Cooperation with PC photos and data with PCs!How to set the new Windows 10 function "Smartphone Sync" | Time & Space by KDDI

Windows and Android, unlike Apple's devices, is one of the characteristics that it is easy for various companies to customize.There is a merit that it is easy to incorporate the latest specifications and the disadvantage that compatibility problems are likely to occur, and the width of the customization has caused it to be difficult to collaborate with PC and smartphone, but Microsoft started providing it in October 2018.The Windows 10 update "Windows 10 OCTOBER 2018 Update" provided a "smartphone synchronization" app (free) that can access Android smartphones and SMS from PCs from PCs.

The following two things can be done in "smartphone synchronization".

(1) Browsing and using Android smartphones and screenshots on PCs on a PC, photos and screenshots (the latest 25 sheets) stored on the Android smartphone are uploaded to the PC's "Smartphone Synchronization" app in almost real time.Usually, to browse and use photos taken with a smartphone on a PC, it is basically to share emails and clouds or use cables.If you use "smartphone synchronization", photos taken with Android smartphones will be synchronized on the PC side almost in real time (it cannot be synchronized from a PC to a smartphone).

This is especially useful when you want to use photos taken with your smartphone when creating materials on your PC or sending messages with chat tools.You can use a photo uploaded to "smartphone synchronization" by dragging and drop, so you do not need to save it by right -clicking.

In addition, as the photos are taken, the storage capacity of the smartphone is compressed.Transferning photos to PCs regularly can reduce the capacity and play a backup role.It is very convenient to automatically synchronize without having to connect to a cable or upload.

(2) You can check and receive SMS (message) that arrived at the Android smartphone SMS (message) on Android smartphones from the PC's "Smartphone Synchronization" app.The advantages of this work include, for example, the fact that you can check and reply messages without taking out your smartphone from your bag or pocket, that you can easily notice the message during work, and that you can write a sentence crisp on the PC keyboard.。One of the attractions is to open the link sent to your smartphone with a PC browser.

From here, we will explain the detailed setting method.The following environment is required to prepare for using smartphone synchronization.

[Necessary environment] PC side / Windows 10 version 17134.Sign in with Xbox One / Microsoft account after 0 and Android 7.Phone number that can send and receive SMS after 0

Next, set the following three steps.

(1) The "smartphone synchronous" app that installs the "smartphone synchronous" application on Windows has already been installed if the Windows 10 OCTOBER 2018 Update is applied.First, look at the list of programs from the start button to see if there is an app.

If you are not on the start button, you need to install it.Try to see if you can install it properly from the installation page of the "Smartphone Sync" app.

If you can't install, the Windows version may be old.To confirm that "Windows 10 OCTOBER 2018 Update" is applied, check the following procedure.

(2) Install the "Smartphone Synchronous Management App" on the Android smartphone Once you are ready on the PC side, the next step is to prepare for the Android smartphone.Install "Smartphone Synchronous Management App" on Android smartphone.If you search for "smartphone synchronous management app" on Google Play Store, you will be at the top.

③ Next, link between Windows and Android smartphones, work on cooperation.After installing the app on Windows and Android smartphones, start setting from Windows's "Smartphone Sync App".

Select "Smartphone Sync" from the start button.

If you sign in with a Microsoft account on Windows, the following screen will appear, so select "Proceed as it is".If not, a screen "Sign in with a Microsoft account" will appear, so select "Sign in".

When you sign in, it transitions to the screen displayed as "Link a smartphone and a PC". Click the "Linking a smartphone" button.

On the next screen, "Link Android or iPhone to this PC" is displayed. Enter the smartphone phone number you want to link and click the "Send" button.SMS is sent to the smartphone.

Next, make sure that the SMS message has arrived on the Android smartphone.When you tap the URL described in the message, the installation page of the "Smartphone Synchronous Management App" is displayed.

In the procedure in this article, the app is installed first, so after launching the app, check "Preparation of PC" and tap "Connect to PC".

Tap "Sign in with a Microsoft account" displayed when the connection is completed, and sign in with the Microsoft account you want to link.

The setting is completed if you "permit" all the access permissions, etc. along with the information on the screen displayed after signing in.

When the setting is completed, let's finally use "smartphone synchronization".Before that, as a last preparation, a notification will be sent to Android from the Windows "smartphone synchronization" app as shown in the following screen.After confirming the notification on the Android smartphone side, tap "permission", so that you can check the smartphone photos and messages from Windows.

(1) Check the smartphone photo on a PC. Click "Photo" from the "Smartphone Synchronization" screen of Windows, and click "See Photo" in the center of the screen.Now you can see the latest 25 images from Android's "camera roll" or "screenshot".

As mentioned at the beginning, the photos taken with the Android smartphone are almost in real time (cannot be synchronized from PC to smartphone).It is convenient because it is automatically uploaded without connecting with a cable.In addition, photos uploaded to "smartphone synchronization" can be used by dragging and dropping for Office materials and chat tools, so there is no need to save them once by right -clicking.

(2) Send the smartphone SMS from the PC Next, check the SMS from the "Smartphone Synchronization" app.Select "Message" on the left of the screen and click "See SMS Message".

Click "New Message" to enter the number on the right. Enter the destination.

After that, enter the message at the bottom of the screen and press the transmission button to complete the transmission.

If you can check the SMS on your PC, you can quickly notice the message without taking out your smartphone or pocket, and you can make a crisp text with a keyboard, and you will be able to communicate more smartly.

* Limited to those sent and received in the past 30 days.* MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) can be used, but attached files such as photos and videos are not supported.* Messages sent via RCS (Rich Communication Services) are not supported.* If you want to handle these messages, you may want to use "PC version message".

At the time of writing, the image sharing is the latest 25 pieces, SMS is only textbook, but it is a "smartphone synchronization" app that is very much fun to develop in the future.

There is a sense of security that Windows and Android work together as a Microsoft function, and if you are using smartphone photos and SMS for your work, the benefits are great.It is an app that will support you casually if you start on a daily basis.

* The PC verified in this article is Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (2018), the OS used is Windows 10 Home (version 1809), and the smartphone is Galaxy S8 (SCV36).* I am writing based on information as of January 16, 2019.Due to the update of the app, the contents of the commentary may not be applied.