One of the most attractive classified ads of Samsung Note 20 is that you can run your phone apps on your PC, the Microsoft Your Phone app. It turns out that the feature doesn’t just come from Note 20, and some Windows Insiders can verify it today.
Microsoft revealed today that it gives the ability to transmit your phone screen to your desktop with the Your Phone app, necessarily streaming your phone’s screen to a window. Microsoft is rarely the first to think about this feature; Dell Mobile Connect software has been providing similar features for some time; However, it’s great to see a broader implementation.
You can view all your installed apps and even pin them to the taskbar or Start menu, allowing you to temporarily release the software you need. For the maximum number of devices, you can only use one device at a time, probably due to the limited multitasking capability of your own smartphone, however, Microsoft says Note 20 users will be able to run apps later this year.
For everyone, being able to have full access to your phone on your desk is pretty good. So far, 33 devices are supported, not counting the Note 20 family, but I hope you’re a Samsung fan because each of them is a Samsung device so far. Presumably the feature will one day be available to other brands, but it is not yet known when.
Once again, capacity is technically still in development. You have to be a Windows Insider to check it out, and Microsoft says the feature is being rolled out through a server-side switch, so you may not see it right away.
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