When you’re working, with your eyes unflinchingly focused on a computer screen, it is easy to miss a few notifications on your smartphone. Thankfully, if you happen to be a Windows 10 user, Microsoft has developed an app called Your Phone that lets you see your smartphone’s notifications, conveniently, on your desktop.
The app also allows you to quick reply to messages and view your recent photos.
How to get notifications on PC
Here’s how to get all your notifications that you receive on Android phone on your Windows PC.
Step 3: Similarly, open the Your Phone Companion app on your Android phone.
Step 8: The software on PC will now send a prompt to your Android phone to get permission for notification access. See the screenshot below. Now, toggle on Notification access for the app.
Here’s how it will look on your PC.
How to exclude apps from sending you notifications on PC
By default, the app shows all of your incoming notifications. But there’s an option to filter out unwanted alerts. Here’s how to:
How to disable notifications about photos and text messages
As mentioned, the app also shows your recent photos and incoming messages. However, you can toggle them off as well. Here’s how to:
In its default configuration, the application shows your incoming notification through notification banners. If it feels too intrusive/distracting, you can turn it off by following the steps below.
That’s it.
Let us know if you need any help with getting notifications from your Android phone on your PC?
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