Before you can access your Windows, Mac, or Linux computer from your Android phone, you first need to set your PC up. Here's what you need to do (via Google Support): Launch your Google Chrome app.

The ability to control computer with phone, or vice versa, enables us to access files, applications, and more from anywhere conveniently.

Access a PC anywhere using an iOS or Android mobile We show you how to use two free apps to sync the files on your computer with your phone and let you access it while you're out and about.

Phone Link is a helpful app from Microsoft that lets you manage texts, calls, and more that you receive on your Android device right from your Windows PC.

We show you how to send links from Android phone to PC using Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, and Link to Windows app.

Connecting the two lets you send text messages, see notifications, instantly grab photos, and even run apps from your Android on your Windows 11 PC. We show you how to get started.

PCs and Android go together like Garfunkel and Oates, so seal the deal with these free remote control solutions.

With the Remote Desktop app for iOS and Android, you can connect to and control a remote Windows computer to work with your files and applications.

Sometimes when you connect an Android phone to a PC, it doesn't show the phone's files. Here's how to find phone files on a PC.

You can play PC games on an Android phone via cloud gaming, stream games to the phone using Moonlight or Parsec, or use an Android emulator.

You can view photos and text messages from your Android device directly in Windows 10. Follow these step-by-step instructions on how to use the Your Phone Companion app.