Windows 10 will let you control Android and iPhone from your PC thanks to an app

Windows presents 'Your Phone', a free application that allows you to control a smartphone from your computer. The user will have access from the PC to almost all the tools of his mobile phone.

A smartphone is a small computer in our hands, but when we are already using our PC, why do we want to be aware of the mobile? The human being does not want to be aware of so many devices at once. Windows knows this and that is why it wants to make life easier with a new application that will remove devices from the desktop.

The connectivity between devices and platforms is a crucial technological issue.

Microsoft announced the launch of 'Your Phone' at the last annual developer conference. It is a new application for Windows 10 with which you can control your smartphone from PC. There is no discrimination, it will be compatible with both Android and iOS. However, it will have limited functions in iPhones. We already know how Apple spends them with the connectivity of their devices.

How does the Windows 10 app work?

It was one of the great innovations of Microsoft Build 2018 . 'Your Phone' represents a breakthrough and something that users were demanding. Thanks for the free application for Windows 10 You can play you Smartphone screen simultaneously on your computer and manage your mobile device from the PC.

The app will allow access to applications, read and respond to messages, receive notifications and access files. A small screen will open on the desktop, and from there it will be possible to control the mobile phone . In addition, the aspect is probably useful and outstanding, and it will be possible to pass files from the PC to the mobile by simply dragging them to this screen. Sharing photos, documents and videos almost simultaneously will be a simple task.

After all, the connection between devices is very important, and it seems that 'Your Phone' is going to solve a lot of problems for us. According to Microsoft announced, the application will arrive very soon. It is estimated that you can enjoy it in the next big update of Windows 10. We will have to wait for those long and tedious minutes updating our PC, but it will surely be worth it.

How to control the iPhone 8 from a PC

Now comes the most curious part, the trick to control your iPhone 8 from your PC. From the Apple terminal, you have to look in the Control Center settings for the option to Record screen and add it if you do not have it. Then activate the apps on your PC and the TeamViewer phone and copy the ID of the second into the desktop version of Windows 10. Then allow remote access.

The most important thing is missing. Do you remember the Record Screen button that we mentioned before? Well, it's time to use it. So far nothing has happened on your computer except an exchange of permissions, but if you press the new icon added to your Control Center you will see two options: Reel, the one that comes by default, or TeamViewer. Select the second and 'start recording. Now you will have the screen of your PC on your iPhone 8 and you only have to finish the recording to interrupt the process.