Debug.Log with Android Problem (unity remote)

When I watch youtube tutorials such as this one:

I see when he clicks play on the computer his phone also starts to play the game. His debug.log also writes to console from his phone.

I have set up my SDK and JDK paths, changed unity remote device to any android and am getting different results. I only get the game to start on my phone when I build / run. When I click play on unity the game only starts on the computer, but not on my phone. My debug.log statements do not print to console when my phone hits the code, only when my computer does.

I think something isnt talking quite right between my phone and computer but am just at a loss as to what it might be. The main goal here is to get debug.log messages to console for various touch inputs which I can only really do on my phone