Microsoft introduced at present, the worldwide roll out of Cellphone Hyperlink for iOS, throughout units utilizing Home windows 11. This successfully means, that iPhone customers with a Home windows desktop/laptop computer will now have the ability to use their beloved iMessage throughout their Home windows units. Moreover, in addition they get the power to make and obtain telephone calls, entry their contacts, and see their telephone’s notifications immediately on their Home windows PC.

“With the power to now make this PC/iOS Cellphone connection, we hope our Home windows 11 prospects won’t ever have to fret about lacking an necessary telephone name or textual content whereas specializing in their Home windows PC.”, mentioned Ali Akgun, Microsoft’s Company Vice President for Home windows and Units.

The function was already accessible for Android customers, with sure enhancements introduced in February this yr.

Cellphone Hyperlink for iOS will start rolling out globally within the subsequent few weeks to all Home windows 11 units. To start utilizing it or to test if it’s enabled, merely begin with the Search field in your Home windows taskbar to search out “Cellphone Hyperlink.” A guided step-by-step set up will stroll you thru setting it up.

To ensure that iOS customers to make use of this function, their telephones have to be up to date to iOS 14 or greater. Moreover, messaging function is restricted by iOS. Picture/video sharing and group messaging just isn’t supported. Messages are session based mostly and can solely come by way of when telephone is linked to PC. So sure, whilst you might not have the seamlessness of an “Apple Ecosystem”, however this does come near serving to you realise that, with out getting trapped within the ecosystem.