Phone Link

Windows 11 can integrate with your iPhone or Android phone through a Phone Link app and other in-box features. But the experience varies depending on which phone model you have.

There are three levels of capabilities:

iPhone: Because of Apple lock-down limitations, this is the most basic experience. You can check and clear notifications, send and reply to messages (though group messages and image and video sharing are not supported), make and take phone calls, and view your contacts.
Most Android phones. You can check, pin, and clear notifications; send and reply to text messages and send photos, emojis, GIFs, and media via text; make and take phone calls; view and search your contacts; view and share your 2,000 most recent phone-based photos and screenshots; toggle Do not disturb mode on your phone; mute your phone when there is sound playing; and play, pause, and skip songs playing on your phone.
Recent Samsung Galaxy flagship phones. This is the most complete experience. You can do everything those with other Android phones can do plus interact with your phone-based apps and the entire phone screen remotely, drag and drop files between your PC and your phone, and use a unique Instant hotspot feature.

Tip: Phone integration with Windows 11 requires you to sign in with a Microsoft account (MSA).
Defaults
Windows 11 includes native integration with modern smartphones through two primary interfaces:

Mobile devices settings. This page in the Settings app (at Bluetooth & devices > Mobile devices) is where you determine whether this PC can integrate with the features on your phone. It's disabled by default, though it may be enabled on a new PC if you used this functionality on a previous PC.

Phone Link. This app is the primary interface for interacting with the features on your phone. It's included with Windows 11 by default.

Once you have enabled mobile device connectivity and configured Phone Link to work with your phone, you will see various cross-device integration features between your phone and PC appear in Phone Link and throughout Windows 11 as described throughout this chapter.
Initial configuration
To get started with the phone integration features in Windows 11, the following must be true:

Your PC and phone are connected to the same Wi-Fi network
Your PC supports Bluetooth Low Energy (LE)
You must sign in to your PC using a Microsoft account (MSA)

Now, open the Phone Link app on your PC and sign in to your MSA if required.

Here, you must choose between an Android phone and an iPhone. Follow the steps below depending on which type of phone you have.
iPhone
When you click "iPhone," you're presented with a QR code that you scan with your iPhone's camera. Doing so will cause your iPhone to run an app clip version of the Link to Windows mobile app that initiates a Bluetooth pairing request.

Tap "Open" and follow the prompts to pair your PC and phone. You have to...