later.