If you're using a Windows 10 PC with Android smartphones and tablets, let's pay attention to the Android apps that will be featured here. These are useful tools to help you connect smoothly between the two operating systems, such as editing notes on a smartphone or editing calendar notifications on a Windows 10 PC.
The Windows 10-friendly Android apps to be introduced here are officially released by Microsoft and all are available for free. Remember to sign in to the app through the same Microsoft account that you use on your Windows 10 computer for both apps.
Kotana: Synchronize reminders between Windows PC-and-Android devices With the
Cortana app for Android, you can sync reminders created on your mobile device to your Windows 10 PC or send notifications to your PC. To set up a kotana app for Android, first tap on the icon at the bottom left of the app's main screen (a group of nine squares). You can set the name and time of the new notification by tapping the 'New Notification' icon here. Alternatively, it is possible to display a notification when the user arrives at a specific place using the location information, or to receive the captured image as a notification.
Notifications can also be synchronized with a Windows 10 PC. For example, if you're using the Calendar app on your Start Menu Live Tile, you'll see a notification on your mobile phone's tile in your Calendar app. Alternatively, you can click the time / date icon in the notification area of Windows 10 to see a list of reminders at the bottom of the calendar.
Opposite work is also applicable. If you set reminders on your Windows 10 PC (My Calendar app or Kotana), those notifications will sync to your Android device via the Kotana app.
Kotana: Delivering notifications from your
Android device to your Windows 10 PC It's also possible to set up your device so you do not have to waste time opening your smartphone while you're working on your PC by sending various notifications that appear on your Android device to your Windows 10 PC. These notifications are displayed in the Windows 10 Notifications Center panel as a list of category tiles for the Android device name.
The function can be set by tapping the user icon on the upper right corner of the Android Kotana app and accessing the path of "Settings"> "Notification Synchronization". The top two options in the Settings Sync menu are the settings to transfer battery information from missed calls and Android devices to a Windows 10 PC, respectively.
And if you activate the third most important option, you can receive notifications from external apps installed on your Android device to your Windows 10 PC. Each setting can be activated / deactivated simply by a single tab, and you can set up notification delivery options for individual apps. Once you're done, you'll be able to see notifications for targeted apps and features in the Windows 10 notification center.
Circle Drive: Windows 10 PC access to files via Android device
Windows 10 is tightly integrated with Microsoft's cloud storage service, OneDrive, from the operating system level. The files in the original drive can be found in a separate folder in the file explorer on the PC, and you can easily upload them to the cloud simply by dragging files such as documents or images stored on the hard drive.
You can open documents or images stored in the original drive folder by using the circle drive Android app. (If you tap the image or PDF file in the circle drive folder of CircleDrive, the CircleDrive app will do it through its own viewer, whereas if you tap a document file such as a text editor file or Word document, it will be downloaded to the device itself, Will be done via a pre-set document app on your
device ). On the other hand, you can also upload photos or videos taken with your Android device's camera to the original drive folder automatically. These uploaded photos and images can be easily checked through the Windows 10 PC's OneDrive folder.
The camera upload setting (or the existing setting check) is possible by tapping the three horizontal lines on the upper left corner of the Android app main screen and then accessing the 'Settings (Gear icon on the bottom right corner of the popup panel)' menu. You can activate the function after tapping 'Upload Camera' in the setup menu. In addition, you can set the communication environment, battery environment, file type (whether video is included) to be uploaded in the corresponding area.
Outlook: Synchronizing calendar events between Windows 10 PC-and-Android devices
The Outlook Android app is basically a tool to manage the email of Microsoft services such as Exchange, Office 365, and Outlook. (Gmail and Yahoo accounts can be added as well.) But in addition to this, Outlook app is also excellent as a synchronization tool with the calendar application of Windows 10 PC. Not only the date and time can be set specifically, but the ability to receive notifications on Windows 10 PC and Android devices when the due date is approaching is a lot of convenience in everyday life.
Run the Outlook app for Android and tap the calendar tool at the bottom of the main screen. From the menu, select the date (by scrolling up and down the bottom) to which you want to apply the calendar reminder, and then tap the plus icon to set a specific time or location in the 'New Event' If set, you can receive notifications at the time or place. It is also possible to add those who will receive the notifications from the contact list.
Like the Kotana app's reminder settings, Outlook reminders also come with PC-based settings. If you set a specific appointment or schedule in the Windows 10 PC Calendar app, you can receive the notification via the Android Outlook app.