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• How to link your smartphone with Windows 11

  Posted on February 12, 2024 at 02:44 CST by Lance Whitney • Comment in the Forums

  WINDOWS 11

  

  By Lance Whitney

  Connecting your iPhone or Android phone to Windows 11 lets you make phone calls, send texts, and view notifications directly from your PC.

  As an iPhone owner and Windows user, I’d like to be able to access my phone from my computer at times. Maybe I want to make or answer a call, or send or view a text message, but my phone isn’t handy. Or maybe speaking or chatting with someone feels easier when I’m already using my PC for other tasks. Whatever the scenario, this is a capability I often need. And it’s all doable with the right tools.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.07.0, 2024-02-12).

  Windows 11 Android, Bluetooth, iPhone, Newsletters, Pairing Phone, Phone Link, Photos, Texting

• Phone support: Pairing your Android or Apple phone with Win10

  Posted on May 6, 2019 at 02:04 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  We’re finally seeing some robust and worthwhile reasons to pair your phone to your PC. Yes, you can pair your phone to your PC in order to look at photos and text messages from your phone.

  Now we have something different – and worthwhile. The Dynamic Lock capability lets you tell Windows that it should lock your PC whenever your phone drifts out of range.

  Cool stuff from Lance Whitney in this morning’s AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.16.0.

  Hardware, Windows News AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Dynamic Lock, Pairing Phone