The computer is more powerful and faster than Android to play and download large videos. If you have downloaded some episodes of your favorite TV dramas or films from Netflix, HBO Max or Hoopla and want to watch them on your Android phone, you must transfer videos from PC to Android. The good news is that you do not have to waste time searching and trying different ways aimlessly.
This article provides a detailed tutorial of the 7 easiest and most effective ways on how to pass videos from PC to mobile phone. You can select one way you like to migrate videos to Android from your computer.
Coolmuster Android Assistant is a perfect app to transfer videos from PC to Android phones and tablets. If you have multiple important videos on your computer, you can add all of them from your computer to your Android device in one click at the same time. Besides, you can also preview and selectively import videos you want from your computer to Android. And it supports all mainstream video formats, like MP4, MOV, M4V, GIF, FLV, MPEG, etc.
Key features of Coolmuster Android Assistant
How to put video from your computer to your Android phone? Here are the three simple steps:
01Install and launch Coolmuster Android Assistant on your computer.
02Connect your Android phone to the computer via a USB cable, then enable USB debugging on your phone as prompted. After that, this program will automatically detect your device. Once done, you will see the main interface as below.
03Click "Videos" from the left panel > Hit the "Add" button on the top menu and select videos on the computer.
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You can also directly transfer videos from PC to Android via USB cable. However, this method sometimes needs to install additional drivers from the manufacturer on your device to make it recognizable. What's worse, your device will be easily attacked if your computer is infected with a virus. So, don't try this method casually.
And here is how to get videos on your PC to your phone with a USB cable:
Step 1. Plug your Android device into the computer with a USB cable.
Step 2. Unlock your Android device, pull down the drop-down screen, and tap the Notification bar > "Transfer Files".
Step 3. After the computer recognizes your Android device, open "This PC/My Computer" and double click your Android device to open it.
Step 4. Then, navigate to the folder that contains videos and select the videos you wish to transfer. You can copy and paste or drag and drop the target video files from your PC to your Android device's storage.
Another traditional way to transfer videos from a PC to an Android phone is by using Bluetooth. Nowadays, Bluetooth can transfer videos, photos, audio files, contacts, messages, etc., between Android devices and Android and computers. However, note that it is only user-friendly to transfer small sizes of videos. If you transfer large videos using Bluetooth, it will become cumbersome and may take up to an hour to transfer videos.
How to transfer movies from a computer to an Android phone with Bluetooth?
Step 1. Make sure that both devices have the Bluetooth feature.
Step 2. Activate Bluetooth on both devices and pair the two devices.
Step 3. Then, select your computer name under the Available devices on Android and make a connection between them.
Step 4. On your computer, go to "Settings"> "Bluetooth"> "Send" and receive files via Bluetooth > "Send Files"> Select your Android device > Tap "Next"> Select videos on your computer and send them to your Android phone. You may need to press "Receive files" on your phone during this process.
Phone Link, formerly known as Your Phone, is a Windows tool that allows you to connect your Android phone to your PC for file transfer, notifications, and messaging. This method lets you easily upload videos from your computer to your Android device without additional apps or cables. It's ideal if both devices are connected to the same Wi-Fi network, and it supports transferring videos, photos, and more.
How to transfer videos from PC to Android via Phone Link?
Step 1. Open the Phone Link app on your Windows computer. If you haven't installed it, you can download it from the Microsoft Store.
Step 2. Link your Android phone by following the setup instructions, which may include downloading the Link to Windows app on your phone.
Step 3. Once connected, navigate to the "Photos" section on the Phone Link app.
Step 4. Drag and drop the video files you want to transfer into the Phone Link interface, and they will appear on your Android phone in seconds.
Microsoft Photos is not just for organizing and editing photos; it also enables video sharing across devices using Wi-Fi. You can quickly transfer videos from your computer to Android using the "Import" function in the Photos app if your PC and Android are connected to the same Wi-Fi network.
How to upload a video from computer to phone with Microsoft Photos:
Step 1. Open the Microsoft Photos app on your PC.
Step 2. Select the videos you want to transfer and click on the "Share" icon.
Step 3. Choose your Android device from the available sharing options. (You may need to set up Nearby Sharing or enable network sharing on your PC for the devices to be discoverable.)
Step 4. Accept the transfer on your Android device. The selected videos will be transferred to your device quickly over Wi-Fi.
Moreover, you can also use one cloud service to wirelessly transfer videos from a PC to an Android device. Google Drive is one of the online cloud services that enables you to transfer videos, photos, documents, etc. As Google Drive only provides 15 GB of free storage for all users, if there is insufficient space on your Google Drive, you may need to pay to expand more storage first.
Next, let's see how to transfer videos from a computer to an Android using Google Drive.
Step 1. Go to Google Drive's official website from a browser on your computer and sign in with your Google account.
Step 2. Click "New"> "File upload"> Select the videos you wish to upload from your computer > Tap "Open" and wait until the uploading process is complete.
Step 3. Install the Google Drive app on your Android phone and log into it with the same Google account.
Step 4. Then, find the uploaded videos, tap the "More" option (or three vertical dots) from the bottom right of the interface, and click "Download". After that, you will transfer videos from PC to Android successfully.
Finally, you can also send videos from PC to Android by email. If you cannot use other methods to transfer videos from PC to Android, you can try this way. Attention that most Email suppliers limit the size of attachments to 25 MB, like Gmail. If your single video file is larger than that, you cannot email it from your computer to Android.
Well, how to export videos from PC to Android through Gmail?
Step 1. On your computer, go to Gmail's official website, sign in with your Gmail account, and click "Compose" from the top left side of the window.
Step 2. Add your other account as the recipient in the To field, enter a Subject, and randomly write something in the Text part. Then, click "Send" at the bottom of the page.
Step 3. Install the Gmail app on your Android device, log in with the same Gmail account, locate the email you sent a moment ago, and download the attached videos to your phone.
Android phones are more portable. Thus, many people may transfer videos from a PC to an Android phone for watching. This post teaches you how to transfer a video onto a phone from a computer in 7 different ways, and considering the security and transfer speed, we will highly recommend you try Coolmuster Android Assistant. It is highly secure, easy to use, and fast to transfer without the data caps and data quality loss.
While any other ways are very slow, unable to transfer protected videos, or have a limit on data size, therefore, you can give Coolmuster Android Assistant a try. Anyway, if you get into difficulties during use, feel free to leave a comment below. And we will help you solve it as soon as possible.
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