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If your estimator runs Windows x and you also have an Android phone, yous should probably be using Microsoft'southward Your Phone app. Y'all can do a lot with information technology, including making and receiving phone calls on your PC. Allow's exercise information technology!

What Y'all'll Need

The Your Phone app is preinstalled on Windows 10 PCs. When connected to an Android device, it can mirror your notifications, sync photos, and send text messages. You can also use the app to place and receive calls from your phone through your PC.

To make phone calls using the Your Phone app, your devices must meet the following requirements:

  • Your computer must be running Windows 10 with the May 2019 Update or after, and accept Bluetooth enabled.
  • Your Android device must exist running Android 7.0 or above.

Before attempting to use the phone call feature, you'll have to follow the initial setup process for Your Phone on your PC and Android device.

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How to Make Android Phone Calls From Windows

During the initial setup process of the Your Telephone Companion app on your Android device, there are a few permissions you have to grant for the phone call feature.

Showtime, tap "Let" to grant the app permission to make and manage phone calls.

allow phone calls permission

You lot as well have to grant information technology access to your contacts then you tin can access them on your PC.

allow contacts permission

It's besides of import that you lot allow the Android app to run in the groundwork. This ensures a stable connection betwixt your phone and PC.

allow Your Phone to run in the backgroud

After the setup process is complete on your Android device, you can motion to the Windows app to finish setting upward the phone call characteristic.

Offset, navigate to the "Calls" tab, and so click "Get Started."

click get started from the calls tab

A pop-upward containing a Bluetooth Pin will appear on your PC.

bluetooth code on PC

A pop-upwards containing the same PIN should likewise appear on your Android device. Make certain the codes friction match, and so click "Yep" on your PC and tap "Pair" on your Android device.

Bluetooth code on Android.

It'southward possible to use the feature immediately, but you'll only exist able to dial numbers. To testify your call log, you have to grant permission on your phone; click "Send Permission" to proceed.

click send permission

A notification volition appear on your Android device; tap "Open up" to launch the permission dialog.

tap open to launch permission

Tap "Allow" in the permission pop-up. If you don't come across a popular-up, you can manually grant permission. To do then, go to Settings > Apps & Notifications > Meet All Apps > Your Phone Companion > Permissions, and then select "Permit" under "Call Logs Access for This App."

allow call log access

Your contempo calls will at present show upward in the Your Telephone app on Windows 10. To make a telephone call from your PC, you can select a recent phone call and click the telephone icon, search for contacts, or use the dial pad.

how to make calls

When y'all receive a phone call, a notification volition appear on your PC, and you can click "Have" or "Refuse."

answer or decline from PC

That's all there is to it! Y'all can at present make and receive phone calls from your PC—no video phone call or third-party service required.