Windows 11 is getting the kind of Android integration Googlebooks were built for

Microsoft is testing a new Mobile devices tile in Windows 11 Quick Settings that lets you control a linked phone without opening Phone Link.

The tile can let Android users toggle Do Not Disturb, adjust the phone’s volume, or make it play a sound when misplaced.

The feature is still hidden in experimental Windows 11 builds, and iPhones may also get the same controls.

Apple’s biggest ecosystem advantage has never been one killer device. It’s what happens when you put several of them on the same desk. While Google is looking to emulate similar cross-device conveniences through its new Googlebook platform, Microsoft has been chasing that same kind of continuity with Phone Link for years. Now, a new Windows 11 experiment is bringing some of those phone controls much closer to the surface.

Windows Latest has uncovered a new Mobile devices tile hidden in Windows 11’s experimental builds. …