Dell’s new PCs will display incoming phone calls and text messages from iOS and Android

It’s a huge convenience to be able to respond to text messages and view incoming phone notifications right from your computer, so Dell has created a new app called Mobile Connect that lets you do just that and plans to ship the app on most of its new PCs. The app syncs calls and notifications, lets you respond to them from your PC, and when connected to an Android phone, can mirror its screen completely so that you can navigate apps right from your computer.

I saw a demo of the Mobile Connect app hooked up to an Android phone at a briefing last month, and it worked seamlessly. When a call came in, it immediately appeared on the laptop’s screen. And using mirroring, a Dell rep was able to pull up Uber and see nearby cabs.


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