Windows 11: Photos From Your Android Smartphone Will Soon Appear Instantly On Your PC

The latest version of Windows 11 released to Insiders introduces a new feature that allows you to instantly open and edit the latest photos and screenshots saved on your Android smartphone in the Screen Capture Tool.

Editing a photo or screenshot taken on an Android smartphone will soon be a lot easier on a Windows PC. The latest Insider build of Windows 11 released on the Dev Channel, stamped 23619, actually introduces a new feature that should save you a lot of time. This allows you to quickly access the latest photos and screenshots taken with your Android smartphone directly from your PC.

Open and edit images from your smartphone on your PC

Every time you take a photo or screenshot using your Android smartphone, a notification will immediately appear on your PC screen. When you click on it, the image you just took with your smartphone will automatically open in the Windows 11 Screen Capture Tool. You can quickly edit it, annotate it, or even hide details. Confidential information before using or sharing image.

There have been several ways to share pictures from an Android smartphone on Windows 11, but none were so easy and practical to use. You had to use the proximity sharing function, connect the smartphone to the PC via a cable or the Connected Mobile application, or use a third-party application such as LocalSend.

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However, please note that you must activate this function beforehand in order to use it. To do this you have to go to the Settings from Windows, then in the section Bluetooth and devicesaccess the menu mobile devices. That's what you'll have to do then Allow your PC to access your mobile devices. You will then be prompted to download and install an additional module thatHost cross-device experiences from the Microsoft Store to be able to connect your smartphone to your Windows PC.

As soon as this formality is completed, all you need to do is click on the button Manage devices allows you to add your Android mobile devices by linking them to your Microsoft account after scanning a QR code displayed on the screen.

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You can then manage the mobile devices for which you want to receive the famous photo notifications when you take a photo or screenshot.

In its blog post, Microsoft states that this new feature replaces the remote capture feature that it tested with its application last September Connected cell phone (formerly your phone).

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