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Android 17 is getting its own version of Apple’s Handoff

Google is adding a new Android feature that resembles Apple's Handoff, allowing you to start a task on your Android phone and continue it right where you left off from a compatible tablet. "Continue On" is designed to eventually be bidirectional...

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Android 17 is getting its own version of Apple’s Handoff
Source: The Verge
Android tablet desktop showing a ‘Continue On’ handoff prompt in the dock
At launch, Continue On will only allow you to move tasks from a phone to a tablet. | Image: Google

Google is adding a new Android feature that resembles Apple's Handoff, allowing you to start a task on your Android phone and continue it right where you left off from a compatible tablet.

"Continue On" is designed to eventually be bidirectional, but Google says that at launch it will only support tasks moving from a smartphone to a tablet. Android tablet users will see the Continue On icon in the dock suggesting the most recently used app from their phone, assuming it's also installed on the tablet.

It should allow Android users to directly open documents they were working on, or jump straight into the email they just had open. In some c …

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