
Your cellular carrier can determine your rough location. RELATED: Why iPhone and iPad Apps Are Asking to Use Bluetooth Cell Towers You can check which apps already have access to your phone’s Bluetooth radio by heading to Settings > Privacy > Bluetooth. Think carefully before giving Bluetooth access to apps that request it, as those apps could use it for tracking your phone’s location when you’re near such beacons. For example, they could be used to track the movements of shoppers in a shopping mall, gathering a lot of data that for targeting advertisements. Nearby Bluetooth beacons can also be used for tracking you as you move around. RELATED: How to See Exactly Where a Photo Was Taken (and Keep Your Location Private) Bluetooth Tracking Beacons From the Photos app, tap the Share button, tap “Options” at the top of the sharing screen, and disable the “Location” option. You can also just remove location data while sharing a photo. Please continue to share your feedback with us - either in the Google Play Store, directly in the Phone Link and Link to Windows apps, or at the bottom of this article.You can stop the iPhone’s Camera from saving location information in the photos you take. On such devices, you can find the Link to Windows app under the Quick Settings menu by swiping down from the top of your screen.įor all other Android devices running Android 7.0 or later, download the new Link to Windows app from the Google Play Store.

The Link to Windows app is preinstalled on select Samsung, HONOR, and Surface Duo devices that are running Android 9.0 or later. If you were previously running Link to Windows on your Android device, be sure to update the app to receive the newest version. It’s still the simple and elegant app that you’ve come to love, but it’s been newly optimized so you can feel confident about staying in touch with all your content.Īnd with the Phone Link app’s new tabbed navigation design, all the important features you care about are now easier to use than ever. We’ve polished the design of Phone Link on your PC by updating the app’s interface to complement Microsoft’s Windows 11 design language. With that, we're introducing Microsoft Phone Link as the PC app experience, and Link to Windows as our mobile app for Android devices. Our latest evolution brings a new name to unify the experience for all our users.

Over the course of this journey, we’ve carefully listened to your feedback and we’ve used it to continue evolving our app experiences. Since then, we’ve embarked on bringing all the important capabilities and content from your Android phone to your Windows PC. It’s been an exciting journey since we first announced the Your Phone and Your Phone Companion apps back in October 2018.
