![]() This the core aspect of any app, and between Dell Mobile Connect and Your Phone, both are fairly similar. Settings for Your Phone and Dell Mobile Connect The core user interfacesĪnyway, to begin our deep dive in the comparison, we’ll talk about the user interface. This is something that currently isn’t possible with Your Phone. However, Dell Mobile Connect is a bit more cross-platform, as it works with iPhones, and allows you to make, accept, or send text messages from your iPhone to your Windows 10 PC. With Dell, it’s the Dell Mobile Connect app. However, all features work with almost any modern Android device, unlike with Microsoft, where app mirroring ability now needs newer Android devices.įor most consumers, both experiences also require a companion app to be downloaded to an Android or iOS device With Microsoft, it’s the Your Phone Companion app, except if you own one of the devices mentioned above, where the linking is done without the use of an app. It also is 100% dependent on Bluetooth and WiFi, so you’ll need to make sure your Android phone is always by your PC’s side. You only can install the app from the Microsoft Store if you’re using a new Dell XPS Inspiron, G Series, or Vostro purchased in January 2018 or later. ![]() On the other end of the spectrum, Dell’s Mobile Connect app is exclusive to newer Dell PCs. It also requires a smartphone with Android 9 or higher. As we discuss later, the app mirroring now only works on the devices seen below. However, other features of Your Phone like the Android app mirroring used to require just Bluetooth to work, but now have become exclusive to phones with the “Link to Windows” functionality. With these features, you WON’T need your Android phone to be connected to your PC via Bluetooth, if configured via the settings. It’s also noteworthy to mention that the core Your Phone features depend on the WiFi or 4G LTE on your linked Android device to sync up to your PC through the Microsoft Cloud. Microsoft is also always tweaking the experience and tests new features with Windows Insiders first, so not everyone has access to new features like App mirroring, or phone calls. Your Phone, however, is a native app built into Windows 10, and everyone can experience some of its core functions (syncing texts, photos, and notifications from a phone with Android 7.0 or higher) regardless of what type of PC they own. Dell Mobile Connect, meanwhile, is an app that’s downloaded through the Microsoft Store, but with some important limitations to running on newer Dell PCs only. Importantly, we want to point out that Microsoft’s Your Phone app is available on all PCs running the Windows 10 October 2018 Update or newer. A rant, and some quick tidbits before startingīefore starting the comparison, there are some quick tidbits to note. This is especially important with the recent news that Microsoft is “ elevating” the Your Phone phone screen experience by removing its dependency on Bluetooth. We previously went hands-on with Dell’s Mobile Connect app with an iPhone, but now we’ll be revisiting the app on the Android side of things, and comparing it to Microsoft’s Your Phone experience. Lucky consumers with newer Samsung Galaxy phones can even enjoy similar built-in “ Link to Windows” Android to Windows synergies.īut before Microsoft realized the cross-platform potentials between Android and Windows 10, Dell technically went there first. And, if you’re a Windows Insider, you also can enjoy the ability to mirror your apps and get your phone calls on your PC.
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