Configure Focus Assist (Win10) and Focus Sessions (Win11) for Distraction-Free Work
Difficulty: Beginner | Time Required: 15 minutes
Introduction
We all get distracted by pop-ups, chat pings, and noisy apps when trying to concentrate. Windows provides built-in tools — Focus Assist on Windows 10...
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Spotify, Apple and Microsoft all pushed meaningful updates this week that matter to Windows power users: Spotify has finally switched on lossless audio for Premium subscribers across more than 50 markets (including New Zealand) at no extra cost, Apple unveiled the ultra‑thin iPhone Air that...
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Microsoft has quietly closed another chapter of Windows history by retiring a clutch of familiar apps — Internet Explorer, Paint 3D, Movies & TV (storefront), Groove Music’s streaming service, and the legacy Mail app — each disappearance reflecting a larger strategy to consolidate services, cut...
Microsoft has quietly started rolling out a native, Apple‑style handoff for Android phones in Windows 11 — a Cross Device Resume feature that, in its first public preview, lets you pick up a Spotify session from your phone and continue it on your PC with a single click.
Background / Overview...
Microsoft is quietly delivering one of macOS’s smoothest conveniences to Windows 11: a native, Handoff‑style resume capability that lets you pick up activity from an Android phone on a PC — starting with Spotify playback and built as part of the Phone Link/Link to Windows continuity stack. The...
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Microsoft is bringing a true cross-device continuity experience to Windows 11 with a new Phone Link capability that lets Android users resume apps from their phone directly on a PC — starting with Spotify and rolling out to Windows Insiders now.
Overview
Microsoft has begun gradually rolling out...
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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 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 is testing a new, Apple‑style device handoff for Windows 11 that lets you start an activity on your Android phone and continue it on a PC with a single click — a feature Microsoft calls Cross Device Resume and which is already appearing for Spotify in Windows Insider builds...
Microsoft is quietly testing a macOS‑style handoff for Android apps in Windows 11 — a controlled Insider preview that can surface a “Resume from your phone” prompt on the taskbar and, with a single click, continue an active Android session on your PC (Spotify is the first partner) as Microsoft...
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 /...
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Microsoft is quietly rolling out a pilot in Windows 11 that lets you resume an active Android app session on your PC — starting with Spotify — by surfacing a taskbar “Resume” alert that opens the corresponding desktop app (or one‑click-installs it) and continues playback at the same position you...
Microsoft has begun testing a native Android-to‑PC handoff in Windows 11 that lets you start an activity on your phone and continue it on your desktop with a single click — initially with Spotify and rolling out to Windows Insiders as a staged preview.
Background
Microsoft’s cross‑device...
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windows 11
Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Insider preview quietly adds a native Android-to-PC “resume” that behaves like Apple’s Handoff — starting with Spotify and delivered as a taskbar “Resume” alert that opens (or one-click installs) the corresponding Windows app and continues playback from the exact...
Microsoft’s long-running promise of smoother phone‑to‑PC continuity just moved from concept to visible reality: Windows 11 Insiders are now seeing a staged “Resume from your phone” experience that can pick up an active Android session on the desktop — starting with Spotify — and resume playback...
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’s new Cross‑Device Resume for Windows 11 promises to finally bring the kind of seamless “pick up where you left off” continuity that Apple users have enjoyed for years — but with an Android‑to‑Windows focus and a distinctly Microsoft flavor that leans on Phone Link, the Microsoft...
Microsoft is rolling out a new Windows 11 continuity feature that lets Android app sessions be continued on the PC with a single click — starting with Spotify and made available to Windows Insiders as a staged preview — a macOS‑style “Handoff” for Android-to-Windows that relies on Link to...
Microsoft has begun quietly testing a true “pick up where you left off” flow in Windows 11 — a taskbar‑level “Resume from your phone” prompt that currently lets Android users move Spotify playback from handset to PC with one click.
Background
Microsoft’s experiments with cross‑device...