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 has quietly added a native way for Windows 11 to push what you copy on a PC straight into a linked Android phone’s clipboard — a low-latency, keyboard‑friendly clipboard sync that significantly reduces friction when moving text between desktop and mobile, while leaving iPhone users...
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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.
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Windows 11’s clipboard has long been more than a lone Ctrl+C...
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Microsoft is quietly shifting a fundamental part of the Word for Windows experience: new documents created in Word will now default to being saved in the cloud (OneDrive or another configured cloud destination) with AutoSave enabled, and the change begins with Word for Windows version 2509 and...
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Microsoft is quietly rolling one of the most consequential cross‑device features in recent Windows 11 history: a Resume or “Continue on PC” capability that lets you pick up Android app sessions on your Windows PC with a single click — starting with Spotify and initially available to Windows...
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Microsoft has started testing a native Android-to-PC handoff in Windows 11—beginning with Spotify—so you can start a song or podcast on your phone and continue with a single click on your desktop, complete with a one‑click app install if Spotify isn’t already on your PC. The preview is rolling...
Microsoft’s Windows 11 is taking a deliberately different route to device continuity: instead of locking users into a single smartphone ecosystem, it’s building a handoff designed around Android phones and the Windows desktop — and the first public test, rolling out to Windows Insiders, uses...
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Windows 11 is preparing to blur the line between phone and PC even further, with a new capability designed to let you resume Android apps directly on your desktop—no emulators, APK installs, or app store detours required. Instead of relaunching an app and hunting for the point where you left off...
Microsoft is quietly turning Windows 11 into a true cross‑device hub, testing an Android app continuity feature that lets you resume what you were doing on your phone right on your PC—starting with Spotify and rolling out now to Insiders in the Dev and Beta Channels. In practice, a “Resume”...
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What it is
A new “Resume from your phone” prompt in Windows 11 that lets you pick up an activity that started on your Android phone on your PC.
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