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For the last couple of months I can no longer view the photos someone using an iphone sends me in a message in phone link. All I get now instead of the photo is a message in a box saying "File Transfer, View this content on your mobile device."
What do I need to do to view photos sent from an iphone in messages, in Phone Link?
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Hi! When Phone Link is paired with an iPhone, photo/video attachments in messages aren’t passed through to Windows. Phone Link shows that “File Transfer – View this content on your mobile device” tile by design. Microsoft’s own announcement and help pages confirm: iPhone support is text-only (no group chats, no image/video sharing), and only messages that arrive while the phone is connected appear on the PC.
