How to text message from your computer using Your Phone
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Microsoft’s Your Phone app allows you to sync text messages, phone calls, notifications, and more through your PC. Syncing text messages lets you keep your smartphone in your pocket and use your PC’s keyboard to send text messages. To make this work, you’ll need an Android phone. If you’re running certain Samsung Galaxy phones, you can alsosync RCS messages. All other Android phones can sync, send, and receive standard SMS messages.
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How to get the Your Phone Companion app
To use Your Phone on your PC, you need to download the Your Phone Companion app. You can eithergrab it from the Google Play Storeor follow the steps below:
How to set up the Your Phone Companion app
The next set of steps needs to be done on your smartphone. These will set up the Your Phone Companion app and grant it the permissions it needs to run correctly.
Some phones will also show a notification in the notification tray to allow Your Phone to work. If this pops up, selectAllow.
How to enable text messages for the Your Phone app on your PC
Your computer and your Android smartphone are now connected, so you can start setting up specific features. You can also set up phone calls, notification syncing, and other functionality at this point, but we’ll jump straight into setting up text messages.
How to send and receive text messages through the Your Phone app on your PC
You can now send and receive text messages from the Your Phone app on your PC. Texts you make directly from your smartphone will also sync to the Your Phone app on your PC now. Sending a text message from the Your Phone app is straightforward.
The Your Phone app can also send photos, GIFs, and emojis. You can send these by tapping their icons and selecting the content you’d like to send in a message. Be aware that some providers charge extra for sending certain content. These charges will still apply since the text messages are being relayed through your smartphone.
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Merging phones and PCs
Your Phone allows you to sync text messages, photos, and notifications from your phone to your Windows 10 PC, allowing you to keep your smartphone in your pocket.
Merging phones and PCs
This app on your PC allows you to make phone calls, send text, see phone notifications, and browse your smartphone’s photos.
Sean Endicott is a tech journalist at Windows Central, specializing in Windows, Microsoft software, AI, and PCs. He’s covered major launches, from Windows 10 and 11 to the rise of AI tools like ChatGPT. Sean’s journey began with the Lumia 740, leading to strong ties with app developers. Outside writing, he coaches American football, utilizing Microsoft services to manage his team. He studied broadcast journalism at Nottingham Trent University and is active on X @SeanEndicott_ and Threads @sean_endicott_.
