Multi-screen Collaboration Between Your Phone and Tablet

Multi-screen Collaboration Between Your Phone and Tablet

Connect your phone and tablet to use Multi-screen Collaboration for cross-device operations, such as to display your phone screen on the tablet, use your phone apps on the tablet, drag files across the two devices, and edit a file from your phone on the tablet.

Access Phone Apps and Files from Your Tablet

After connecting your phone with your tablet, you can operate your phone from your tablet, such as to operate phone apps and files, view phone notifications ( such as SMS messages), and make or answer phone calls.

When your phone screen is unlocked, you can perform the following operations in the phone window on your tablet:

Open Phone to make a call by dialing a number.
Open Messages to view and reply to SMS messages.
Open Gallery or Files to view photos, videos, and files, as well as to play video or audio files from your phone.
Swipe down from the status bar on your phone or tablet to open the notification panel, then touch Play audio/video on phone or Play audio/video on tablet to switch the audio output device.
If your tablet is connected to an external keyboard or a stylus, you can use it to input text and control the phone window on your tablet.

Drag to Transfer Files Between Your Phone and Tablet

Open Gallery or Files, and touch and hold a picture, video, or document.
Select more files if needed, touch and hold any of the selected files, then drag them when an icon for dragging files appears.

For example, you can:

Drag to transfer files in Gallery or Files between your phone and tablet.
Drag to transfer files in Files between your phone and tablet.
Drag a picture, text, or file from your phone to an open document on your tablet, such as a Microsoft Office document, memo, or email.

Disconnect Your Phone from Your Tablet

After you have finished using your phone and tablet, you can disconnect them using the following methods:

On the phone window displayed on the tablet, touch to disconnect.
On your phone or tablet, swipe down from the status bar to open the notification panel and touch DISCONNECT.