Microsoft Updates "Your Phone" for Android with SMS Support

On September 7, Microsoft delivered another test version to Fast Ring Insiders of its Windows 10 October 2018 update (a "Redstone 5"). Like most of its recent Fast Ring builds, this one – Build 17755 – only concerns patches and is only about new features. And that is fine, since the update of October 2018 is almost complete.

Microsoft has updated the Android version of the Your Phone application so that it also allows users to sync their texts from their Android phones with their Windows 10 PCs. To test this SMS support, the testers must run Windows 10 Redstone 5 or a Skip 19 version of the first version of Windows 10.

The Your Phone Android app has already allowed Insider testers to see the last 25 pictures of their phone on their PC. SMS support is new to date. There is no word on when / if Microsoft will add SMS support to the iPhone version of the Your Phone app due to the narrowness with which Apple controls this platform.

The Microsoft Your Phone app is designed to allow Android and iOS phones to sync more closely with Windows 10 PCs. The iPhone version of the app currently only allows users to share web pages on their own. Windows 10. In the end, Microsoft plans to expand your phone so that it can do more. Microsoft has announced its intention to use Your Phone to allow users to make calls; send and receive SMS messages and more.

For a complete list of fixes in the updated Windows 10 October 2018 test release, see the Microsoft blog article.

Microsoft will begin deploying the Windows 10 October 2018 update for traditional users in October.