During the announcement event for the Galaxy Note 20 one of the features I was most interested in was the ability to synchronize Samsung Notes with OneNote. Samsung Notes has the screen off memo function that OneNote can’t match. The problem is, when I’ve used it to jot down something quick that information ends up isolated from the rest of my repository.

For the longest time Samsung’s solution was to install their Note app on your PC. The PC version of Samsung Notes is a decent experience but lacks the integrations with other Office software that OneNote enjoys. There’s also no easy method to migrate from OneNote to Samsung Notes, both reasons kept me from using the software.

Now, the newest version of Samsung Notes on your Galaxy will synchronize to your Microsoft 365 account. The synched data can only be viewed in the Outlook web client at the moment. However, if you have selected to be an Office Insider you can see that Microsoft is building the framework for the OneNote feed to show Samsung Notes, it already appears as a non-functioning option.

UPDATE: The synchronized notes are viewable in OneNote now. See my newest post on this subject for more information. https://techbloggingfool.com/2020/12/29/samsung-notes-synch-with-onenote-feature-is-here-now-more-functional/

The first thing you’ll need to do is to upgrade both apps. Open the Galaxy Store app on your mobile and tap the hamburger menu, then tap updates and install the newest version of, well, everything. The same goes for your PC, open the Windows Store and click the … menu in the upper right. Choose Downloads and Updates then click the Get Updates button and install everything.

• If you use Samsung Notes on your mobile device, you can easily bring your mobile notes to your PC by integrating them with the OneNote feed. The OneNote feed conveniently combines your notes from different apps — including Samsung Notes, Sticky Notes, and OneNote. It is currently available in Outlook on the web and Outlook.com.
• OneNote is a note-taking service from Microsoft, while Google Keep, also called Keep Notes, is the Google version of OneNote. The purpose is the same, but many features make them different.
• Open the onenote software. Then click onenote feed. The icon is in the upper right corner and right below the exit. Then you can see the Samsung note.
• Microsoft's OneNote is free for all users, whether you're on a Mac, a PC, an iPhone or iPad, or an Android device. OneNote is a note-taking app that can help you organize your work and ideas.

Now configure the Samsung Notes app on your mobile device. Open it and hit the options icon again. You should now see “Sync to Microsoft OneNote Beta”, toggle it on and sign in with the Microsoft Account you want to share notes with. You’ll also need to select the folders who’s notes you to sync. I recommend tapping the sync now button just for good measure.

To see the synchronized notes, sign-in to Outlook.com with the same account that you configured in Samsung Notes. In the upper right, click the OneNote feed icon. The OneNote Feed pane will slide open from the right. Click a note to see more of it and to get an option to copy it to the clipboard. Right now I find that copying a Samsung Note in this manner and pasting it to a blank OneNote page is the optimal way to use the tool.

We know that Microsoft and Samsung have plans to enhance this feature in the near future. The Note Feed is present in the insider edition of the Windows 10 OneNote app and Samsung Notes is an option in it although it doesn’t work yet. Hopefully they’ll get to a point where the Samsung Notes become pages in OneNote but we’ll have to wait and see.

In a previous article I wrote about the first phase of being able to synchronize the Samsung notes from your phone with OneNote. It worked, but was a little clunky, mostly because you could only view the items in Outlook Web Access.

(confirmed both by Samsung and Microsoft support) but on OneNote for Windows 10, OneNote 2016 and OneNote's feed on Outlook.com doesn't show any of my notes on Samsung Notes. I have tried also to reinstall the app with the Microsoft support and also to re-login to the app with my Microsoft account, the one I use on OneNote, but nothing changed.

Onenote Samsung Notes Sync

I’m happy to report the synchronized notes feed is now viewable in the Windows 10 OneNote app. To get started update the apps on your phone and Windows system. Open the Samsung Galaxy Store, tap the hamburger menu button then tap updates and install them all.

Onenote Vs Samsung Note

On your Windows machine, open the Microsoft Store app. Click the three dots menu in the upper right, then click downloads and updates. Click the “Get Updates” button and install them all. Depending on your update settings you may need to do this multiple times to get them all.

Configure the Samsung Notes app on your mobile device. Open it and hit the options icon. You should see “Sync to Microsoft OneNote Beta”, toggle it on and sign in with the Microsoft Account you want to share notes with. You’ll also need to select the folders who’s notes you want to sync. I recommend tapping the sync now button just for good measure.

Now open the OneNote app on your Windows computer and select the “Open Feed” button on the right side of the tool bar. Depending on your security settings, you may be prompted to sign in. Use the same Microsoft account that you set up in the Samsung Notes app. If you don’t see your Samsung notes, click the down arrow next to the filter symbol and select “All-Notes” or “Samsung Notes”.

Click a note to see the entire entry. You will also be able to copy the item to your clipboard. The synchronization of Samsung notes is one-way. When you copy them to your clipboard they paste as an image. I noticed some trouble with the copy / paste function when holding my Windows tablet in portrait mode. This isn’t what I would consider to be true synchronization, but it is serviceable and a step in the right direction. At least we can see the Samsung notes in OneNote now.