{"id":282136,"date":"2024-05-28T03:45:39","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T10:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=333182"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:25:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:25:38","slug":"windows-wants-to-be-the-best-friend-of-your-androids-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/windows-wants-to-be-the-best-friend-of-your-androids-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows wants to be the best friend of your Android&#8217;s photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new feature of Phone Link will allow you to select text in photos synced from your Android phone, thus increasing the compatibility between Windows and Android for the benefit of everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Windows 11\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/3a83edc2-8bcb-4baa-8fbe-3ddcf458c1a4\/1709716978\/windows-11-win11icon.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Windows 11<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/windows-11.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/windows-11.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A future version of Microsoft Phone Link will allow you to select and copy text from synchronized images on your Android phone.<\/strong> The feature is already available in preview versions for Insiders, so it will soon be available for everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Phone Link (which is called Link to Windows on Android) allows you to sync calls, messages, notifications, and images &#8211; and transfer everything from your Android phone to your Windows computer. <strong>It also works in a more limited way with iOS devices, which only sync notifications, messages, and calls via Bluetooth.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Phone Link will let you copy text from Android photos <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zecN094RGa\">https:\/\/t.co\/zecN094RGa<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cvD30QFurY\">pic.twitter.com\/cvD30QFurY<\/a><\/p>&mdash; GSMArena.com (@gsmarena_com) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gsmarena_com\/status\/1795363408457630154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 28, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Windows Snipping Tool achieved text extraction last year, around the same time that Phone Link achieved image sharing notifications, so it has been possible for a while to extract text from phone photos with the snipping tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This update saves you a step and allows you to do it within the application<\/strong>. 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