Phone Link

Use your phone on PC

Phone Link is a native Windows application that enables users to seamlessly interact with their mobile devices directly from their PC—including core features like messaging, calling, photo syncing, and cross-device app streaming.

As a key product designer on the team, my primary focus was optimizing the cross-device linking architecture, designing frictionless progressive onboarding flows, and managing critical permission states before users begin their in-app journey.

Windows Settings Integration

One entry point for device pairing is through the native Windows Settings platform. When a user initiates the "Add" action, they are guided through a carefully structured, step-by-step setup wizard designed to simplify complex cross-device handshakes into digestible micro-actions.

Device provisioning flow via Windows Settings

Welcome Dialog & Progressive Onboarding

lternatively, users can launch the Phone Link app directly to initiate pairing. Within the welcome dialog, our goal was to design an effortless, transparent permission-granting framework. By introducing a modular, feature-driven approach, users can explicitly choose which functionalities they want to access on their PC, giving them full control over their data and privacy from day one.

Progressive onboarding and granular permission modeling