WhatsApp is testing Windows 11 “Resume” to pick up chats from Android

WhatsApp may soon let you continue Android conversations (and possibly calls) on Windows 11 via “Resume.” This feature appeared in Windows 11 preview builds and showed up automatically on my PC before disappearing on its own. However, it doesn’t appear to work (yet). Microsoft has been trying to bring Android and Windows 11 closer ever since it killed off Windows Phone, and its latest attempt is ‘Resume.’ The idea of Resume is similar to Apple Handoff, where you could resume iPhone activities on a MacBook. For example, if you are drafting an email on your iPhone and switch to a MacBook, you can resume the activity instantly. Windows 11 has something similar, but the catch is that most apps, including inbox apps, do not support ‘Resume’ capabilities. On Windows 11, if you open a document on Android, which is synced to OneDrive, and start your PC, the taskbar would nudge you to pick up from where you left off. It’s a sweet idea, but it doesn’t work most of the time because you need to meet certain conditions in order to see the ‘alert.’ In the last update, Microsoft added support for Spotify, so you could resume music playback directly
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