Soon, Windows could allow extracting texts from images stored on smartphone

Microsoft’s Phone Link service on Windows is reportedly getting a new feature that allows users to extract texts from images that are stored on the synced Android smartphones. According to a report by Windows Central, the feature uses optical character recognition (OCR) to detect texts within an image and allows copying and pasting into other apps on the PC.

When an Android smartphone is connected to the Phone Link service on Windows using the Link to Windows app, users can sync calls, messages, notifications and images with their PC. With this new feature, the Phone Link service shows a new “Text” button when viewing an image from the smartphone on the PC.