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Windows Share allows you to send links through Phone Link within the Nearby Share option
For some, it would be easier to create a QR code for the link and scan it with the phone
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Published onMay 29, 2024
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The mobile pairing app Phone Link certainly have seen a lot of developments recently. Of course, the most important of them is theOCR feature, or otherwise said, scanning the text from images. However, in the Windows 11 preview build 22635.3646, there is also a nice share link feature pointed out byPhantomOcean3 on X.
Upcoming share sheet change: the addition of a new “My Phone” button for sharing content to your phone via Phone Link in the nearby share section (instead of having Phone Link shown next to other apps in the “Share using” section.)(disabled by default, Beta 22635.3646.)pic.twitter.com/Qrlx3Bmm4r
According to his post, soon, you will be able to share a link by selecting My Phone from the Nearby Share option, of course, if you turn it on first, because this feature is disabled by default.
How does the link share feature work?
The whole thing is a little bit blurry because the first thing that crosses your mind is that you first need to turn on the Nearby Share feature, but it’s not the case.
If you installed the Phone Link app and synced it with your phone, you just need to click on the My Phone button and you will see a pop-up confirming that your link was sent to your phone.
This function is pretty useful if you want to avoid using a different communication platform that would require an extra step. However, you may also create a QR code from the link in the Share link feature and scan it with your mobile directly.
That could be a lot easier and quicker for those of you who are comfortable with using a WR scanning app.
If you didn’t know, Phone Link also allows you touse the camera of phone as a webcamfor your Windows 11 laptop or PC.
What do you think about the upcoming link sharing option? Let us know in the comments below.
More about the topics:Windows 11,your phone app
Claudiu Andone
Windows Toubleshooting Expert
Oldtimer in the tech and science press, Claudiu is focused on whatever comes new from Microsoft.
His abrupt interest in computers started when he saw the first Home Computer as a kid. However, his passion for Windows and everything related became obvious when he became a sys admin in a computer science high school.
With 14 years of experience in writing about everything there is to know about science and technology, Claudiu also likes rock music, chilling in the garden, and Star Wars. May the force be with you, always!
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Claudiu Andone
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Oldtimer in the tech and science press, with 14 years of experience in writing on everything there is to know about science, technology, and Microsoft
