Users Guide

Using Dell Mobile Connect
You can click or tap the hamburger icon to extend the left pane to display the names of all the icons. Use the back arrow icon to go to the
previous screen.
Launch the Dell Mobile Connect application on
your computer
You can launch the Dell Mobile Connect application from the Start menu. If you have a Dell Mobile Connect desktop icon, you can also
launch the application by double-clicking or tapping the icon.
Dell Mobile Connect application is configured to start automatically when you turn on your computer. If your smartphone is paired using
the Dell Mobile Connect application and if it is within the Bluetooth range, the smartphone is connected automatically to the computer.
You need not run the application on the phone or the computer for the features to work. If you manually disconnect your smartphone from
the computer, it is not connected back automatically.
You can also prevent the Dell Mobile Connect application from launching automatically on the computer by going to Settings > Startup.
Notifications
Dell Mobile Connect can display the notifications that appear on your smartphone, such as social media, traffic, or weather updates. The
notifications are displayed on your computer as a popup on the upper-right corner of the screen. You can also click or tap the
Notifications icon to view them. The notifications are grouped into a single stack per app.
The following features and settings are available:
• You can modify the size of the popup notifications from Settings > Notifications.
• You can open or reply to messages from popup notifications.
• You can answer or reject incoming calls from popup notifications. You can also reject the call with a text message.
• You can control the privacy level of the notifications from Settings.
• You can select the Hide notifications' content (reveal on mouse hover) check box to keep the content of notifications private.
The notification content is displayed when you hover your mouse pointer over the notification.
• You can reply to a notification message from within the notification.
• You can click or tap the popup notification and interact with a third-party app using the screen mirroring window.
• You can mute all the notifications of a specific app.
• You can clear a notification from both your smartphone and the computer using Dell Mobile Connect application.
NOTE:
The popup window for a notification on the upper right corner of the screen is only available for high priority
notifications.
Phone
You can use the Phone icon to make and receive phone calls from your computer. The call is routed from the phone in the same way as
with Bluetooth headsets. Dell Mobile Connect uses the default microphone and speakers that are connected to your computer. Your
smartphone must be within the Bluetooth range to use this feature. You have the following two tabs in Phone:
• Dialer—Displays a keypad that you can use to dial a phone number. You can view suggestions in the dual pane window from your
contact list when you start typing the name of a saved contact.
• Contacts—Displays the contact list from your smartphone. In the dual pane window, you can either click or tap the call button to call
the contact or click or tap the message icon to send a text message.
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