Windows 11’s ability to resume Android apps on your PC is almost here

Microsoft is gearing up to improve Windows 11’s ability to resume Android apps on PC. The software giant has debuted its cross-device resume last yearallowing Windows 11 users to resume OneDrive sessions from their Android devices on their PC. Now, this is expanded to include Spotify playback, browsing sessions, and more.

Improved cross-device resume support has been introduced Testing since Augustis part of the latest Release Preview update for Windows 11 that has gone live Posted yesterday. It includes the ability to resume Spotify playback on your computer from your phone, as well as any work in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. You’ll also be able to continue your Edge browsing session from a phone on your computer.

The feature is very similar to Handoff on MacOSwhich lets you resume tasks across your Mac, iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch. Microsoft Announced for the first time Cross-device resume support in Windows 11 at the Build developer conference last year. Windows 10 also had its own app delivery feature, codenamed Project Rome, which was not widely adopted by developers.

The addition to the Release Preview testing loop means this improved feature across devices is imminent. The update also includes “enhanced” MIDI 2.0 support on Windows 11, improvements to voice typing, and support for the Windows Hello Enhanced Sign-in Security (ESS) fingerprint sensor. If you own a Copilot Plus computer, this update will also allow the new settings agent to support German, Portuguese, Spanish, Korean, Japanese, Hindi, Italian, and Chinese (Simplified).