Microsoft Tests 4 Phone Link PC Power Controls on Android, Including Update and Restart
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Updated · Notebookcheck.net · Aug 27
Microsoft Tests 4 Phone Link PC Power Controls on Android, Including Update and Restart
3 articles · Updated · Notebookcheck.net · Aug 27
Summary
Code in Microsoft’s Link to Windows Android app points to four remote PC actions—lock, sleep, restart and shut down—through a component labeled RemoteControlManager.
Two extra options, “Update and restart” and “Update and shut down,” suggest the feature could tie directly into Windows Update instead of requiring a separate install step.
Warnings in the app show restart and shutdown may discard unsaved work, while sleep would cut the PC off from Link to Windows until someone wakes it manually.
The controls are not live: debug logs show both the feature flag and experiment toggle set to false, and Microsoft has not enabled them in public or Insider builds.
If released, the Android-only addition would extend Phone Link beyond its current remote lock and messaging tools, while iPhone support still appears absent.