How connecting your iPhone via Phone Link works Phone Link now supports iPhones | Image: Microsoft “We send the messages back and forth via Bluetooth, Apple I think in turn sends those as iMessage once it gets onto their system,” explains Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft’s head of consumer marketing, told The Verge. Windows customers can send iMessages and SMS texts, make and receive cellular calls and see iPhone notifications on their PC. Your iPhone must be connected wirelessly to a Windows 11 PC via Bluetooth, which enables Microsoft to request content from the iPhone’s stock Messages app. The updated Phone Link app, available in preview via the Windows Insiders program, now supports iPhones. Microsoft adds limited iMessage support to Windows 11

What to do? Visit the official Windows blog for details.

Why care? Microsoft has never supported iPhone messaging on Windows, so this is significant news for Apple fans who also use Microsoft’s operating system.

What’s happening? Microsoft has worked around Apple’s stubborn refusal to officially support iMessage on other platforms such as Windows by implementing the ability to send and receive Messages content through its Phone Link app.

Phone Link showing Messages chats on Windows 11 | Image: Microsoft If you already have an iTunes backup and it’s more than 24 hours old, iExplorer will ask whether you’d like to Use Last Backup or Refresh.You can send and receive iMessage chats and SMS texts on Windows 11, but there are no blue and green bubbles, messaging history and attachment support. If you haven’t created an iTunes backup on this computer, you’ll be asked if you’d like to.Click on the Data tab and then the Messages button.Connect your iPhone to your computer and open iExplorer.Here’s how to transfer text messages from your iOS device to your computer: iExplorer lets you access and save your iPhone's messages to your Mac or PC as a.

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