Windows Insider users can access files on their Android phones directly in File Explorer with the beta Link to Windows app.

The ability to access all your Android device's files wirelessly in File Explorer is now being rolled out to the Windows Insider Program.

ES File Explorer helps you manage the files on your local Android device. Starting with version 3, however, LAN support was added to make it possible to share files with a Windows PC over Wi-Fi.

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If you're an Android and Windows user, you'll be relieved to know that your PC will soon let you wirelessly browse the files on your phone as if it were a drive connected to your computer.

I tested Microsoft's new Android phone in Windows File Explorer feature and now can't imagine how I lived without it.

Recent Windows 11 insider preview builds have introduced Android file sharing and a new look for File Explorer. Microsoft and leaks have teased both updates for months.

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