Microsoft has added the ability to make phone calls from your Android smartphone via your Windows 10 device.<\/p>\n
“Today, we’re pleased to announce the general availability of the <\/span>#YourPhone<\/span> app Calls feature, which allows you to receive and make phone calls on your PC,<\/span>” tweeted<\/strong><\/a> Microsoft.<\/p>\n The Your Phone app is available for Windows 10 and Android, and allows users to link their smartphone to their Windows 10 device.<\/p>\n This pairing functionality includes support for features such as texting, sharing and accessing files, and receiving and managing your phone’s notifications.<\/p>\n Users can also mirror their device’s screen, allowing them to work on their Android smartphone without touching it.<\/p>\n The software, which requires Android 7.0 or later to work, is available for free on the Microsoft Store<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n This feature could tempt some Windows 7 users to finally make the switch to Windows 10.<\/p>\n Microsoft has been trying to convince these users to make the switch for months ahead of the end of support for the older operating system – which will take place on 14 January 2020.<\/p>\n Recently, Microsoft announced that beginning 15 January, it will show Windows 7 users a full-screen notification that they should move to Windows 10.<\/p>\n Despite months of decreasing market share, Windows 7’s adoption appears to be stabilising<\/strong><\/a>, with 26.86% of all desktop operating systems still using this old software.<\/p>\n Microsoft has added the ability to make phone calls from your Android smartphone via your Windows 10 device.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341039,"featured_media":322632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[397,26970,5214],"class_list":["post-332788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-android","tag-windows-10","tag-windows-7"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332788"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341039"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332788"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332804,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332788\/revisions\/332804"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Move to Windows 10<\/h3>\n
Now read: Windows 7 to show full-screen upgrade notifications<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"