Android apps on the Samsung Galaxy can be run through a PC, here’s how

KOMPAS.com – At the Galaxy Unpacked event on August 5, Samsung announced that several Galaxy series phones could run Android apps on mobile phones via Windows 10 computers.

Now, certain Galaxy mobile phone users can enjoy this capability through the Your Phone feature in Windows 10.

Your phone itself is not a new feature. Microsoft introduced this feature in 2018. However, at the time, its use was limited to displaying notifications, replying to messages, and transferring media.

This feature has now been expanded so that users of certain Galaxy models can open Android applications on their mobile phones directly through their computer.

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According to information on Microsoft’s official website, the Galaxy phones that support this feature are as follows:

Samsung Galaxy Note 9
Samsung Galaxy S9
Samsung Galaxy S9 +
Samsung Galaxy Note10
Samsung Galaxy Note10 +
Samsung Galaxy Note10 Lite
Samsung Galaxy Fold
Samsung Galaxy S10
Samsung Galaxy S10 +
Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite
Samsung Galaxy S10e
Samsung Galaxy Note20 5G
Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G
Samsung Galaxy A8s
Samsung Galaxy A30s
Samsung Galaxy A31
Samsung Galaxy A40
Samsung Galaxy A41
Samsung Galaxy A50
Samsung Galaxy A50s
Samsung Galaxy A51
Samsung Galaxy A51 5G
Samsung Galaxy A60
Samsung Galaxy A70
Samsung Galaxy A70s
Samsung Galaxy A71
Samsung Galaxy A71 5G
Samsung Galaxy A80
Samsung Galaxy A90s
Samsung Galaxy A90 5G
Samsung Galaxy S20
Samsung Galaxy S20 +
Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra
Samsung Galaxy Fold
Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5G

So how do you run Android apps on Samsung Galaxy through computing device?

To run this feature, users must also install a Windows 10 update at least the version that was released in October 2019.

Users can check the version of Windows 10 on a PC by directly accessing the “Settings” menu, then selecting the “Updates and Security” option, and then selecting “Check for updates.”

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Other than that, smartphone It must be running an operating system of at least Android 9.0 Pie and be connected to the same Wi-Fi network as the computer.

After that, make sure the “Link to Windows” feature on the phone is active. How to activate it, it can be through the page adjustment, then select Advanced featuresand log in using a Microsoft account.

Also activate your Microsoft account through the Your Phone feature in Windows 10. After log in, the phone and the PC will be connected.

After that, the Your Phone window will open and the user will be able to see the description of the connected cell phone and a series of options such as notifications, photos, messages and applications.

Select the application you want to open. Later, the selected application will open separately on the computer screen.

CNet The Your Phone app screen running Android apps on a Windows 10 computer

It should be noted that not all applications can be operated using mouse or keyboard.

Some of them can only be run using touch screen, as the property of certain types of laptops.

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Summarized KompasTekno of Cnet, Sunday (9/6/2020), to be able to run the application using mouse and keyboard, users can run any of the following command combinations.

– One-click (left) functions to select apps
– Right click on the smartphone screen to go to the previous page
– Clicking and holding a mouse is similar to the touch and hold interaction on a smartphone screen
– Hover the mouse to move between pages vertically and horizontally