These are the best apps to control your Android device from a PC. Use Android on a computer to play games, send texts and more.

DeskDock is a free utility for Windows and Android that lets you control your Android device from a Windows PC using a mouse and keyboard.

What it does is essentially allow you to control an Android device using your computer’s mouse (or touch pad) and keyboard. Of course, the set-up is not exactly simple.

That’s not the case with Scrcpy, however. Scrcpy is free, open source software that lets you interact with your Android phone or tablet via your Windows, Mac, or Linux-based PC.

This is probably the granddaddy of Android mirroring and control. It might very well be credited for starting the whole "view your phone in your browser" trend.

You can control your Android phone from your Windows, macOS, or Linux computer using this free application.

After that, you just toggle on USB debugging from the Developer options menu, plug your phone in to your computer, and the Vysor UI will guide you through choosing your device.