

As the new name suggests, this offers an easy way to link your Android smartphone and Windows desktop. To select an item in focus or to click a focused element, hold Alt + Enter.Available for Windows 11 and Windows 10, Phone Link is one of the apps that’s pre-installed when you buy a Windows laptop or PC. To move to the item below, hold Alt + Down arrow. To move to the item above, hold Alt + Up arrow. To move to the previous item, hold Alt + Left arrow. To move to the next item, hold Alt + Right arrow. Here is a list of the basic navigation shortcuts: When the Link to Windows service is enabled, you will navigate on your PC in phone screen with the keyboard using default Android accessibility keys. Navigating while Link to Windows accessibility service is enabled You can navigate through your Android screen on your PC by using your keyboard and mouse.

Once the Link to Windows accessibility service is enabled, spoken Narrator feedback will play through your speakers or headphones plugged into your PC. Select Link to Windows and turn the switch On. You can also enable the service manually using the following steps. This allows the Link to Windows accessibility service to connect to your Android device. Once you open an app or phone screen, the application will recognize that TalkBack is enabled and prompt you to enable our service. The accessibility service requires you to initiate an apps or phone screen session before you can enable the service. Phone Link won't be able to configure accessibility with your PC correctly if you're not running the app first.

In Phone Link, select Apps or Phone screen (depending on which Android device you have). How do I enable accessibility features with Link to Windows?Īpps and phone screen support accessibility features like screen reading and focus tracking. For more information, see Introducing Microsoft Phone Link and Link to Windows. In addition, the Your Phone Companion app for Android is now called Link to Windows. Note: We’ve changed the name of the Your Phone app to Microsoft Phone Link.
