Your Phone
Windows 10 Your Phone can now run Android apps from select Samsung Galaxy phones on your PC
Microsoft’s Your Phone app now lets users run multiple Android apps simultaneously on their Windows 10 desktops. Analy Otero Diaz, Principal Program Manager at Microsoft, announced on Twitter that the feature is now generally available for users with select Samsung Galaxy phones.
Windows 10 Your Phone app starts showing cellular and Wifi connectivity icons for some Insiders
Microsoft’s Your Phone app is set to gain the ability to display the cellular and Wi-Fi connectivity icons, allowing users to check the status indicators of their Android phones directly on Windows 10 PCs. This morning, Twitter user Florian B posted a picture of the new feature in action, and it’s already rolling out to select users running Insider builds.
2020 was a hit-or-miss year for Microsoft's consumer initiatives
While Microsoft has continued to perform very well quarter after quarter this year, there have been some notable misses on the consumer side of things, with the closure of the company’s Mixer game streaming service coming first to mind. As 2020 is coming to a close, this is my personal and non exhaustive list of Microsoft’s hits and misses for this year.
Windows 10 Your Phone now lets users delete their smartphone photos
Microsoft is rolling out a new feature that allows users to delete their smartphone photos directly from their Windows 10 PCs. As spotted by Aggiornamenti Lumia, the new functionality is currently under a controlled rollout, and it’s rolling out gradually to select Insiders.
