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

What happened

According to The Verge’s source item, 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, but Google says that at launch it will only support tasks moving from a […] 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

Context

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What to watch

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Source

Primary source: Android 17 is getting its own version of Apple’s Handoff via The Verge. VINI cites and links the source; it does not reproduce the publisher’s full article text without rights clearance.