Microsoft’s Windows 11, version 25H2, is deliberately low‑drama: rather than introducing a slate of brand‑new consumer features, Microsoft shipped it as a small enablement package that activates functionality already staged in the 24H2 servicing stream — and, in the process, removes legacy...
Microsoft has pushed new Windows 11 preview builds into all four Insider channels at once, with the Release Preview ring receiving the first public-facing appearance of Windows 11, version 25H2 via a tiny enablement package — a move that signals Microsoft considers the release...
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Windows 11’s next annual feature update is now moving from staged preview into its final validation ring: Microsoft has made Windows 11, version 25H2 available to Release Preview Insiders and commercial customers for targeted testing, delivered as an enablement package on top of the 24H2...
Microsoft’s latest Insider drops — packaged as KB5064089 for the Beta channel and KB5064093 for the Dev channel — extend Click to Do with deeper Microsoft 365 integration, bringing Live Persona (profile) cards into the on‑screen assistant and adding a “Convert to table with Excel” action, while...
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The last Windows Weekly episode landed like a mixtape of outrage, optimism, and technical quibbling — a brisk tour through Microsoft’s week that touched on a campus lockdown, Windows 11 change-management headaches, Microsoft 365 and OneNote transitions, a sweep of AI news, several...
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Microsoft has quietly folded a long‑requested convenience into Windows: you can now browse and manage an Android phone’s internal storage directly from File Explorer — wirelessly, without digging out a USB cable — by pairing your handset with Windows 11 and using Microsoft’s Link to Windows /...
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Microsoft’s AI ambitions inside Windows have quietly been given a new label: mounting evidence from Insider builds and system files suggests Microsoft is preparing to promote a unified artificial intelligence umbrella called Windows Intelligence, consolidating generative-AI controls, app...
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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 pushed a targeted Release Preview update identified as KB5064080 into the Windows 11 servicing stream, delivering incremental reliability fixes across File Explorer, storage (ReFS), networking (SMB over QUIC), input/IME handling, device‑management policy enforcement and more — and...
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 iMessage never “magically appears” on Windows by clicking a random link; what’s actually happening is a steady—careful—push from Microsoft to bridge iPhone and Windows workflows, paired with a noisy market of third‑party workarounds and, yes, scams that try to capitalize on user...
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Microsoft’s humble Print Screen (PrtSc) workflow in Windows is quietly changing again: the Snipping Tool in Windows 11 Canary builds is being tested with a window‑pick recording mode and an early annotation (draw-on-screen) panel, moving the built-in utility closer to a one‑stop capture...
Title: Microsoft is testing a true “Continue on PC” for Android apps in Windows 11
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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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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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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 has quietly begun testing a conversational, meaning‑aware file and image search inside the Copilot app on Windows 11, a change that lets you describe what you’re looking for instead of hunting for exact filenames — and it’s arriving first to Copilot+ PCs as a staged Windows Insider...
Microsoft’s latest Insider update for Copilot on Windows shifts the app’s interface and search capabilities into a more integrated, AI-first direction — bringing semantic file search to capable machines and a redesigned Copilot home that folds recent apps, files, and conversations into a single...
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