Since last class , Android users with Windows 11 computers have been able to preview a unexampled feature that lets them see their phone directly next to the Start card , where they can easily get at texts , outcry , and send file . You could sort of do these things with iPhones as well , but not from the Start carte . Rather , you have to launch the Phone Link app on your Windows PC to make it happen .
come later this year ( and useable in preview build 4805 for those in the Microsoft Insider program ) will be the ability to see your iPhone powerful next to the Start menu , just like Android phones . you’re able to get at your text and calls , see battery percentage , and immediately place file to your iPhone .
Just as there is today when using the Phone Link app , there are some caveat . To connect to an Android phone you need only be on the same Wi - Fi internet ( and have the Connect to Windows app installed on it ) , but iPhones necessitate a Windows 11 personal computer with Bluetooth LE .
For Android phones , Phone Link permit you see and enter the last 2,000 look-alike on your photographic camera axial rotation , and messages can include images . You also get to see mirrors of your phone notifications and can make telephone margin call from your PC . However , when using an iPhone , Phone Link does not support images at all ( in messages or otherwise ) or group texts . you may see notice popups ( but not really play on them ) and make calls . In other Son , Phone Link essentially let your Bluetooth LE - equip Windows 11 personal computer do the same stuff your gondola ’s Bluetooth connexion can ( if you do n’t have CarPlay ) .
None of this is changing with the new build . What is newfangled is the ability to see a little iPhone window properly next to the head start carte du jour that present battery life , the former activity , messages , and quick access to sharing file . it ’s not quiteiPhone Mirroring , but if you do n’t have a Mac , it ’s the next good thing .
For more data , check out theWindows Insider blog postannouncing the feature of speech .
