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Samsung to End Support for DeX for PC With One UI 7, Asks Users to Switch to Link to Windows App
Samsung will end support for DeX for PC with its upcoming operating system (OS) dubbed One UI 7, the company has confirmed. In its place, the South Korean technology conglomerate will prioritise the more recent Link to Windows app for accessing phone features on a PC.
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iQOO 12 Android 15-Based FuntouchOS 15 Update Reportedly Rolling Out for Global Users
iQOO 12 was unveiled in China in November 2023 with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC and a dedicated Q1 gaming chipset. It runs on Android 14-based OriginOS 4 in China out-of-the-box. For global and Indian users, the phone ships with FuntouchOS 14 based on Android 14. In September this year, Vivo and iQOO smartphones started receiving the Android 15-based ...
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Microsoft Rolls Out Android Smartphone Visibility in Windows 11 File Explorer for Wireless Browsing
Microsoft is rolling out a new feature for the Windows 11 File Explorer through its Insider Channels, the company announced on July 25. With its introduction, users will now be able to see their Android smartphones in the File Explorer when it is connected wirelessly via the Link to Windows app.
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Microsoft Copilot Reportedly Tests Ability to Perform Tasks on Windows 11-Linked Android Phones
Microsoft Copilot has reportedly received a new update that gives it the capability of managing certain tasks on a linked Android smartphone. There are some criteria to adhere to before the feature can work as per the report, but after setting it up correctly, users can ask the AI to send a text message or summarise messages in the inbox. The featu...
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Microsoft Testing Tweaks on Windows That Make Sharing Files to Android Easier
Microsoft allows for greater synergy between a Windows PC and a smartphone, letting users reply to text, receive and make calls and check their phone notifications directly from the computer. The Phone Link app on PC, which syncs both Android phones and iPhone with Windows, also lets users share files between devices. Now, Windows is making file sh...
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Microsoft Phone Link App on Windows 11 to Gain Support for OCR Features: Report
Microsoft Phone Link app is set to introduce text-copying capabilities on Windows 11, according to a report. The feature would reportedly work using the optical character recognition (OCR) feature which is already present in several other apps, enabling users to copy text from images. It was spotted in a Preview Build version of Windows, as per the...
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Circle to Search Could Soon Support Split Screen Mode on Pixel Phones: Report
Circle to Search reportedly suffers from a unique issue on the Google Pixel smartphones. It appears that the feature does not work when a user has enabled split screen mode that opens two different apps or windows at the same time. A report claims that Google is testing the issue and might soon fix it and allow users to access the feature even whil...
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WhatsApp Blocks Profile Picture Screenshots on Android; Lets Beta Testers Pin Multiple Chats
WhatsApp is now blocking screenshots of profile photos on the app on Android. The Meta-owned messaging app is also beta testing the ability to pin more than one message at the top of a chat window on the app, on the latest testing version of the app for Android smartphones.
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Oppo, OnePlus, and Realme Phones to Gain Phone Link, Link to Windows Support, But There's a Catch
Oppo, OnePlus, and Realme phones have gained Phone Link and Link to Windows, according to an updated support document from Microsoft. Announced at the recently concluded 2023 Oppo Developers Conference, compatible handsets will apparently require a software update to the latest version of ColorOS (Oppo), OxygenOS (OnePlus), and Realme UI (Realme) i...
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Microsoft Phone Link for iOS With iMessage, Calling Support Rolled Out to All Windows 11 Users
Microsoft Phone Link for iOS started rolling out to Windows 11 users on Monday. The new feature will let users access some of the useful apps from their iPhones on Windows PCs. The feature is already available for Android users and now iPhone users can also access the feature that allows Windows users to access their smartphone and perform various ...
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Microsoft Phone Link for iOS Begins Rolling Out to Windows 11 Users: How to Download
Microsoft Phone Link for iOS is rolling out to users on Windows 11 computers, as part of Microsoft's effort to bring seamless integration between an iPhone and Windows PCs. The feature is already available for Android users and now iPhone users can also connect their phones to their Windows 11 computers.
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iMessage Can Now Be Used On Windows PC Using This App
Microsoft is making it possible for Windows users to access iMessage through its Phone Link app, a preview of which has been released for Windows Insiders.
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Microsoft Testing Feature to Let Users Transfer Images Directly From Phone to Office Documents: Report
Microsoft is reportedly testing a feature that will let users insert images from their Android phones directly to Microsoft Word or PowerPoint on Web for Office Insiders. This will help ease the process of transferring images from smartphone to a Windows PC.
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Windows 11 Gets Instant Hotspot Access via Phone Link With the Latest Insider Preview Build
Microsoft released the Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25231 for the Dev Team channel on Thursday. This update includes an instant hotspot feature that is currently only compatible with select Samsung Galaxy devices.
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Google I/O 2022: Improved Picture-in-Picture Mode, New Features Coming to Android TV as Users Cross 110 Million
Android TV 13 will bring new features this year to Google TV and Android TV, the company announced at its annual developer conference. Among the new features will be an updated Picture-in-Picture mode, support for new keyboard layouts, and the ability to use an Android phone as a remote control, and separate profiles for users and children. Google ...
