Mobile Link has become one of Microsoft’s most popular applications to easily and securely connect our smartphone to a Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC, but unfortunately it seems that Android 15 will be a problem for both operating systems because negatively affect to the Mobile Link function.

I put you in a situation. When we use Mobile Link, our smartphone integrates perfectly with Windows 10 and Windows 11 to such an extent that display notifications on our computer screen without any problem. This is important and very useful because it minimizes distractions and allows us to work centrally on a single device.

The fact is that with Android 15 an important change in the behavior of notifications will be implemented, which means that they cannot be sent through sources that are not completely trusted, which means some particularly important notifications may no longer appear on our computer screen if we use Mobile Link.

This is a protective measure that the new Google operating system includes and tries to strengthen the security of users, and this is good, but the way it was implemented was not the bestthis cannot be discussed as it has a negative impact on the core functions of Enlace Móvil and at this time there does not seem to be a solution in the short or medium term.

Interestingly, this will only affect those who have downloaded the app from an app store such as the Google Play Store, which means that those smartphones that come with the Mobile Link app pre-installedsuch as the Samsung Galaxy S, they shouldn’t have any problems and they will be able to continue to receive all notifications as usual.

The list of smartphones that come without said pre-installed application is much longer than the list of terminals that come with it, so the impact of this change could be noticeable. We’ll see if Google decides to take action to mitigate this issue. It shouldn’t be hard, I think with a simple verification method It should be possible to strengthen the pairing of the smartphone and return the notifications to normal.

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Microsoft is starting to notify users of changes in Android 15 that affect certain notifications when mirroring to Phone Link.

As I mentioned earlier, Android 15 automatically redacts certain sensitive notifications (like those with OTP codes) from being sent… pic.twitter.com/57g2GmC2lH

— Mishaal Rahman (@MishaalRahman) December 13, 2024