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How to Pair Your Samsung Tablet with a Galaxy Phone
Samsung’s ecosystem features connect your Galaxy tablet and phone for seamless continuity across devices. Share your phone’s calls and messages on the tablet, copy content between devices, sync clipboard, continue apps across screens, and use your phone’s mobile data from the tablet.
Samsung Account Sync
Sign into the same Samsung account on both your Galaxy phone and tablet. This is the foundation for all cross-device features. Go to Settings, Accounts and Backup, Manage Accounts on each device and verify the same Samsung account is active.
Also sign into the same Google account on both devices for Google-specific syncing like Chrome tabs, Google Keep notes, and Google Photos.
Call and Text on Other Devices
This feature lets your tablet make and receive phone calls and send text messages using your phone’s number. On your Galaxy phone, go to Settings, Connected Devices, Call and Text on Other Devices, and enable it. On your tablet, enable the same setting.
When both devices are on the same Samsung account and connected to the internet, incoming calls ring on both devices. You can answer on the tablet with its speakers and microphone. Outgoing calls from the tablet route through the phone. Text messages sent from the tablet appear to come from your phone number.
Samsung Flow
Samsung Flow provides additional connectivity features between your phone and tablet. Install Samsung Flow from the Play Store on both devices. Open the app on both and pair them via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.
Samsung Flow enables:
- Notification sync — See your phone notifications on the tablet
- Smart View — Mirror your phone screen on the tablet
- Content sharing — Transfer files, photos, and links between devices
- Mobile hotspot auto-connect — Your tablet automatically connects to your phone’s hotspot
Nearby Share and Quick Share
Samsung Quick Share lets you send files between your Galaxy devices quickly. Select files on one device, tap Share, choose Quick Share, and select the other device. Transfer happens over Wi-Fi Direct for fast speeds. Photos, videos, documents, and any other files transfer without needing cables or cloud services.
Clipboard Sharing
Enable clipboard sharing to copy text or images on one device and paste on the other. On Samsung devices, go to Settings, Connected Devices, and enable Clipboard Sharing. Copy a URL on your phone and paste it into the tablet browser, or copy text from the tablet and paste it into a phone message.
Continue Apps on Other Devices
Some Samsung and Google apps support continuing tasks across devices. Start reading a web page in Samsung Internet on your phone and pick it up on your tablet. This requires both devices to be signed into the same Samsung account with the Continue on Other Devices setting enabled in Samsung Internet settings.
Samsung Multi Control
Multi Control lets you use your tablet keyboard and mouse to control your Galaxy phone. When both devices are nearby and signed into the same Samsung account, drag files and text between the phone and tablet as if they were separate monitors connected to the same computer.
Enable Multi Control in Settings, Connected Devices on both devices. Position your phone next to the tablet and move the cursor off the tablet edge to control the phone.
Phone as Tablet Hotspot
If your tablet is Wi-Fi only, use your Galaxy phone as a mobile hotspot. Your tablet can auto-connect to the phone hotspot through Samsung Flow or by saving the hotspot credentials. Some Samsung devices support Instant Hotspot that activates the phone’s hotspot automatically when the tablet needs mobile data.
Final Thoughts
Samsung’s ecosystem features create genuine continuity between your Galaxy tablet and phone. Start with Call and Text on Other Devices for the biggest everyday impact, then explore Samsung Flow and Multi Control for deeper integration. All features require the same Samsung account on both devices.