Microsoft is testing a new Cross Device Resume feature for Windows 11 that promises true app continuity with Android phones—starting with Spotify and rolling out to Windows Insiders in staged previews—bringing one‑click, context‑aware handoff between phone and PC that aims to reduce the friction...
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.
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Microsoft is quietly rolling out a native, Handoff‑style continuity feature in Windows 11 that lets you pick up an active Android app session on your PC — starting with Spotify — by surfacing a taskbar “Resume” alert that opens (or installs) the corresponding desktop app and continues playback...
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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 is quietly shipping a genuinely useful “Android-to-PC handoff” into Windows 11 Insider builds, starting with a Spotify scenario that lets you pick up a listening session on your desktop with a single click—no copy‑pasting links, no manual app hunting, and no screen‑mirroring tricks...
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A new cross‑device feature in Dev and Beta builds lets you pick up what you were doing on your Android phone and continue instantly on your PC, complete with a one‑click desktop app install if you need it.
What’s new: Windows 11 is rolling out a “Resume from your phone” experience to Windows...
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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...
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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...
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Windows 11’s New Cross‑Device Resume Arrives for Insiders: What KB5064093 Adds in the Dev and Beta Channels
By WindowsForum News Desk
Published: August 23, 2025
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Microsoft is rolling out Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5761 in the Dev Channel and 26120.5761 in the Beta Channel...
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Microsoft is quietly testing a new cross‑device capability in Windows 11 that lets you resume activity from an Android phone directly on your PC — initially for Spotify playback — and the feature is rolling out to selected Windows Insiders as a staged test in the latest Dev and Beta preview...
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Microsoft has made the Model Context Protocol (MCP) a first‑class citizen in Visual Studio, shipping general availability support that lets Copilot Chat and other agentic features connect to local or remote MCP servers via a simple .mcp.json configuration — a major convenience for developers...
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A subtle but significant shift is coming to the Microsoft Store experience, as Microsoft rolls out a change that lets users install apps directly from the top featured sections of its marketplace. This update, already available to Windows 11 Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels running...
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