Yesterday, Samsung unveiled their new devices at the Galaxy Unpacked 2022 event, which included the Samsung Galaxy S22 series and the Galaxy Tab S8 lineup. However, one announcement that might’ve slipped under the radar among all the hype is the upcoming improvement to the Microsoft “Your Phone” app for Samsung smartphones.
At yesterday’s launch event, Samsung briefly announced the Your Phone app will get a new quality of life feature for Galaxy smartphones which will now show the recent apps used on the smartphone. As we know, Samsung smartphones are the only device other than Microsoft Surface Duo that can open mobile apps onto Windows using the Your Phone app.
The new functionality will enable users to pick up anything they were doing on their smartphone and continue on their Windows desktop or laptop.
As seen in the image, the Your Phone application will appear in the Taskbar of your Windows PC which can be clicked to reveal the list of recently used apps on the phone. Users can also view all apps on the phone from this popup to access and open any apps they want.
As mentioned above, currently Samsung Galaxy smartphones and Microsoft Surface Duo are the only devices that allow users to use the mobile apps on their Windows-powered PC. But if you use a smartphone of any other brand, you won’t be left out for long as Windows is working on bringing dedicated functionality that will be able to run Android apps on PC. The functionality is said to come to both Windows 10 and Windows 11 and is currently in a limited beta testing phase.
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