​For years Apple customers have loved deep integration between completely different gadgets just like the iPhone, iPad, and Mac that allowed them to seamlessly work throughout a number of gadgets. The same integration in Android has lacked to this point, however a brand new report by Android Authority reveals that may not be the case sooner or later as Google works by itself model of Apple’s Handoff function.

​However earlier than we speak about what Google is reportedly creating, let’s first get to know slightly about what the Handoff function is and the way it works on Apple gadgets.

​What’s Apple’s Handoff function?

​Apple has a continuity function referred to as ‘Handoff’ that permits customers to start out a process on one Apple machine after which seamlessly proceed it on one other machine. So, as an illustration, you can begin studying an article in your iPhone after which change over to your iPad or to the Mac. This additionally works vice versa, which means you possibly can handoff options out of your Mac to your iPhone.

​The function is designed to work for gadgets in shut proximity with the identical iCloud account logged in.

​What’s Google engaged on?

​The Android Authority report discovered clues about Google’s new Handoff-like function inside the Android 16 working system. Reportedly, the function can be current within the “Cross-device providers” settings that additionally contains different interconnectivity options like name casting and web sharing.

​With Handoff, customers are mentioned to additionally get choices like notification syncing, file sharing, and app continuity throughout gadgets.

​Reportedly, the Handoff function is designed to let customers switch an app’s present state from one Android machine to a different. The function works just like the way it does on iOS. When customers change from their telephone to a pill or PC, they may get a suggestion on the taskbar, and clicking on it would launch the app in the identical state on the second machine.

​In contrast to Apple‘s implementation, nevertheless, the report didn’t discover any code suggesting that duties might be handed off from a PC/pill again to the telephone.

​Whereas Microsoft has additionally been creating an identical kind of a function with its Cellphone Hyperlink app, the shortage of Google’s involvement has meant that the corporate has needed to depend on particular person telephone producers to implement the permissions wanted to renew PC duties on Android.

​Notably, Google had lately introduced that it’s engaged on Snapdragon-powered Android PCs. The corporate has additionally introduced its plans to merge ChromeOS and Android right into a single PC OS which may permit it to simply implement the brand new Handoff function throughout each the PC and telephone.

​As for when the brand new function may launch, the Android Authority report states that it’s more likely to seem with the Android 17 replace, which is more likely to launch subsequent 12 months.