Windows 11 now lets you access Android apps straight from Search
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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 text and access phone actions from Search.
Microsoft wants to bring Windows 11 and Android closer together. This year, the company has worked on a number of changes, like adding a new Mobile devices tile and improving clipboard history syncing between PC and phone. Taking another step in that direction, Microsoft has made opening phone apps on PCs much more convenient.
This weekend, Microsoft released its latest Insider Experimental Preview Build (version 26340.9843). …
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