Microsoft's Link to Windows will let you shut down your PC from Android

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Microsoft is working on a Link to Windows feature that would let you shut down, restart, or put your PC to sleep with your Android phone.

Remote shutdown and restart commands will be accompanied by warnings that the user could lose unsaved work.

If you’re putting your PC to sleep, you’ll receive a warning that your phone will be disconnected and you’ll have to wake your PC up manually.

Microsoft has been very busy working on Windows 11’s integration with Android. In July, we learned that the company was prototyping several features , including a standalone Messages app you can pin and access from the Start menu. Just a few weeks ago, Windows Insiders gained access to a new Phone Link experiment that provides more information at a glance. If that wasn’t enough, code recently found in the Link to Windows app, the Android companion app for Phone Link, hints at another feature that could come our way.

The code hiding in Link to Windows was found during an APK teardown conducted by Windows Latest . According to the strings of code, the app could soon let you remotely shut down, restart, or put your PC to sleep with your Android phone. Specifically, there are commands to restart, put to sleep, shut down, update and restart, and update and shut down your PC.