Windows 11 Now Lets You Access Android Apps Straight From Search
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Windows 11 now lets you access Android apps straight from Search
Credit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority TL;DR Microsoft has rolled out a new Insider Experimental Preview Build that lets you open apps from your Android phone using Windows 11’s taskbar Search. Opening an app from Search launches the app on your phone and mirrors it on your PC through Phone Link. The feature works with select Samsung, HONOR, OPPO, ASUS, vivo, Xiaomi, iQOO, and Realme phones. Microsoft has also made it so that you can call or…
Windows 11 allows you to open Android apps directly from the search bar: just type the name and the app starts on your phone and PC.The Windows 11 article now opens Android apps directly from the search bar seems to be the first on Smartworld.
Microsoft previewed in the Windows 11 beta the ability to directly open Android apps from the search bar and cast phone apps to a computer.
Microsoft has already released the Windows subsystem for Android in Windows 11... Post Windows 11: The new search now opens Android apps from the smartphone first appeared on WindowsArea.
The Windows 11 Search could open apps installed on certain Android phones and reflect them on the PC via Phone Link. The feature appeared in a Windows Latest test, although Microsoft still doesn't detail it in its release notes and its availability depends on supported devices.
Microsoft killed Android apps on Windows 11, but they’re back in taskbar Search, streamed from your phone
Windows Latest found that Windows 11's new taskbar Search lists Android apps from your linked phone as Mobile App results. Selecting Bluesky opened it on my Samsung A26 and mirrored it to my PC via Phone Link, while Microsoft now confirms Search can also call, text and turn on Do Not Disturb.
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