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Kristina Terech

Good news – Microsoft is finally realizing a feature resembling AirDrop for Windows PC and Android device users

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Are you a Windows 11 (or 10) user who’s jealous of Mac owners with iPhones who can use AirDrop to seamlessly transfer files? AirDrop’s slickness is hard to deny, even for the most hardened Apple dissenters, but Windows users with Android smartphones should soon get similarly smart file sharing powers, with any luck.

The new file sharing system for Microsoft’s OS was spotted by Windows Central, and it’s now present in testing in the Release Preview Channel (the final stage of testing before release, as the name suggests). It works via the Phone Link app (on PC) and the Link to Windows app (on your Android), and Microsoft explains all the details in a support document that was recently updated.

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