Access Phone Apps and Files on Your Laptop
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Access Phone Apps and Files on Your Laptop

After Multi-Screen Collaboration is enabled between your phone and laptop, you can use a mouse and keyboard with the laptop to facilitate using phone apps and files.

 
  • The features and operations may vary between PC Manager versions.

  • It is recommended that you update PC Manager to the latest version by going to > Check for updates.

Access Phone Apps from Your Laptop

Use a mouse to perform operations quickly
  • Open an app: Click an app in the phone window to open it.

  • Browse a page: Use the mouse scroll wheel to browse web pages in the phone window or scroll between home screen tabs.

Use a keyboard to perform operations quickly
  • Input text: Use the input method on your laptop to enter text in the phone window.

  • Copy and paste text: Press Ctrl+C on the laptop keyboard to copy text and press Ctrl+V to paste it in the phone window.

    To view information about the text you have copied recently, click Notification Center of PC Manager on your laptop, then select Clipboard.

  • Send messages quickly: Press Ctrl+Enter on the laptop keyboard to quickly send the message edited in the phone window

  • Exit an app: Press the ESC key on the laptop keyboard to exit an app in the phone window.

Always display the phone window on the top

In the phone window on your laptop, click > to pin the window so that it will always display on the top, and click this icon again to unpin the window.

Answer a Voice or Video Call on Your Laptop

After Multi-screen Collaboration is enabled between your phone and your laptop, you can use the laptop to answer voice and video calls (such as those in WeChat and MeeTime) from your phone. During a call, the audio and video can be played through your computer and its accessories such as the speaker and camera.

Swipe down from the upper left edge of your phone to display the notification panel or touch to switch between playback devices.

Open and Edit Files on Your Phone Using Laptop Apps

After connecting your Phone to your laptop, you can open and edit various files on your Phone with laptop apps.

  • Documents: Use laptop Microsoft Office to open a document.

  • Pictures: In PC Manager, go to My devices > My Phone to view pictures on your Phone. You may also use a photo viewing or editing app on your laptop, such as Photoshop, to open and edit a picture.

  • Audio and video files: In PC Manager, go to My devices > My Phone to view audio and video files on your Phone. You may also use a laptop player, such as Windows Media Player, to open the files.

  • Web pages: Use a laptop browser, such as IE, to open a web page.

  • Compressed files: Use a file compression app on your laptop, such as WinRAR, to extract and open compressed files.

Open Multiple Phone App Windows on Your Laptop

Once your phone is connected with your laptop, you'll be able to open multiple phone app windows on the larger laptop display, and multi-task away without shifting your gaze.

This feature is unavailable in some apps.

Open an app in the phone window on your laptop, for example, Notepad, and click on in the window to display this app in a separate window. Alternatively, click and hold down on the app icon, and click on Open in new window. You can then open an independent app window, and open another app in the phone window.

Some apps even adapt to the larger laptop screen and support a special large-window display. The large-window display supports the following two modes during Multi-screen Collaboration:
  • Landscape large-window mode: Apps display in Landscape mode with a larger window that shows you more content and a clearer view.

  • App Multiplier mode: The app home screen displays in the center of the laptop screen. When you click on an item on the home screen, a new window will open and display beside the app home screen, which makes it easier to read and browse.

The independent app window can be adjusted as follows:
  • Resizing: Click on to shrink the window. Click on to expand the window. To adjust the window size, move the cursor to any square corner of the app window, wait for to display, hold down on the left mouse button, and drag the window as needed.

  • Pinning the window to the top: Click on > at the top of an app window to pin the window to the top, which prevents it from being blocked by other windows.

Landscape large-window mode, App Multiplier mode, and free window resizing are only supported on certain laptop models. It is recommended that you try this function after updating PC Manager to the latest version by going to > Check for updates.

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