{"id":307970,"date":"2026-01-28T12:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T12:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/307970\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T12:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T12:27:10","slug":"windows-11s-ability-to-resume-android-apps-on-your-pc-is-getting-closer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/307970\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 11\u2019s ability to resume Android apps on your PC is getting closer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Microsoft is getting ready to improve Windows 11\u2019s ability to resume Android apps on a PC. The software giant first introduced its cross-device resume <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/topic\/may-28-2025-kb5058499-os-build-26100-4202-preview-d4c2f1ee-8138-4038-b705-546945076f92\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">last year<\/a>, letting Windows 11 users resume OneDrive sessions from their Android device on a PC. Now, it\u2019s expanding this to Spotify playback, browsing sessions, and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The improved cross-device resume support, which has been in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/764484\/microsoft-tests-letting-you-resume-android-apps-on-windows-11\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">testing since August<\/a>, is part of the latest Release Preview update to Windows 11 that started <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/windows-insider\/2026\/01\/27\/releasing-windows-11-builds-26100-7701-and-26200-7701-to-the-release-preview-channel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rolling out yesterday<\/a>. It includes the ability to resume Spotify playback on a PC from a phone, as well as any work in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. You\u2019ll also be able to continue an Edge browsing session from a phone on your PC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The feature is very similar to <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/102426\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Handoff on macOS<\/a>, which lets you resume tasks across Mac, iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch. Microsoft <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/671454\/microsoft-windows-11-handoff-feature-cross-device-resume\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first announced<\/a> its cross-device resume support in Windows 11 at its Build developer conference last year. Windows 10 also had its own app handoff feature, codenamed Project Rome, that wasn\u2019t widely adopted by developers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The addition to the Release Preview ring of testing means this improved cross-device feature is imminent. The update also includes \u201cenhanced\u201d MIDI 2.0 support on Windows 11, voice typing improvements, and fingerprint sensor support for Windows Hello Enhanced Sign-in Security (ESS). If you own a Copilot Plus PC, this update will also allow the new Settings Agent to support German, Portuguese, Spanish, Korean, Japanese, Hindi, Italian, and Chinese (Simplified) languages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Microsoft is getting ready to improve Windows 11\u2019s ability to resume Android apps on a PC. 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