Your Phone on Windows 10 tests music controls for Android phones

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[Update: Widely Available] Your Phone app on Windows 10 tests controlling music playback on your Android device

By Arol Wright

Published Jun 11, 2020

The Your Phone app for Windows 10, which allows you to integrate your phone to your computer, is now testing music playback controls from your computer.

Update 1 (06/11/2020 @ 05:32 AM ET): Music controls on Your Phone app are now widely rolling out. Scroll to the bottom for more information. The article as published on April 29, 2020, is preserved below.

If you have a Windows 10-powered computer, the Your Phone app can prove to be pretty useful: it allows for integrating your computer and your phone, allowing you to call people, message people, see notifications, and much more. The app is also constantly updated by Microsoft to further improve this integration and make it more seamless. Microsoft is now going to include a feature for controlling your phone's music playback right from your computer.

The feature would allow you to control music currently streaming from your phone, whether we're talking about locally downloaded music or streaming apps like Spotify, YouTube Music, or Apple Music, without needing to take away attention from your workflow or having to pick up your phone. Tracks, titles, and album art will remain synced between your computer and your phone, and you'll be able to skip tracks, pause and resume music, and more. You can also change the music source right from your computer by using the dropdown menu in the audio player.

In order to use this feature, you'll need a PC running Windows 10 (October 2018 update or later), an Android Phone running Android 7.0 Nougat or later, and an app that supports music controls (so pretty much any modern music streaming/playback app). Additionally, whatever music player you're using must have notifications enabled since that's what the Your Phone app will be using for controlling music.

The feature in its current state still has a couple of bugs and issues, such as the fact that the "back" button can either do the previous track or rewind track depending on the app. Additionally, YouTube video controls and Audible are currently not supported by this feature.

The feature is currently rolling out right now to people using Windows Insider builds, so it is possible that it will take a few days to show up in the Your Phone app on your computer.

Source: Windows Blog