We learned back in January that Dell was working on a feature that would allow you to control your iPhone from one of the company’s Windows PCs, and that ability is now available …
The Verge reports.
Windows does already have a Your Phone app from Microsoft which provides some of this functionality, but it doesn’t include screen-mirroring.
As we mentioned at the time, it’s unclear whether Dell partnered with Apple to make this possible, or used AirServer to turn the Dell into an AirPlay device.
If you’re wishing you could do the same with your Mac, you can at least get a little of the way there with the 1Keyboard Mac app. This effectively turns your Mac into a Bluetooth keyboard for your iPhone. I find it pretty handy when I need to type fiddly things into my iPhone, like registering an account with a new app. You get a keyboard icon in the Mac menubar. Select ‘Connect to iPhone’ from that, and then keyboard output is directed to the iPhone
