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How to Answer Phone Calls on Your PC (Android, Your Own Number)

Answer calls on your PC using your Android phone's own number — pick up, mute, and reply to incoming calls from any browser. Here's exactly how to set it up.

How to Answer Phone Calls on Your PC (Android, Your Own Number)

You can answer phone calls on your PC — pick them up, mute, and reply — using your Android phone's own number, with the phone still in your pocket. The setup takes a couple of minutes. This guide covers the two realistic ways to do it, when each one works, and how to make incoming calls actually reliable so you stop missing them.

Short version: if you want the built-in route and you're on Windows, use Microsoft Phone Link (it answers calls over Bluetooth). If you want incoming calls to work reliably in any browser on any OS — Windows, Mac, Linux, Chromebook — use ComputerCaller (our product, Android-only). Both keep your real number; the difference is how the call reaches your PC.

One honest note up front: both methods need your Android phone with you and online. Your PC doesn't have its own cell radio — it's answering the call through your phone. Nothing here replaces the phone; it just moves the pick-up to your keyboard.

Option 1: Answer calls on a Windows PC with Phone Link

If you're on Windows 10 or 11, Phone Link can ring incoming calls on your PC and let you answer them.

Set it up:

  1. Open Phone Link on Windows and link your Android (install Link to Windows on the phone, sign in).
  2. Go to Settings → Features → Calls → Set up.
  3. Accept the Bluetooth pairing request on your phone and confirm the PIN.
  4. Test it: have someone call you — the call should ring on the PC with Accept / Decline buttons.

The catch: Phone Link answers calls over Bluetooth, which is the fragile part. Incoming calls that ring on the phone but not the PC, or a Calls tab that's greyed out, are common — if that's you, see Phone Link calls not available. And it's Windows only — no Mac, Linux or Chromebook.

Option 2: Answer calls on any PC with ComputerCaller

If you want incoming calls to just work — and especially if you're not on Windows — this is what our product is built for. Answering calls at your desk is a first-class feature, not a Bluetooth add-on.

Set it up:

  1. On your Android, install the DNK Dialer Companion app from Google Play and sign in with Google.
  2. Grant the permissions it asks for in order — Notifications, Phone, SMS, Contacts, and finally battery (ignore optimizations) so it stays connected.
  3. On your computer, open computercaller.com in any browser and sign in with the same account. Tap to pair.
  4. Now incoming calls ring in your browser tab — click to answer, and talk through your PC's mic and speakers (or your headset), phone still in your pocket.

Why incoming calls stay reliable: the companion app holds an internet connection and reconnects itself — no Bluetooth pairing to drop. When a call comes in, you can pick it up, or, if you're mid-task, fire back a quick SMS reply ("in a meeting, call you back") in two clicks from the same tab.

Limits, honestly: it's Android-only.

Make incoming calls actually reliable (both methods)

The number-one reason people miss calls on their PC is the phone putting the connecting app to sleep. Whichever tool you use:

  • Set the companion/link app's battery to Unrestricted and add it to your phone's never-sleep list. On Samsung: Settings → Battery → Background usage limits → Never sleeping apps. On Xiaomi/Redmi/POCO: Autostart on + Battery saver → No restrictions.
  • Turn off "pause app if unused" so Android doesn't strip the Phone permission.
  • Keep the phone online — same Wi-Fi as the PC is ideal.
  • Allow notifications for the app so an incoming call actually surfaces on the PC.

Which should you use to answer calls on your PC?

  • On Windows, occasional calls, want the built-in option → Phone Link. Accept the Bluetooth flakiness.
  • On Mac, Linux or Chromebook → ComputerCaller (Phone Link doesn't exist for you).
  • You take real calls at your desk and can't risk missing them → ComputerCaller, for the self-reconnecting connection and quick-reply.
  • You want to make calls too, not just answer → either works; see how to make a phone call from your computer.

If reliable incoming calls on any OS is what you're after, ComputerCaller lets you set it up and take real calls through it.

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