Since last year, Android users with Windows 11 computers have been able to preview a new feature that allows them to see their phone directly next to the start menu, where they can easily access SMS, calls and Sending files. You can also do these things with iPhones, but not in the start -up menu. Rather, you need to open the telephone link app on your Windows PC to get there.
To come later this year (and available in Overview Build 4805 for those of the Microsoft Insider program) will be the possibility of seeing your iPhone right next to the start menu, just like Android phones. You can access your SMS and calls, see the battery percentage and send files directly to your iPhone.
Just as there is today when using the telephone link application, there are warnings. To connect to an Android phone, you only have to be on the same Wi-Fi network (and have the connection to Windows installed on it), but iPhones need a Windows 11 PC with Bluetooth the .
For Android phones, the telephone link allows you to see and access the last 2,000 images on your camera bread, and messages may include images. You can also see the mirrors of your telephone notifications and can make phone calls from your PC. However, when using an iPhone, the telephone link does not take images (in messages or otherwise) or group texts at all. You can see notification windows (but not really acting on them) and making calls. In other words, the phone link essentially allows your Windows 11 PC equipped with Bluetooth it to do the same things as the Bluetooth connection of your car can (if you don't have Carplay).
None of this changes with the new construction. What is new is the possibility of seeing a small iPhone window right next to the start menu which displays the battery life, the last activity, messages and quick access to file sharing. It's not quite iPhone, but if you don't have a Mac, it's the next best thing.
For more information, see the Windows Insider blog post announcing the functionality.
