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How to show your Android phone's notifications on a Windows PC

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Microsoft has a native solution to check your Android phone's notifications directly from your PC since 2019. We tested the solution on a PC running Windows 10, but the same process can be followed on Windows 11 devices. Here is how it works.

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Smartphone and PC requirements

First, you will need a PC with a Windows 10 version after 1803 (Insider 19H1, 18885) and an Android smartphone with Android Nougat 7.0 or later and at least 1 GB of RAM.

You will then have to download these two applications:

How to check Android notifications on Windows 10 and 11 PCs

Well, if you've met all the requirements for this guide, we're ready to go.

  • First, you need to open Link to Windows application on your smartphone and log in to your Microsoft account. You will also be asked to accept the app's request for access to your smartphone's internal storage and to the phone app.
Screenshots showing the process on how to use Link to Windows app
The initial setup will guide you through each step / © NextPit
  • Once you have done this, open the application Your phone on the PC you want to use and log in with the same Microsoft profile you previously used on the phone. The Android application will show you when it is time to configure Windows.
Screenshots showing the process on how to use Link to Windows app
The Android app will tell you when it's time to get your hands on your PC / © NextPit
  • After opening the dedicated application on your PC, you will receive a notification on your Android smartphone. Tapping it will confirm the association between the two devices.
  • Before finishing the setup, you will need to allow Link to Windows to access your notifications. To that, click on See my notifications > Open settings on phone. On your phone, you should have been brought to Device and app notifications > Tap Allow on the confirmation window that appears.

Screenshots showing the process on how to use Link to Windows app
That’s it! After allowing the app to access your phone's notifications everything should be good to go / © NextPit

From here you can read and reply to SMS messages, check the photo gallery, and quickly transfer images from your phone to your PC. You can also synchronize smartphone notifications in the Windows 10 side panel. This function is useful for all those applications that do not yet have a counterpart on a PC such as Snapchat, for example.

App Link to Windows home screen in a Dell PC
Now you can check you Android phone's notifications directly on your Windows PC / © NextPit

So, as you can see, by using Link to Windows app you can access the gallery, manage SMS and view all incoming notifications on your smartphone without having to take it out of your pocket. You can also delete notifications one by one or all in groups, but unfortunately it's still not possible to interact with these notifications for example by responding to a WhatsApp message.

Do you already use these Link to Windows solution? Do you find it sufficiently complete? Let us know!

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Camila Rinaldi

Camila Rinaldi
Head of Editorial

With over 10 years of reviewing smartphones and wearables, I recently became addicted to smart home gadgets. Even though I dove into the Apple ecosystem two years back, Android remains as one of my passions. Previously editor-in-chief of AndroidPIT and Canaltech in Brazil, I now write for the US market. I love my records and I believe that the best way to get to know a place is through its food.

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