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- PCWorld reports that Microsoft is testing a Cross-Device Resume feature allowing Windows 11 users to seamlessly continue Android apps where they left off.
- Currently available to Windows Insiders in Release Preview, the feature supports popular apps like Spotify, Microsoft Office suite, and web browsing across devices.
- Select Android brands including Samsung and Xiaomi will benefit from enhanced Copilot integration, with a full public launch expected soon.
In August last year, Microsoft began testing a new feature that allows you to resume Android apps on your Windows PC. The example given at the time showed Spotify, but Microsoft has now announced with a preview build that more apps will be supported and that the feature—which is being called Cross-Device Resume—is nearing launch.
In addition to resuming Spotify music playback from your Android device on your Windows PC, Microsoft writes that you’ll also be able to resume work on Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files, as well as web browsing from Android devices to Windows 11 devices.
If you’re on an Android smartphone from Honor, Oppo, Samsung, Vivo, or Xiaomi, you’ll also be able to open cloud-stored files from the Copilot mobile app on your Windows 11 computer.
The feature to resume Android apps on Windows 11 is now available to Windows Insiders on Builds 26100.7701 and 26200.7701 in the Release Preview channel. However, we don’t know when this feature will be officially launched to all Windows 11 users.
This article originally appeared on our sister publication PC för Alla and was translated and localized from Swedish.
Author: Kristian Kask, Contributor, PCWorld
Kristian is passionate about gadgets and gaming and mainly writes news for our sister sites, M3 and PC for Alla. He also tests products, mainly game accessories, and translates articles from the Foundry network.