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

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

How to Turn On or Off Get Windows 10 Mobile 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 Windows 10 Mobile phone and PC, Cortana will tell you on your PC when you when your battery is low and when you miss a phone call, text message, or app notification.

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off your Windows 10 Mobile phone to send phone call, text message, and app notifications from Cortana to your Windows 10 PC.


Here's How:

1. On your Windows 10 Mobile phone, open the Cortana app. (see screenshot below)



2. Tap on the menu button (3 bars) in the Cortana app. (see screenshot below)



3. Tap on Settings. (see screenshot below)



4. Do step 5 (off) or step 6 (on) below for what you want.


5. To Turn Off "Send notifications between devices" on Windows 10 Mobile Phone

*note This is the default setting.
A) Turn off Send notifications between devices. (see screenshot below)



B) When finished, you can tap on the *Start button at the bottom of your phone to return to your Start screen if you like. (see screenshot below)




6. To Turn On "Send notifications between devices" on Windows 10 Mobile Phone
A) Turn on Send notifications between devices. (see screenshot below)



B) If prompted, tap on Personalize. (see screenshot below)



C) Tap on the Edit sync settings button under Send notifications between devices. (see screenshot below)



D) Turn on or off sync notifications for the apps you want. (see screenshots below)





E) When finished, you can tap on the *Start button at the bottom of your phone to return to your Start screen if you like. (see screenshot below)



F) 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 Windows 10 Mobile phone. (see screenshot below)

*note You will need to be signed in to Cortana with the same Microsoft account on your Windows 10 Mobile phone and PC(s).




That's it,
Shawn


Related Tutorials

• How to Turn On or Off Get Phone Notifications from Cortana in Windows 10
• How to Get Android Phone Notifications from Cortana on Windows 10 PC

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Cortana link notifications

We'd like to know if you've already downloaded and install Cortana app on your mobile phone. If so, follow the steps below to configure Cortana's settings on your mobile phone properly:

• Open Cortana on your phone > Hit the 3 line icon on the upper left corner > Select
  Settings.
• Tap Sync notifications and enable the notifications you'd like to see on your Windows 10 PC.

Note: Make sure to give Cortana permission on your device's settings.

Let us know the result.

 

(SOLVED/CLOSED)looking for help with Android phone CONSTANT wireless signal notification

Yeah, thats not a solution she is interested in......I've suggested that course of action. Thanks though.

Just to clarify, I feel that there MUST be a step, or series of steps to turn off JUST the wireless notification sound. Thats what Im driving @ here.

 

What happened to notification syncing in Android Cortana app?

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



We would suggest you follow steps mentioned below and check if it helps.

1. Open the app in mobile phone and go to menu.
   
2. Tap on Settings > Cross device.
   
3. Make sure that the switch across App notifications sync is toggled on.
   
4. Open Notification access on your phone and check the switch is on for Cortana.
   
5. Go to Settings in your PC, click on
   Cortana.
   
6. Click on Cortana across my devices on the left pane.
   
7. Make sure the toggle switch is ON under Get phone notifications on this PC.
   

If you still do not see the options, we would suggest you to uninstall and re-install the app and try configuring.





Hope it helps.

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





Manjunath H

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

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.

 

Disabling synched Cortana PC verbalizations: Google application notifications on Android mobile phones

Hi Sarah,

While notification syncing in Cortana is considered a great addition to bring your gadgets a little closer together and have it synchronized at the same time, we understand that this may also not be a feature for everyone. To disable it, you may follow these
steps:

• Open the Cortana app.
• Tap the menu button on the top left corner.
• Tap on Settings.
• Tap on Sync notifications.
• 
  Turn off the notifications that you don't want to sync to your PC.
  
• 
  Tap on Choose which apps to sync.
  
• 
  Turn off all the apps that you don't want to sync notifications to your PC.
  

Let us know if the steps above will help you resolve your concern.