Once you’ve opened Phone screen in the Your Phone app, use your mouse to navigate to your Albums and select one. If you’re new to the process, Microsoft explains how it works:

Files will also be present in the default download folder on your phone. If you’re transferring files from a Windows 10 computer to your Galaxy phone/tablet, you can tap on the notification to check out the files that have been sent over.

To access this feature, users will need to be running at least v1.5 or higher of the Your Phone Companion app on their compatible Galaxy smartphone or tablet. The process is fairly straight forward, although it is only available to Windows Insiders at the moment. Folders are currently not supported either. The company mentions users can only send 100 files at a time, and each file size shouldn’t exceed 512MB. This new drag and drop feature has some limitations, however. Last month, Samsung announced support for copy/paste of text and media to and from Windows 10 computers. Microsoft’s Your Phone Companion app has just received support for drag and drop files between Windows 10 PCs and Galaxy smartphones or tablets.

Samsung and Microsoft recently added support for copy and pasting of text and files on select Galaxy flagships.

This feature is currently accessible only to Windows Insiders running at least version 1.5 of the app or higher.

The Your Phone Companion app can now support drag and drop of files between a Windows 10 PC and Galaxy device, and vice versa.

Check out Microsoft’s site for a list of Samsung Galaxy phones compatible with Link to Windows. Once your devices are linked you can start sharing photos, send and receive messages, answer calls, and with a compatible Galaxy phone you can share apps between your phone and PC. You will need to sign in with your Microsoft account, allow access to texts, photos, and storage, and scan the QR code on the Your Phone app on your PC. It is very similar to using the Your Phone Companion app. If you don’t see it there, then open Settings > Advanced features and flip on the “Link to Windows” switch.Įither method you use to launch Link to Windows, just follow the onscreen instructions to complete the linking process. Then simply tap the “Link to Windows” icon. The easiest is to swipe down from the top of your screen to reveal the Quick Settings menu. There is a couple of ways to access Link to Windows on your Galaxy phone.

Link to Windows 10 from a Samsung Galaxy Phone Instead, it is built into the phone’s proprietary One UI itself and is the feature is called “Link to Windows.” Here’s a look at how you connect to Windows 10 from your Samsung Galaxy. If you search for it the results will say it’s already installed. If you have a modern Samsung Galaxy phone you might be wondering why you can’t install the Windows Phone Companion app on it.

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