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Like Google Photos, OneDrive automatically tags your photos using image recognition technology. If you have more than one device backing up to OneDrive, all the photos will be stored in one place. If you choose to automatically upload photos to OneDrive, you will be able to find it by clicking on the Photos link in the left sidebar of the web page. If you already have it installed like I did, you can skip this step. It then asks you to download and install the OneDrive app for your mobile device. Two products that will be released in the near future are grayed out and labeled “coming soon.” These are the Cortana personal assistant for Android and iOS, and the ability to stream songs stored in OneDrive.ĭuring the Phone Companion photo syncing process, the app checks if you are signed in to a Microsoft account of some kind (Hotmail,, etc.).

Office Mobile: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

OneDrive’s automatic photo backup from mobile devices.

The Phone Companion app is, for the most part, simply a tool that identifies Microsoft’s mobile apps and helps you install and configure this apps and services. This app, it seems to me, reflects the “new Microsoft” that embraces the non-Microsoft mobile platforms dominating the market - Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS - in addition to Microsoft's own Windows Phone.

It is installed along with Windows 10 by default.

If you upgraded to Windows 10, you can finally test out the Windows 10 Phone Companion app (Opens in a new window) that Microsoft announced back in March.