{"id":445825,"date":"2024-12-09T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T01:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.guidingtech.com\/?p=445825"},"modified":"2024-12-09T21:24:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T15:54:13","slug":"two-ways-to-link-an-android-device-to-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guidingtech.com\/two-ways-to-link-an-android-device-to-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Ways to Link an Android Device to Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You can do a lot of interesting things when you link your Android device to your Windows 11 PC. Pulling photos from your phone gallery is just the start. Running apps, sending texts, and seeing your notifications as they come in are all possible if you know how to link Android device to Windows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Method 1. Use Phone Link<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you have a Windows 11 PC, you should automatically have Phone Link installed on your device. Your Android device will also need to be running Android 7.0 or later, which shouldn\u2019t be a problem as long as you\u2019re keeping up with updates. Finally, both devices have to be connected to the same Wi-Fi network for this method to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Got all of that in place? Great \u2013 here are the steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 1<\/strong>. Type \u201cPhone Link\u201d into the search box in your Windows taskbar and select the app from the results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 2<\/strong>. Choose your device type from the two options presented. In this case, you\u2019re going for \u201cAndroid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 3<\/strong>. Hit the \u201cSend notification\u201d button to sign into your Microsoft account using Phone Link and receive a request to your phone to verify who you are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 4<\/strong>. Phone Link will give you a two-digit number on your Windows 11 device and send a notification to your phone. Hit the notification and select the number you see on Windows before hitting \u201cApprove.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 5.<\/strong> Check your Windows device again and you should see a QR code. Use your Android device\u2019s camera \u2013 you may need to download a QR code scanning app \u2013 to scan the code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 6<\/strong>. Install \u201cLink to Windows\u201d on your Android device when prompted and hit the \u201cContinue\u201d button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 7<\/strong>. You\u2019ll see another code pop up on your Windows 11 device\u2019s screen. Enter that code into your Android device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 8<\/strong>. Run through the various permission requests that \u201cLink to Windows\u201d throws at you after you\u2019ve entered the code. Use this to give Phone Link as little (or as much) access as you want. When you\u2019re finished, hit the \u201cDone\u201d button on your Android device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 9<\/strong>. Voila \u2013 you\u2019re all done. All that\u2019s left is to hit the \u201cContinue\u201d button and you\u2019ve linked your Android device to your Windows 11 device using \u201cPhone Link.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Method 2. Use a USB Cable<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Maybe you don\u2019t want a full-on link between your Android and Windows devices. You only want to link the two so you can send a few files over and don\u2019t want to see your phone notifications popping up on your Windows device. There\u2019s an easy way to do that as long as you have a USB cable. You\u2019re charging cable should do the job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 1<\/strong>. Unlock your Android device using your PIN, fingerprint, or whatever other method you choose to lock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 2<\/strong>. Grab your USB cable and connect it to your Android device before plugging it into your Windows device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 3<\/strong>. Click on \u201cSelect what happens with this device\u201d when the notification pops up in the bottom-left of your screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 4<\/strong>. Now that you have a connection, select what you want to do from the box that should appear at the top-right of your screen. \u201cOpen device to view files\u201d is your choice if you want to browse your Android device on Windows. But you can also use this connection method to import all of your photos and media from your phone to your OneDrive account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 5<\/strong>. You should also be able to see your connected Android device if you head to the \u201cThis PC\u201d in File Explorer. Note: You\u2019ll only be able to see the files for which you provided permission when you first connected your Android device to your Windows 11 device.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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