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Microsoft tests Windows 11’s instant access to Android photos.

Windows 11 users have almost instant access to the photos and screenshots they’ve taken on their Android smartphones thanks to Microsoft’s plansto&nbsp.

The Snipping Tool app will open&nbsp, the image, for further editing or sharing, as the company explained today. Clicking&bnp will result in a Windows and/or system tray alert that appears right away after taking an Android new snapshot. &nbsp,

According to the Windows Insider team, the new feature “introduces the ability to easily access and edit your most recent photos and screenshots from your Android mobile device in Snipping Tool on your PC.”

Every time a new photo or screenshot is taken on your Android device, you’ll get an instant notification from your PC thanks to this feature.

In the Canary and Dev Channels running Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23619, Microsoft is gradually implementing this change.

Android photo alert Windows 11
Windows 11 ( Microsoft ) Android photo alert

Give your PC permission to connect to your Android smartphone by going to Settings andgt, Bluetooth &amp, devices andgg, mobile devices, and selecting” Manage devices” to activate it. For this feature to work, a Cross Device Experience Host update will also be applied via the Microsoft Store.

For Windows Insiders running Phone Link version 1.23082.123.0 or higher, this replaces the remote capture feature that was introduced in September.

Redmond is testing Microsoft Teams meeting reminders that are directly displayed in the Recommended section of the Windows Start menu with this Windows 11 Insider build.

We are testing the ability to view and join upcoming Microsoft Teams meetings directly from the Start menu for users logged into Windows 11 Pro or Enterprise editions with a Microsoft Entra ID account, according to Microsoft.

” Clicking the meeting recommendation will launch the join meeting flow in Teams, and the next online Teams meeting will appear as a Recommended item 5 minutes before it starts.”

Windows 11 Teams meeting reminder
Microsoft meeting reminder for Windows 11 Teams

It revealed last week that Windows 11 will now support the USB4 Version 2.0 specification, allowing for transfer speeds of up to 80 Gbps over USB Type-C cables.

On systems with 27-inch displays with pixel widths of at least 1920 pixels, the company is also testing a contentious new feature that will automatically launch the AI-powered Copilot assistant as soon as Windows 11 launches.

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