Microsoft has started to test a new feature that allows users to continue the song on the desktop on the giant and beta channels of the Windows Insider program, as of this month, the Spotify application on the Android phone. This feature is activated by a notification appeared in the taskbar of Windows 11 with the phrase “Resume from your Phone” or “Continue on this PC, and directs the user directly to the PC to play the same song.
When users start a piece in the Spotify mobile application after connecting Android phones to the PC, the Windows 11 taskbar “Resume from your phone” appears. Click on this warning; If the Spotify installed on the PC, the desktop application opens and the music resumes. If it is not installed, you will be installed once on the Microsoft Store, and then the Spotify is opened and wants to be connected to the same account.
This application, Apple’s Continuity can be likened to its feature; Because an activity started at iPhone, iPad, Mac or Apple Watch can be transferred to another device without any problems. Microsoft introduced this feature under the title of “Cross – Device Resume ;; Spotify was used during the demo, but the video was later removed from the air. Nevertheless, this feature is now presented to Insiders users with the possibility of test.
This new functionality represents a more advanced stage of Microsoft’s long -term efforts for Android – Windows integration. In the future, not only Spotify, but can be offered similar continuity features to e – mail reading or other Android applications. However, these expansion plans are not clarified for now.
Windows Insider update and other improvements
This feature is Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5761 (KB5064093) presented with. In this structure, there are many innovations such as battery icons on the lock screen, new touch movements, AI -supported “click to do” improvements, shortcuts – (EN DASH) and – (Em Dash), ease of entry in Windows Share menu, as well as fixing the Favorites.
Thanks to the color system in the battery icons, for example, green charging, yellow energy, and red indicate the critical condition; In this way, the battery status can be understood with a single perspective on the lock screen. In addition, the touch screens of the “Click to Do” feature by holding two fingers on the touch screens, direct access to settings in the AI section, “Auto Super Resolution” settings such as easy access to the settings of user experience.
The improvement package also includes various bug fixes. For example; Practical corrections such as performance improvement in installing the settings list, increasing Windows Hello face recognition reliability, reducing multiple monitor and overlay problems in games. Visual Studio collapse problems on ARM64 devices are also solved by the .NET update.