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- Microsoft recently showed a demo for a feature called “Cross Device Resume.”
- This feature lets you continue where you left off in an app when you want to switch from your phone to your PC.
- Spotify and WhatsApp appear to support this feature.
As you may know, Apple has a handy app Failing feature called “Handoff.” It allows you to start a task on a device and continue where you let go if you switch to another device. Microsoft has worked with a similar feature for Windows 11 and Android devicesas it recently showed off in a demo.
according to Windows CentralThis feature is called “Cross Device Resume” and a demo for it appeared in a Build 2025 increased Tagged “Create seamless experiences across devices with Windows for your app.” However, the session has since been edited to remove this demo from the video. Fortunately X (formerly Twitter) uses Phantomofearth Took a screenshot of the feature before the video was changed.
Before it was deleted, this demo showed a user utilized Cross Device CV to continue using Spotify on a PC. If you are the Android phone have the Spotify app open, the app will also appear in the taskbar on your computer. A telephony icon is sitting on top of the app to denote that it is currently being used on your phone. By hovering over this icon, you will see the opportunity to “continue where you left”, followed by an arrow. If you choose to switch to Windows, you will be led to the same accurate place in the app that you were on while on your phone.
This continuous experience seems to work for the media as well. If you listen to a song on Spotify and use Cross Device CV, the music will pick up from the point in the song when using the feature.
In addition to Spotify, it looks like WhatsApp Will also support Cross Device CV. It is unclear if there are other apps that are currently supporting the experience, but Microsoft leaves the door open to third -party developers to add it to their apps.