Microsoft is quietly testing a true “Continue on PC” experience for Android apps inside Windows 11 — a handoff-style feature currently available to Windows Insiders that lets you pick up an activity running on an Android phone and resume it on a Windows 11 PC, with Spotify acting as the first...
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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 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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Title: Microsoft is testing a true “Continue on PC” for Android apps in Windows 11
Slug: windows-11-continue-on-pc-android-apps-testing
SEO title: Windows 11 tests “Continue on PC” for active Android apps: what it is, how it works, and who gets it first
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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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Windows 11 is testing a seamless handoff for Android apps
Microsoft is piloting a Windows 11 feature that lets you pick up activity from certain Android apps right on your PC. The first integration is with Spotify, and the rollout is gradually reaching Windows Insiders in the Dev and Beta...
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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...
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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...
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
Summary
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’s latest Insider build pushes Phone Link deeper into Windows 11’s Start menu and — for the first time in a widely reported rollout — brings a fuller, more visible iPhone experience to the desktop, while also layering cross-device conveniences and a handful of stability and Copilot-era...
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Microsoft’s Start menu design debate has taken a new turn: a growing chorus of users are asking the company to bring the new, reimagined Start menu interface—the one shipping with recent Windows 11 updates—back to the “regular” Windows 10 experience, and that request exposes tensions between...
Microsoft is rolling out a Windows 11 Insider build that rethinks how users find apps and share files, with a refreshed “All apps” Start menu that groups apps into grid and category views and a new drag-to-share tray that surfaces sharing targets at the top of the screen.
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Microsoft’s File Explorer in Windows 11 is being outfitted with a fresh set of quick-action buttons and context-level shortcuts that aim to cut clicks, speed up common workflows, and fold AI-powered tasks directly into the shell — changes that show Microsoft is treating File Explorer as more...
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Microsoft's most sweeping Windows redesign in years has arrived: a roomy, AI-aware Start menu, deeper Phone Link integration, and File Explorer that begins to act like an assistant — changes Microsoft bills as a major evolution of the Windows desktop and that industry outlets are calling the...
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