This Microsoft app cannot distinguish between a text message received via iMessage and a regular SMS message Phone Link uses neither blue nor green bubbles, which is a significant text messaging experience concession versus using an iPhone with a macOS device.īecause Phone Link can only display photographs on your phone, the app lags far behind what’s possible when using a macOS device. Only messages sent or received via Phone Link are shown in discussions, so you won’t be able to see the entire history of communications with another party. Limitations, Limitations, More Limitations PC users will see their iMessage discussions in a condensed form. However, you won’t be able to participate in group messages or send photographs in communications. You can communicate with contacts who also own iPhones directly from your PC. Sadly, Phone Link has the same limitations that plague the Intel Unison app. The app connects Windows machines to iPhones via Bluetooth, sending instructions and messages to the iMessage app. Unlike the Intel Unison app, which users must download from the Windows App store on both their PC and iPhone, Phone Link is embedded in this new preview build of Windows 11.
The program also allows iPhone users to connect their handsets to a Windows laptop or PC. With the upgrade, the updated Phone Link app enables iPhone users to make and receive calls, send and receive messages using iMessage, and view their phone alerts inside Windows 11. For Windows Insiders, a preview of the upgraded app is now possible. Microsoft formally provides access to iMessage on Windows using its Phone Link program. Unfortunately, Microsoft’s attempt to comprehend robust iPhone text messaging support in Windows is equally lackluster. With that in mind, I had managed expectations for Microsoft’s updated Phone Link app, now available in preview build 22623.1325 of Windows 11. Intel’s Unison app, now available on select Intel Evo-certified laptops from HP, Lenovo, and Acer - and presumably more Windows laptops in the future - is a modest step in the right direction. Last week, I wrote about my longing for Windows users to have the same robust experience that macOS users have for accessing iMessage on their Mac devices.
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