Microsoft's Your Phone app to get refreshed design alongside Windows 11

Your Phone Companion Android
Your Phone Companion Android (Image credit: Windows Central)

What you need to know

  • Microsoft's Your Phone app will receive a refreshed design on Windows 11.
  • The design was shown off briefly during Microsoft's Surface hardware event earlier this year.
  • The update moves the notifications center to the left panel of the app and brings the pages for messages, calls, apps, and photos to the top.

Windows Latest spotted the refreshed app in action, and Microsoft's Vishnu Nath highlighted the updated app as well.

The Your Phone app allows people to connect their smartphone with their PC. It can show notifications, be used to make phone calls, and can mirror apps from supported devices. Your Phone's update brings the notification center to the left panel of the app.

The teased update shows a navigation bar at the top of the Your Phone app. This allows people to jump between the pages for messages, photos, apps, and calls.

Overall, the design appears to fit in with Windows 11, which ships on October 5, 2021.

Sean Endicott
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Sean Endicott is a news writer and apps editor for Windows Central with 11+ years of experience. A Nottingham Trent journalism graduate, Sean has covered the industry’s arc from the Lumia era to the launch of Windows 11 and generative AI. Having started at Thrifter, he uses his expertise in price tracking to help readers find genuine hardware value.

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