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Samsung to End Support for DeX for PC With One UI 7, Asks Users to Switch to Link to Windows App
Samsung will end support for DeX for PC with its upcoming operating system (OS) dubbed One UI 7, the company has confirmed. In its place, the South Korean technology conglomerate will prioritise the more recent Link to Windows app for accessing phone features on a PC.
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iQOO 12 Android 15-Based FuntouchOS 15 Update Reportedly Rolling Out for Global Users
iQOO 12 was unveiled in China in November 2023 with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC and a dedicated Q1 gaming chipset. It runs on Android 14-based OriginOS 4 in China out-of-the-box. For global and Indian users, the phone ships with FuntouchOS 14 based on Android 14. In September this year, Vivo and iQOO smartphones started receiving the Android 15-based ...
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Microsoft Rolls Out Android Smartphone Visibility in Windows 11 File Explorer for Wireless Browsing
Microsoft is rolling out a new feature for the Windows 11 File Explorer through its Insider Channels, the company announced on July 25. With its introduction, users will now be able to see their Android smartphones in the File Explorer when it is connected wirelessly via the Link to Windows app.
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Microsoft Copilot Reportedly Tests Ability to Perform Tasks on Windows 11-Linked Android Phones
Microsoft Copilot has reportedly received a new update that gives it the capability of managing certain tasks on a linked Android smartphone. There are some criteria to adhere to before the feature can work as per the report, but after setting it up correctly, users can ask the AI to send a text message or summarise messages in the inbox. The featu...
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Microsoft Testing Tweaks on Windows That Make Sharing Files to Android Easier
Microsoft allows for greater synergy between a Windows PC and a smartphone, letting users reply to text, receive and make calls and check their phone notifications directly from the computer. The Phone Link app on PC, which syncs both Android phones and iPhone with Windows, also lets users share files between devices. Now, Windows is making file sh...
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Microsoft Phone Link App on Windows 11 to Gain Support for OCR Features: Report
Microsoft Phone Link app is set to introduce text-copying capabilities on Windows 11, according to a report. The feature would reportedly work using the optical character recognition (OCR) feature which is already present in several other apps, enabling users to copy text from images. It was spotted in a Preview Build version of Windows, as per the...
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Circle to Search Could Soon Support Split Screen Mode on Pixel Phones: Report
Circle to Search reportedly suffers from a unique issue on the Google Pixel smartphones. It appears that the feature does not work when a user has enabled split screen mode that opens two different apps or windows at the same time. A report claims that Google is testing the issue and might soon fix it and allow users to access the feature even whil...
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WhatsApp Blocks Profile Picture Screenshots on Android; Lets Beta Testers Pin Multiple Chats
WhatsApp is now blocking screenshots of profile photos on the app on Android. The Meta-owned messaging app is also beta testing the ability to pin more than one message at the top of a chat window on the app, on the latest testing version of the app for Android smartphones.
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Oppo, OnePlus, and Realme Phones to Gain Phone Link, Link to Windows Support, But There's a Catch
Oppo, OnePlus, and Realme phones have gained Phone Link and Link to Windows, according to an updated support document from Microsoft. Announced at the recently concluded 2023 Oppo Developers Conference, compatible handsets will apparently require a software update to the latest version of ColorOS (Oppo), OxygenOS (OnePlus), and Realme UI (Realme) i...
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Microsoft Phone Link for iOS With iMessage, Calling Support Rolled Out to All Windows 11 Users
Microsoft Phone Link for iOS started rolling out to Windows 11 users on Monday. The new feature will let users access some of the useful apps from their iPhones on Windows PCs. The feature is already available for Android users and now iPhone users can also access the feature that allows Windows users to access their smartphone and perform various ...
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Microsoft Phone Link for iOS Begins Rolling Out to Windows 11 Users: How to Download
Microsoft Phone Link for iOS is rolling out to users on Windows 11 computers, as part of Microsoft's effort to bring seamless integration between an iPhone and Windows PCs. The feature is already available for Android users and now iPhone users can also connect their phones to their Windows 11 computers.
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iMessage Can Now Be Used On Windows PC Using This App
Microsoft is making it possible for Windows users to access iMessage through its Phone Link app, a preview of which has been released for Windows Insiders.
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Microsoft Testing Feature to Let Users Transfer Images Directly From Phone to Office Documents: Report
Microsoft is reportedly testing a feature that will let users insert images from their Android phones directly to Microsoft Word or PowerPoint on Web for Office Insiders. This will help ease the process of transferring images from smartphone to a Windows PC.
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Windows 11 Gets Instant Hotspot Access via Phone Link With the Latest Insider Preview Build
Microsoft released the Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25231 for the Dev Team channel on Thursday. This update includes an instant hotspot feature that is currently only compatible with select Samsung Galaxy devices.
-
Google I/O 2022: Improved Picture-in-Picture Mode, New Features Coming to Android TV as Users Cross 110 Million
Android TV 13 will bring new features this year to Google TV and Android TV, the company announced at its annual developer conference. Among the new features will be an updated Picture-in-Picture mode, support for new keyboard layouts, and the ability to use an Android phone as a remote control, and separate profiles for users and children. Google ...
