Windows 10: Get Android Phone Notifications from Cortana on Windows 10 PC

How to: Get Android Phone Notifications from Cortana on Windows 10 PC

How to Get Android Phone Notifications from Cortana on Windows 10 PC


Cortana is your digital cloud-based personal assistant that works across your devices and other Microsoft services to help you get things done.

When you phone notifications on a Windows 10 PC.

When this feature is enabled on both your Android phone and PC, Cortana will tell you on your PC when you miss a phone call, text message, or app notification from your phone. You'll also be able to respond to text messages from the PC.

See also:

• Setup Cortana - Get Started with Your Virtual Assistant - Microsoft
• Get started with Cortana for Android

This tutorial will show you how to setup your Android phone to send phone call, text message, and app notifications from Cortana to your Windows 10 PC.


EXAMPLE: Missed call notification from Android phone on Windows 10 PC










Here's How:

1. Download and Install the Microsoft Cortana – Digital assistant app from the Google Play store on your Android phone, and open it. (see screenshots below)





2. Type the email address for your Microsoft account into the app, and click/tap on Get started. (see screenshot below)



3. Type the password for your Microsoft account into the app, and click/tap on Sign in. (see screenshot below)



4. If you turned on two-step verification for your Microsoft account, select how (ex: text) you want to get a verification code, enter the required information, and click/tap on Send code. (see screenshots below)






A) Enter the code sent from Microsoft, and click/tap on Verify. (see screenshot below)




5. Click/tap on AGREE for Cortana Terms & Privacy . (see screenshot below)



6. Click/tap on Allow to allow Cortana to access this phone's location. (see screenshot below)



7. Click/tap on Turn on or Maybe later for what you want to have Cortana on your home screen. (see screenshot below)



8. Click/tap on Add Cortana as default assistant or Maybe later for what you want. (see screenshot below)



9. Click/tap on the menu button (3 lines) in the Cortana app. (see screenshot below)



10. Click/tap on Settings. (see screenshot below)



11. Click/tap on Cross device in Settings. (see screenshot below)



12. Click/tap on Allow to allow Cortana to send and view SMS messages, access your contacts, and make and manage phone calls. (see screenshot below)







13. Turn on App notifications sync in "Cross device" settings. (see screenshot below)



14. Click/tap on GOT IT when prompted for access to notifications. (see screenshot below)



15. Turn on Cortana in "Notification Access" settings. (see screenshot below)



16. Click/tap on ALLOW when prompted for Cortana access to notifications. (see screenshot below)



17. Click/tap on the Back arrow button in the navigation bar at the bottom to go back to "Cross device" settings in the Cortana app. (see screenshot below)



18. Click/tap on Choose which apps to sync under the App Notifications sync setting. (see screenshot below)



19. Turn on Messages and any other app you want to sync notifications for, and click/tap on the Home button in the navigation bar at the bottom. (see screenshot below)



20. You are now done setting up Cortana on your Android phone to sync cross device notifications.

21. You can now turn on Get phone notifications on this PC and manage notifications on Windows 10 PCs you want to get notifications from this Android phone. (see screenshot below)

*note You will need to be signed in to Cortana with the same Microsoft account on your Android phone and PC(s).






That's it,
Shawn


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• How to Turn On or Off Get Phone Notifications from Cortana in Windows 10
• How to Turn On or Off Show Text Messages from Phone in Your Phone app on Windows 10 PC
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• How to Link Android Phone to Windows 10 PC

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Windows 10 will bring your Android phone notifications to your PC

Must be coming, but I can't enable it, (yet)

(Forgot I had Cortana installed on my 'Droid!) *Redface

 

Windows 10 will bring your Android phone notifications to your PC


Microsoft is planning to bring Android phone notifications directly to Windows 10 PCs. During a session at Build 2016 today, Microsoft detailed how missed calls, messages, and other notifications from an Android phone will appear on a Windows 10 PC. Microsoft is using the Cortana app for Android to enable this support, and Windows 10 users will even be able to reply to the Android notifications directly from a PC.

http://www.theverge.com/microsoft/20...-cloud-android

 

Problem with cortana sync notification between android and windows 10

Hi,

I suggest you to follow the below steps and check if it helps.

• On Android, download and install the Cortana app from the Google Play store
• Using the Cortana app on the Android phone, tap the hamburger menu on the top left corner and select
  Settings.
• Tap Sync Notifications and enable the notifications you'd like to see on your Windows 10 PC.
• You can turn on all the notifications by selecting missed call notifications, incoming message notifications, low battery notifications, and app notifications.
• If you enable app notifications sync, you can customize which apps to sync. This is useful in controlling the number of notifications you receive. For example, if you already have a app on your PC, you probably don't want to
  receive your phone's notifications on your PC. During setup, the Android device will ask permission to give notification access to Cortana.
• The notifications show up on your Windows 10 PC with your phone's name in the header. Missed calls and incoming message notifications are also actionable. A default message that says "I'll get back to you soon," can be quickly
  sent from within Action Center, but you can also edit it to make it more personal. You can also reply to your incoming messages from your PC.

Hope this information is helpful. Please do let us know if you need further assistance, we’ll be glad to assist you.

 

Not receiving Cortana (Android) notifications on my PC

Hi,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

To have better clarity on the issue, answer the below-listed questions and get back to us.

1. Since when are you facing this issue?
2. Did you make any changes to the computer prior to this issue?
3. Check if your Windows is up-to-date by going to Settings >
   Update and Security > Windows Updates and install all the Windows Updates if there are any.

Meanwhile, try the below troubleshooting steps and see if this helps.

Method 1: Uninstall and Reinstall Cortana Application.

I suggest you to first try to completely uninstall Cortana Application from your Android Phone and then again reinstall the application by giving it all the phone's notification permission in your Phone Notification settings.

Method 2: Troubleshoot Problems with Cortana.

Follow the troubleshooting steps mentioned in
Troubleshoot Problems with Cortana and see if this helps.

Method 3: Re-Register Cortana.

Step 1: Click on the Start Menu > Search for
PowerShell > Right-Click on PowerShell >
Run As Administrator.

Step 2: Once the PowerShell Window is up and running, copy and paste the below command and hit
Enter.

• Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Microsoft.Windows.Cortana | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

Step 3: Once the above command is executed successfully, restart your computer once and

Setup Cortana from the beginning by giving it all the permissions, so that you can view all the android phones notifications on your Windows 10 computer.

Hope it helps.

Let us know if you got the help you needed by clicking Yes or No.

 

Problem with cortana sync notification between android and windows 10

thank you

i do this steps what i said before but like screenshot there isn't any "app notification" checkbox. I sync my missed call and phone notifications but i can't sync app notification ,thats a problem!

plz help