How To Use Windows 10 Messaging

An interesting new features in Windows 10 October 2018 Update (version 1809) is Your Phone which allows you to send and receive texts from your PC.

Update: Microsoft no longer supports Windows Phone operating systems. If you still have a Windows Telephone, keep it for posterity's sake!

Ane of the new features introduced starting with Window x October 2018 Update (Version 1809) is the Your Phone app. It allows you to connect your phone to your Windows 10 PC. If you're an Android user, it allows you lot to and sync texts, photos, and other items betwixt your phone and PC. And today, we'll have a look at the process of sending and receiving text messages.

Windows 10 Your Phone SMS Sync

For this article, we'll assume you've already linked your Android telephone. If you lot oasis't and need help with that, check out our previous Your Telephone article. Or, if your a Samsung Milky way possessor, cheque out how to use Link to Windows with Your Phone.

Ship text messages, launch the Your Telephone app and click on "Messages" in the left panel. Click the "See texts push" and allow Microsoft to admission your messages. Then on your phone, confirm the notification to let Your Phone to access your messages and contacts.

After you're connected, your contacts and previous letters will sync from your phone to the app. Sending texts from the app is a straightforward process. Click the "New Message" push button and search for the contact you need – either by name or number. Then blazon in your message in the text field and click Ship.

Yous can utilize the keyboard to type in your messages, or, if you lot have a touch-enabled device like a Surface, you tin can use your pen to write in your message, which uses Microsoft Inking technology. And if you live in the U.S., yous tin can use your voice to dictate a message. Hit Windows Key + H, and a dictation box will open at the top of your screen, and y'all can begin speaking.

At the time of this writing, the Your Phone app is still in early on development, and it isn't perfect. Sometimes your messages sync in real-time, and at other times it can take several minutes. So, if you have an Android telephone and you desire to text from your PC, you lot might desire to stick with Android Messages on the Web. Only when it becomes available to everyone in the coming weeks, everything should exist more stable. It's likewise worth mentioning that it only supports Android because Apple doesn't allow third-parties (like Your Telephone) access to its SMS data.