Your Phone outage highlights flaws with Microsoft's PC vision for phones

[Windows Central]

In May 2018, Microsoft announced Your Phone – a PC companion that lets you keep your smartphone in sync with your Windows 10 device. The ambitious project mirrors what Apple does between its macOS and iPhone, but with the caveat that Microsoft's vision must work across all Windows 10 PCs, Android, and iOS.While the overall concept of Your Phone is excellent Microsoft's approach has some flaws that keep it from being perfect. Yesterday's cloud outage shows how vulnerable it can be, and the Samsung partnership departs from the original goal.

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