Macos users may be familiar with a feature called handoff, which allows them to switch from using an app on the iPhone, and continues the same on Mac. Microsoft Windows 11 is working on its own uniform feature, it is called cross device resume.
Windows Central Reports that this feature works between Android and PC. Microsoft revealed this during a video demo during the Build 2025 Developer Conference. But it has removed the relevant section Video For some reason. However, remarkable Windows Licker, FantomophyrethManaged to capture some details about the app, including a screenshot.
Microsoft’s demo performed Spotify playing a song on Android phone, and is a phone icon on the Spotify icon badge on Windows 11 taskbar. The hovering on the icon displays a pop-up that says “resumed. Recently opened on your mobile device”. It shows the spotify icon and is an option to continue “where you are left”. Clicking this option will open the app on the PC and will continue to play the song originally. This can be useful for users who want to switch to their PC or laptop, which can make things easier to use thanks to the keyboard and mouse.
It is not clear which app will support the facility. Zenopenthrian It is mentioned that WhatsApp is one of the list of third-party apps that will support the cross device resume in the upcoming build of Windows 11.
Microsoft is also preparing users to easily share the ingredients in apps and devices with a facility called cross device share. It is possible that these multi-platform features were once a part of the cloud-based experience of the project Rome, Microsoft, which was originally declared in 2020. We have to wait from an official announcement to know when these options will be available in the Windows Insider program.
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