#Android mirroring

Microsoft has started rolling out an upgraded Android app mirroring experience on Windows 11, allowing users to view Android apps using nearly the entire desktop screen through the Phone Link app. The new feature, called Expanded screen, lets Android apps take up around 90% of the display, moving beyond the previously limited phone-sized portrait view. Expanded screen support is included in Phone Link version 1.25112.36.0 and is now available to all users with supported Android devices. Once enabled, Phone Link prompts the connected phone to relaunch the selected Android app in a wider layout, which is then streamed to the PC. While the experience isn’t fully edge-to-edge yet, leaving a small portion of the desktop unused, it significantly improves multitasking for users who rely on Android apps alongside Windows workflows. Phones running Android 11 or newer may also qualify for multi-app streaming, depending on hardware support. Alongside this update, Microsoft has also introduced other Phone Link enhancements, including the ability to lock a Windows PC remotely from an Android phone, improved file sharing, and background clipboard syncing across devices. As for the tech, the gadget runs on Bluetooth 6.0 and it’s compatible with Android 11 or later and iOS 13 or later too. Read more in our articles including "Windows 11 now lets you mirror Android apps in almost full screen via Phone Link" and "REDMI Note 17 Pro unveiled: 9000mAh battery, Snapdragon 6s Gen 4".