How to Use and Control Your iPhone from a Windows PC

iPhones work really well with a Mac. However, if you’re using aWindowsPC and an iPhone, a lot of that functionality will not be available. What’s more, if, for any reason you want to control your iPhone via Windows, there’s no built-in way to do that. However, that doesn’t mean you can’t do it. In fact, there are pretty easy ways to get it done. If that’s something you want to do, here’s how to use and control your iPhone from a Windows PC.

How to Use and Control iPhone from Windows

First off, why would you want to control your iPhone from Windows? Well, you can mirror your iPhone screen on a PC. You can receivetext messagesand notifications on your computer, and a lot more. So it can be quite useful. Regardless of why you want this particular feature, there are multiple ways to get it done.

There are a couple of ways that you can use to control your iPhone from Windows. I’ll be discussing these methods here, and you can choose the one you like more. If you want, you can also use the table of contents below to directly head over to a specific part of this article.

1. Use Wormhole to Use and Control iPhone from Windows

The first option you can check out is an app called Wormhole. This is a free app to download. But to actually use it to its full potential, you will have to spend some money on it. Fortunately, it offers a 3-day free trial, so you can check out all its functionality before spending your money.

Wormhole also offers a bunch of options on the left. You get options to click a screenshot of your iPhone screen, navigate the phone with the buttons, and a lot more.

It’s a pretty useful app, especially if you want to have an extension of your iPhone available on your PC.

Wormhole is also available for Mac, by the way, so you can get the same functionality, complete with screen mirroring on macOS.

2. Use Dell Mobile Connect

The second option you can try is Dell Mobile Connect. The good thing about this app is that it’s completely free. Also, the name might mislead you into believing it only works on Dell PCs, but it doesn’t. You can use this app on anyWindows PC.

Dell Mobile Connect also has the option to mirror your screen. However, it’s very hit-and-miss, and it didn’t seem to be working for me even with both devices on the same WiFi network. There are also some issues with Bluetooth connectivity with the app and the iPhone.

Basically, the only reason this free app is second in this article is that it can cause quite a lot of annoyance when it doesn’t work. However, apart from screen mirroring, which is not very reliable, this app is extremely fast and good at what it needs to do. So you can consider using this as well, if you don’t need screen mirroring, or if you’re not willing to purchase a license for Wormhole.

3. Use Intel Unison App

The recently launched Intel Unison app poses itself as a novel way to bridge the gap between your PC and smartphone. What makes it better thanMicrosoft’s Phone Link appis that it can connect with Android as well as iOS devices. Thus, you can control your iPhone from a Windows PC. However, the Intel Unison app only works with Windows 11 PCs.

Here’s how you can control your iPhone from Windows 11 PC using the Intel Unison app:

You can read our article oninstalling and using the Intel Unison app on Windows 11 PCto know about this amazing app.

Easily Use and Control iOS Devices from Windows

There are definitely other apps that offer at least a subset of the features offered by the apps I mentioned here. However, in my experience, these three apps offer the best feature set and pricing. Plus, they are remarkably fast as well. Especially the Intel Unison app.

So, are you interested in using your iPhone via a Windows PC? Let us know in the comments along with any other apps or methods you think we should discuss here.

Anmol Sachdeva

With 6 years of experience as a writer and editor in the tech media industry, Anmol is an enigmatic savant in all kinds of tech. He loves to scour internet for new information. When not conjuring words, Anmol can be found watching Manchester United matches or glued to his MacBook watching re-runs of his favorite TV shows for upteenth time.

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