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Windows 10 Your Phone app receives customizable notification banners

Microsoft is now rolling out a new update for the Your Phone app to Insiders. The new version of the app allows the user to customize app notification banners and their contents.

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Windows 10 comes with a special app, Your Phone, that allows pairing your Android or iOS smartphone with your desktop computer and browse your phone data on the PC.

Recent versions of Your Phone app show a notification toast for a message received on your paired Android phone.

Your Phone was first introduced during Build 2018. The app is intended to allow users to sync their smartphones running Android or iOS with Windows 10. The app allows syncing Messages, Photos, and Notifications with a device running Windows 10, e.g. to view and edit photos stored on your smartphone directly on the computer.

Your Phone 1Your Phone 2

Since its first introduction, the app has received tons of new features and improvements. The app supports Dual SIM devices.  In addition to the battery level indicator, and inline replies, the app is able to render the background image of your smartphone.

Some of the features of the Your Phone app are hidden for the user, but you can unblock them.

Force enable Your Phone app's secret hidden features in Windows 10

New notification banner options

Microsoft is rolling out a set of new options to Insiders that allow customizing how notification banners look for the Your Phone app. The user can choose to show or hide the message contents, sender, and previews. Here is the new UI:

Your Phone App New Notification Banner Options 02Your Phone App New Notification Banner Options 01

Source: ALumia

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Author: Sergey Tkachenko

Sergey Tkachenko is a software developer who started Winaero back in 2011. On this blog, Sergey is writing about everything connected to Microsoft, Windows and popular software. Follow him on Telegram, Twitter, and YouTube.

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