Microsoft Improves Your Phone to Open Android Apps on Windows

With the passage of time and the versions of Windows, those of Redmond have been increasing the interconnectivity this our mobile terminals the desktop system. This has been achieved largely thanks to the application called Your Phone that is integrated into it.

In fact we could affirm that Microsoft has made great progress in that app gradually adding new capabilities. Among these we find that we can send text messages, answer calls or browse the photos stored in the terminal. It is evident that all of this can be done from the comfort that the PC offers. However, as we are now learning from Insiders, things are about to get very interesting.

Microsoft Improves Your Phone to Open Android Apps on Windows

This is mainly because the company is increasing the connection between the PC and the phone by adding the possibility of running Android applications on Windows 10. As you can imagine, all through the aforementioned Your Phone application, currently available in the trial versions of the Insiders.

Advantages of running mobile applications in Windows

To begin to say that this will allow us to fix our favorite mobile apps on the taskbar or from the Start menu of Windows. Thus, when starting an application, it works as it would on the mobile and opens as a separate window outside of Your Phone. Therefore in this way we can instantly access the Android applications installed on the mobile device directly from the PC to do the same as we do on the terminal screen.

Apps Android Windows

For all this, the first thing we need is to have Windows 10 October 2018 or higher, and an Android device running Android 9.0 or higher. At the same time, both must be connected to the same Wi-Fi network, so this works with versions of Your Phone 1,20071.88 or higher, available in build 20185 of Windows 10. But of course, at this time not all Smartphones are supported. Say that all this is available for certain Samsung devices such as Samsung Galaxy Note9 and Note10, Galaxy Note 20 , Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S10, Galaxy XCover Pro or Galaxy Z flip , among others from the firm.

How to use the new function of Your Phone

Say that we have the possibility to use the mouse, keyboard or touch screen of the PC to open, and interact with mobile applications. So we can open, navigate, drag content, move through the pages vertically or horizontally in the best way. Of course, some games and applications may not work with a mouse or keyboard. At the same time, as we mentioned before, we have the possibility of pinning Android apps to the Windows Start menu or the taskbar . In order to achieve this, all we have to do is go to the applications from Your Phone and right-click on its icon to fix it.

Tu telefono Windows

We must take into account that these fixed applications are run from the Android device, they are not in Windows. Therefore we need that the mobile is switched on and connected to the same Wi-Fi for it to work, otherwise none of this will work. Furthermore, we can only open one Android application at a time. If we open a new one, the one that is running will be replaced by the new one. You should also know that any audio that comes from the mobile app will be played on the Android device .

Developer: Microsoft Corporation


Restrictions when running Android apps on Windows

The first thing that we must be clear about is that we have to have a compatible Samsung terminal to take advantage of this novelty and be an Insider, for the moment. At the same time have the latest version of Your Phone to make it work. Another point that we must take into account is that this application is currently not compatible with various Android profiles or work accounts. The same goes for work or school accounts.

On the other hand, it is worth commenting that mobile programs only work when both elements can communicate with each other. By this we mean that for example they must be connected to the same Wi-Fi network. In addition, the fact of using a VPN or a Firewall can be a serious inconvenience for both products to communicate.

In the event that we encounter an error message stating that the PC could not connect to the phone, there are several reasons. First that the mobile is on and with more than enough battery, in addition to not being in Airplane mode. Both are on the same Wi-Fi and we are logged in with the same Microsoft account as the PC. In addition, the computer must have an Internet connection and the system accounts work correctly in Configuration / System / Shared experiences.

Therefore, as we see, Microsoft is doing a great job in improving the connection between Android and Windows through Your Phone.