With release of Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18356 (19H1), an early preview of a new feature Phone Screen is being provided. You can now mirror your Android phone’s screen directly on your PC without having to dig for your phone.
This new feature of Phone Screen provides access to your phone apps on your PC. So one can use phone apps from the comfort of their PC without having to take out the phone. This feature will be rolled out gradually and will show up inside the Your Phone app (ver 1.0.20701.0 and above)
Phone Screen requirement:
Supported PCs:
You can use the Your Phone app on any Windows 10 PC running Windows builds 1803 or newer and any Android phone running Android version 7.0 or newer. The new Phone Screen feature requires you to be running the latest Insider builds (1903) and is initially only compatible with a limited set of devices. Your PC also needs to support Bluetooth with Low Energy Peripheral mode. Android phone must be on, within Bluetooth range of the PC, and connected to the same network as the PC.
How to check if your PC supports Bluetooth Low Energy Peripheral Role?
- Open Device Manager by right-clicking on the Start menu.
- Select and expand the Bluetooth option.
- Select the Radio Driver or Adapter for Bluetooth.
- Double click to open Properties.
- Navigate to the Details tab.
- Find the “Bluetooth radio supports Low Energy Peripheral Role” property on the dropdown and select it.
- See if the value is true or false.
- If it’s “true” then your PC will be able to display your phone screen and interact with it.
Supported Phones:
Currently the feature is only available on the following select Android phones running Android 7.0 or greater:
- Samsung Galaxy S8
- Samsung Galaxy S8+
- Samsung Galaxy S9
- Samsung Galaxy S9+
List of devices over time will be expanded for both the PC and phone.
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