Google duofor windows phone2/15/2024 ![]() ![]() My other concern is how Microsoft-centric the Surface Duo is, for obvious reasons. Well, that and the $1,399 price tag are holding me back, although I can clean out my device closet and get up to a $700 trade-in credit towards the purchase. Since this is all an unknown, I haven’t yet pre-ordered a Surface Duo. Tweaking the front end by using a connected Android phone wouldn’t require starting from scratch.Įssentially, I’d like to see Google do for Android and Chromebooks what Microsoft is doing with the Android-powered Surface Duo and Windows. And Chromebooks already have the capabilities for emulation and/or virtual machines as evidenced by Linux and the Android emulator for Android Studio on supported Chromebooks. Android apps already have a container to run in on Chromebooks. You wouldn’t need to install Android apps on your Chromebook and you therefore you wouldn’t be confused if an app on your Chromebook is a web app, PWA or Android title.Īnd the “plumbing” is already there in more than one way. It would fundamentally offer a different and perhaps simpler way to run Android apps on a Chromebook to some extent. ![]() I don’t know that this is what Google is envisioning for the Phone Hub, of course.Īfter all, running Android apps on a Chromebooks is a native feature now, with no Android phone needed. However, my hope is that Phone Hub for Chromebooks ends up providing a similar experience. But as for Windows Mobile? It’s as dead as the Ghost of Christmas Past.Obviously, the Microsoft Your Phone app for Android works with Windows PCs, not Chromebooks. Because the Duo is scheduled to ship a year from now, in holiday 2020, you have a future opportunity to buy a Microsoft phone. Remember, even though Microsoft has announced a new Microsoft phone-the Surface Duo-it will only run Android. If you’d like, you can even go full Microsoft and install the Microsoft Launcher app, which can sync with Bing’s image of the day and serve as a gateway to other Microsoft apps and services available on your Android phone. Tafidi / Microsoftĭon’t use the barebones WP Message Backup app for actually sending and receiving SMS text messages-it’s good for transferring files. You’ll then need to restore the SMS files to your Android phone via one of a number of Android SMS restore apps in the Google Play Store. That XML file can be uploaded to the cloud and then downloaded to an Android phone, or transferred wirelessly or via USB. Unfortunately, the free version exports only 100 messages at a time, which can get old fast. When I migrated my wife’s Windows Phone to an Android phone, I used WP Message Backup, which is a “freemium” app that allows you to export SMS texts, pictures, group messages, and the like to an XML file. Then import those contacts into Google Contacts.Įxporting SMS text messages from Windows to Android is a bit trickier. Once you’re in the Contacts app, there’s an Import option on the left-hand rail, which you can use to open that CSV file within Google and import your contacts. ![]() Here’s where you’ll need to use that Google account you signed up for. Here’s how to find the option to export your People contacts.Ĭontinue on the web to, which is also accessible in the “Google Apps” menu next to your profile picture in the upper righthand corner. Exporting your Windows contacts to Android is fairly easy: Go to on the Web, then to the People tab, and select the Manage dropdown menu in the upper right-hand corner. Make sure that you export your phone’s contacts and SMS messages. Other recommended apps include OneDrive, for backing up photos to the Microsoft cloud, and Your Phone, which is designed to connect your Android phone and your PC. Download the very good Outlook app for Android instead, whose calendar is far more practical and straightforward than the native Android Calendar app.
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