Microsoft released the Photos Companion app for Android and iOS for quick transfer of photos and videos from Phone to PC

Today, Microsoft has released a new photos app called ‘Photos Companion’ that let you quickly transfer photos and videos from your Phone to the Microsoft Photos app on a Windows 10 PC over Wi-Fi. The app has been released for both Android and iOS users.

As, Microsoft, began to develop this app to help students as they found several of them faced the issue of getting the content they captured with their phones onto their project PCs. This app has been built to support direct wireless transfer between any phone and the Photos app on any Windows 10 PC. Using, this app now anyone can easily transfer photos or videos to their own computers without worrying about mobile data charges or network speeds issue.

Photos Companion

To use the Photos Companion app you will have to make sure that the Phone and PC are on the same Wi-Fi network. Just scan the QR code to temporarily link the Windows 10 Photos app and start the transfer. You can also transfer the photos in the Photos Companion app and edit, enhance, and customize with ink as well as share them with friends. If, you are already using OneDrive or any other cloud service this app isn’t probably for you.

The Photos Companion app has been built especially with students and educators in mind, but it will be useful to anyone. You can send media from your phone to your friend’s PC, create a video project or just have a special photo from your mobile to your PC for further customization.

This app is available for Android and iOS users, and you can download this right now for Windows 10 and give it a try.

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