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Microsoft’s Copilot for Windows just got a small but surprisingly practical upgrade: ask the assistant about any Windows setting and it will now provide a clickable link that opens the exact Settings page you need, saving you the hunt through nested menus and saving time on routine tweaks...

Windows 11 gives you more than one way to open the Settings app — and knowing the right method for the moment can save minutes or avert a full restart when you’re troubleshooting. The platform exposes the app everywhere: Start, Taskbar, Quick Settings, File Explorer, Run and command-line tools...

Microsoft Copilot is built into Windows 11 and Microsoft 365, but it’s straightforward to hide, disable, or block the feature when you want a distraction‑free workspace or need to enforce an enterprise policy. Background Microsoft introduced Copilot as a system‑level assistant that blends local...

Microsoft has quietly begun testing a Handoff-like “resume on PC” experience in Windows 11 Insider Preview builds that lets you start playback in Spotify on your Android phone and pick it up on your PC with a single click — a small but meaningful step toward the kind of cross-device continuity...

Microsoft has begun testing a native Android-to‑Windows continuity feature for Windows 11 called Cross Device Resume, a Handoff‑like capability that lets you start listening to Spotify on an Android phone and instantly pick up playback on a paired Windows PC with a single click. Background /...

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 PowerToys 0.93 delivered a much-needed Settings dashboard overhaul and major Command Palette performance wins, but the suite still lacks a unified Settings search—and community work tracked on GitHub plus Microsoft’s own roadmap notes indicate a settings search bar is targeted for...

Windows 11’s New Android App Resume: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Matters Introduction: A small banner with big implications On August 22, 2025, Microsoft began rolling out a deceptively simple capability to Windows Insiders that could reshape how we move between phone and PC. When...

Windows 11 is quietly stitching Android and PC together: Spotify “resume” lands in Dev Channel, with broader app continuity in sight Subhead: Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Dev Channel builds begin testing a cross‑device “resume” experience that lets you pick up an Android app activity on your...

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”...

Microsoft is testing a new continuity trick in Windows 11 that lets you pick up certain Android activities on your PC—starting with Spotify—via a taskbar alert that says “Resume from your phone” and a one‑click “Continue on this PC” action. The rollout has begun for Windows Insiders in the Dev...

Great applications help users do great things — enabling a wide range of creative, productivity and entertainment scenarios. Returning to activities can be a challenge, especially when a person wants to continue those activities across multiple devices. By writing User Activities, application...

We’re extremely excited to announce the Windows Template Studio 1.3. In this release, we added in app scheme launch, finalized our work for localization, massive improvements in accessibility and started our work for Visual Basic support. What’s new: For a full list of adjustments in the 1.3...

Overview Web-to-app linking allows you to drive user engagement by associating your app with a website. When users open a link to your website, instead of opening the browser, your app is launched. If your app is not installed, your website is opened in the browser as usual. By implementing...

With Windows 10, the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) provides a number of improvements to better support sharing data and files across Windows apps. Cross-app communication in Windows 10 Windows 10 introduces some new and improved ways to ease communication between apps on the same device...

This week’s theme in our Windows 10 by 10 development series is extending customer engagement using the Windows 10 without your users even entering your app. Last week’s topic, Live Tiles and notifications showed how one way to extend your app’s experience, now let’s show how to use the Windows...

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