One Of The Best Features Of The Apple Ecosystem Is Finally Coming To Android
One Of The Best Features Of The Apple Ecosystem Is Finally Coming To Android
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Publish Date: 2026-06-06 07:47:00
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Apple’s tight control over the devices in its ecosystem might not impress everyone, but it does allow the company to offer helpful features like Handoff, which enables you to seamlessly pick up a task that you started on one Apple device on another nearby Apple device. iPhone owners have long enjoyed the Handoff feature, taking their browsing session to an iPad or Mac, or switching their FaceTime calls from a Mac to an iPhone. Android owners were, until now, dependent on third-party apps or their manufacturer’s limited implementation to emulate parts of the Handoff experience. However, Google is finally bringing a new feature called ‘Continue On’ that’s pretty similar to Apple’s Handoff.
The ‘Continue On’ feature was introduced at Google I/O 2026 and will come as part of Android 17, which is currently in its beta phase and is expected to be officially released later this summer. As it’s a feature that’ll be baked right into the Android operating system, it should be available on any Android device running version 17 or newer.
How does Continue On work?
According to Google, “Continue On” is designed to offer cross-device continuity. Basically, just like Handoff, you’ll be able to initiate a task on one device and seamlessly pick it up on another, as needed. While it’s supposed to be bidirectional, its initial implementation…
