With the Phone Link app, you can link your phone to Windows 11 and receive files and notifications on your laptop directly. Microsoft is currently working on a new feature that will let users transfer files between different devices. A Windows 11 laptop, an Android phone, or even a Macbook might serve as the secondary device.

The team at WindowsLatest was the first to notice the functionality, which is presently undergoing testing. On their Windows 11 computers, users will be able to utilize services like Apple Music, WhatsApp, Messenger, and more thanks to the new feature.

The new feature will be called Drop and will be limited to Microsoft’s Edge browser. Users must activate the “Drop” toggle by clicking the + icon in the sidebar in order to access this feature. You could access the functionality through the sidebar after it has been enabled.

Simply send a file to the chatbox to make it available for download on additional Edge-enabled devices that are logged into the same account. Users can transfer Windows files like.exe,.msu, APKs, images, notes, and more via their laptop by using the Drop feature. In addition to sharing, the Drop feature lets users take a screenshot on one device and transfer it to another.

OneDrive is actually what powers Edge’s Drop. Any content that a user sends via Drop is uploaded to OneDrive, and storage space is also added to their account. You can see how much space these files are taking up if you open your OneDrive storage.

Microsoft may have plans to promote OneDrive within Edge and push its cloud storage service to more consumers.

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Microsoft has tried multiple methods to make its Edge browser more appealing to users. There are multiple new features currently under development that will debut soon. One of these new features is called Drop.

The feature was first discovered by Neowin, which works like a messaging service, with the only difference being that the messages can only be sent to yourself. Users can send and access anything, from text, pictures, or other fines across all their logged-in devices. From the screenshots provided, it appears to be placed on the sidebar, and will likely use the OneDrive for storage.

This new feature will be very convenient for sharing files across different devices like if they have to send something quickly from their mobile device to their PC or vice versa. However, to use this feature to its full potential, users will likely need to buy a OneDrive storage plan.

The feature is currently available only to some Microsoft Edge Insiders participants who are running the latest version of the browser available in the Canary channel.

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