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Re:Microsoft is working on an Android subsystem for Windows 10 by gertlex on Sunday November 29, 2020 @12:04PM (#25246353)
I tried loading messages, etc. in Windows with "Your Phone" a few months ago with a Pixel 2, and couldn't get a single thing to work.

Conveniently, very shortly thereafter, I became aware of messages.google.com and now texting is much less of a PITA...

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Re:Microsoft is working on an Android subsystem for Windows 10 by smileybarry on Sunday November 29, 2020 @02:04PM (#25247157)
Last time I set it up on my Pixel 2 it took a few app clears to get it going, along with doing the initial setup on the same wifi network.

It did end up working great but no one here uses SMS (WhatsApp is practically a monopoly), I already had Google Photos for photo sync, and apps/screen sharing was Samsung-only.

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Re:Microsoft is working on an Android subsystem for Windows 10 by kyriakos on Sunday November 29, 2020 @01:41PM (#25246983)
Works quite well for me. I actually use it for both text messages and taking calls on a daily basis.
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Re:Microsoft is working on an Android subsystem for Windows 10 by perryizgr8 on Monday November 30, 2020 @12:37AM (#25251036)
It works perfectly for my S10. I think I read somewhere that only Samsungs are supported right now.
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