You May Soon be Able to Make Phone Calls From Your Windows PC

Microsoft is reportedly testing a new feature that will enable users to make phone calls right from their Windows computers. Screenshots posted on Twitter by one Ajith (@4j17h) seem to suggest that the feature is already live in v1.19082.1006.0 of Microsoft'south Your Telephone Android app, although, it's yet in the testing phase and is only available to select users.

Your Telephone app with Calls & dialer support, I can ostend information technology is working. motion picture.twitter.com/gpLU8ogXlw

— Ajith (@4j17h) September 7, 2019

According to the app's list page on the Play Shop, the customer-side software has to be installed on both a smartphone and a Windows PC for the feature to work as advertised. Sadly, though, it'due south still in the experimental stage, which means it is non yet available widely just nevertheless. Besides, there's no official confirmation from Microsoft, and so we'll nonetheless probable accept to wait a while to know more about it.

Originally appear at Build 2018, Microsoft'due south telephone-mirroring app, 'Your Phone', is a standalone Windows plan that enables users to manage their Android phone's notifications on their PC. It allows users to admission text messages, notifications and photos stored on their Android device directly from their Windows ten computers. According to Microsoft, the software will non but let users check the notifications on their smartphones, but also read and answer to texts from their PCs.

To apply all the features of the Your Phone app, users must link their Android phone to their PC via Windows Settings or through the app itself. The Your Phone app works with Windows 10 Apr 2018 update (1803) or afterwards, and requires Android 7.0 Nougat or subsequently. Android's Quick Replies feature is not supported on Your Phone just yet, just that should happen sooner rather than later.

Download 'Your Telephone' from the Microsoft Store (Free)

Download 'Your Phone' from the Google Play Store (Free)