Microsoft is quietly testing a Windows 11 feature that pushes whatever you copy on a PC directly into a linked Android phone’s keyboard — making paste-ready text appear almost instantly in Gboard, Samsung Keyboard and other Android IMEs. (windowslatest.com) (techradar.com)
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Microsoft appears to be testing a native way for Windows 11 to push whatever you copy on a PC straight into a linked Android phone’s clipboard — a near‑instant, keyboard‑friendly transfer surfaced in Insider preview builds as an “Access PC’s clipboard” toggle that leverages the Link to Windows...
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Microsoft has quietly started testing a native way for Windows 11 to push what you copy on a PC straight into a linked Android phone’s clipboard, surfaced in Insider (Dev) builds as an “Access PC’s clipboard” toggle that delivers PC copy events into Android keyboards such as Gboard and Samsung...
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Microsoft quietly added a native option in Windows 11 to push your PC clipboard to Android — and in early hands‑on testing it appears to land inside any Android keyboard that reads the system clipboard, including Gboard. (windowslatest.com)
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Windows 11’s clipboard has long been more than...
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Windows 11 is steadily expanding its ambitions to serve as the central command of users’ digital lives, bridging desktop and mobile through increasingly refined Android integration. With the latest overhaul of the Link to Windows app for Android, Microsoft is promising a seamless flow between...
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Windows 11’s relationship with Android has reached a new milestone with the beta release of the overhauled Link to Windows app, representing Microsoft’s most significant step yet toward a seamless “connected device experience.” Windows users have weathered years of fragmented cross-platform...
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The latest wave of updates to Microsoft's Link to Windows app signals a new era in cross-device control, aiming to streamline how users manage their Windows PCs directly from Android smartphones. For years, Microsoft has steadily improved interoperability between Windows and mobile devices, but...
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