Using Surface with your Android phone

1. On your Surface, select Search on the taskbar, enter Phone Link in the search box, and then select Phone Link from the list of results.

2. Select Android as your phone type.

3. On your Android device, open your browser and go to www.aka.ms/yourpc to install the companion app, called Link to Windows. For select Samsung devices, the Link to Windows app is already installed and will open from the link.

4. Sign in to the app with your Microsoft account. You’ll need to sign in with the same account later in the Phone Link app on your Surface.

5. On your Surface, select the checkmark for having the companion app on your Android device, and select Continue.

6. Sign in with the same Microsoft account as before and follow the instructions to scan the QR code on your Android device.

7. You’ll receive several notifications on your Android device requesting permission to access things like your photos, messages, and call history. Allowing access to this information lets us display it in the Phone Link app. Review the requests to finish linking your Surface to your Android.

For more info about linking your Android device and Surface—including system requirements and using the Phone Link app, see the Phone Link app page.

1. On your Surface, open the Phone Link app, then select Photos.

2. Select a recent photo to see it.

3. (Optional) You can save a picture to your Surface, open it, or share it in other ways if you like.

With the Microsoft OneDrive app, you can automatically upload backup copies of all your pictures. This lets you store your pictures on OneDrive, so you can get to them from wherever you can get to OneDrive.

1. Get the OneDrive app from the Google Play Store.

2. In the OneDrive app, sign in with your Microsoft account.

3. Do one of the following:

• If this is your first time signing in, select Start Camera Upload when asked if you’d like to automatically upload photos you take on your phone or mobile device.

• If you’ve already signed in to the OneDrive app, tap your profile picture then Settings > Camera upload, then turn on Camera upload. Now every photo you take on your phone or mobile device will be saved to OneDrive. If you want videos to be saved to OneDrive too, make sure Include videos is turned on.

OneDrive is built into Windows 11 on your Surface, so you can get to your photos (and other files you have on OneDrive) right in File Explorer.

1. On your Surface, select File Explorer  on the taskbar.

2. In File Explorer, select OneDrive on the left side.

3. Sign in with the same Microsoft account that you used to sign in to the OneDrive app on your phone.

4. After your OneDrive folders appear there, under OneDrive, select Pictures > Camera Roll.
   Your pictures will appear, and you can open them from there.

1. On your Surface, select File Explorer  on the taskbar.

2. Find the MP3s or other personal music files on your PC.
   Music files can’t be protected using digital rights management (DRM).

3. Select the MP3 files, and then select Copy.

4. Select OneDrive on the left side in File Explorer, and then select the Music folder.

5. Select Paste to upload them to your Music folder on OneDrive.

1. Get the Microsoft OneDrive app from the Google Play Store.

2. Open the OneDrive app on your phone or mobile device and sign in with the same Microsoft account you used on your Surface.

3. Find the Music folder that contains your MP3s, and then tap a song to play it on your phone.

1. Open Microsoft Word on your Surface, then sign in with your Microsoft account (if necessary).

   

2. In Word, select New, write what you want, then select Save.

3. Under Save As, select OneDrive – Personal, type a file name, then select Save.

4. On your Android phone or mobile device, open the Office app, sign in with the same Microsoft account (if prompted), then select the document or file you were working on.

5. Start reading, or continue editing your document right on your phone or mobile device.

If you use the Microsoft Sticky Notes app on your Surface, you can also get to your notes on both your Surface and Android. When you’re signed in with the same Microsoft account, your sticky notes stay in sync, so you can make changes in one place and see them in the other place.

Get Microsoft Sticky Notes from the Microsoft Store

1. On your Surface computer, select Search on the taskbar, enter Sticky Notes in the search box, and then select the Sticky Notes app.

2. In Sticky Notes, select Settings , and then select Sign in.
   Sign in with the same Microsoft account you use on your Android phone or mobile device.

3. Select Back, select New note, and then type or write a note.

4. On your Android, open the Office app, and look for the Notes section.

5. Tap a note to open it and edit it if you want.

6. Select Back when you’re done.
   
   For more info about using Sticky Notes, check out Sticky Notes help.

1. In Microsoft Edge on your Android, open a webpage—any page will do.

2. Tap menu (...), drag it up, then tap Continue on PC > the name of your Surface computer.

3. Go to your Surface and continue reading the page from there in Microsoft Edge.

1. On your Surface, select Search on the taskbar, enter To Do, and then select Microsoft To Do.

2. Add a new task to the list.

3. Select the task, select Remind me on the right, and then pick a date and time.

4. Open the Microsoft To Do app on your phone, sign in with the same Microsoft account, and then open the list. You'll get a reminder when the time comes.

To learn more about Microsoft To Do, see To Do help and learning.