We are excited to provide an early preview into the newest feature for the Your Phone app – phone screen. You can now mirror your Android phone’s screen directly on your PC without having to dig for your phone. This article describes the PCs and phones that support this new feature.
We will continue to expand the list of devices over time for both the PC and phone.
Supported PCs
You can use the Your Phone app on any Windows 10 PC running Windows builds 1803 or newer and any Android phone running Android version 7.0 or newer. The new phone screen feature requires you to be running the latest Insider builds (1903) and is initially only compatible with a limited set of devices.
Your PC needs to support Bluetooth with Low Energy Peripheral mode, see below for details on how to check whether it does.
Surface Go, Surface Laptop, Surface Laptop 2, Surface Pro 4, Surface Pro 5, Surface Pro 6, Surface Book, and Surface Book 2 can preview this feature with the latest Bluetooth driver updates (Marvell 15.68.17013.110).
Supported phones
Currently the feature is only available on the following select
Android phones running Android 7.0 or greater:
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Samsung Galaxy S8
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Samsung Galaxy S8+
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Samsung Galaxy S9
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Samsung Galaxy S9+
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Samsung Galaxy S10
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Samsung Galaxy S10+
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Samsung Galaxy S10e
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Samsung Galaxy Note 8
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Samsung Galaxy Note 9
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Samsung A8
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Samsung A8+
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OnePlus 6
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OnePlus 6T
We will continue to expand the list of devices over time for both the PC and phone.
How to check if your PC supports Bluetooth Low Energy Peripheral Role
If you received an error in the app indicating that your PC's Bluetooth isn't compatible, it means that your PC's Bluetooth radio doesn't support the capability needed for phone screen to work.
Here are the steps you can follow to check for the capability yourself:
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Make sure Bluetooth is turned on
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Open Device Manager by right-clicking on the Start menu.
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Select and expand the Bluetooth option.
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Select the Radio Driver or Adapter for Bluetooth.
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Double click to open Properties.
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Navigate to the Details tab.
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Find the “Bluetooth radio supports Low Energy Peripheral Role” property on the drop-down and select it.
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See if the value is true or false.
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If it’s “true” then your PC will be able to display your phone screen and interact with it.
