{"id":167328,"date":"2023-08-11T13:28:06","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T12:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=167328"},"modified":"2023-10-18T05:55:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T04:55:29","slug":"new-android-feature-will-create-an-apple-like-ecosystem-and-heres-how-it-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/mobile\/new-android-feature-will-create-an-apple-like-ecosystem-and-heres-how-it-works\/","title":{"rendered":"New Android feature will create an Apple-like ecosystem and here&#8217;s how it works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google is actively working on a &#8220;linking&#8221; feature for Android devices, similar to the Continuity mode in Apple&#8217;s device ecosystem.\u00a0It was found by insiders who revealed some details: for example, it will allow you to receive calls on several devices at once (the call goes to one, but you can answer on any), as well as provide Internet sharing (apparently, we are talking about remote activation of a mobile hotspot on one of connected devices).\u00a0This is reported by the Android Authority.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_167329\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-167329\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-167329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/So-far-two-of-its-options-are-known-its-better-than-nothing-but-still-less-than-implemented-by-Apple.jpg\" alt=\"So far, two of its options are known - it's better than nothing, but still less than implemented by Apple\" width=\"1680\" height=\"1010\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/So-far-two-of-its-options-are-known-its-better-than-nothing-but-still-less-than-implemented-by-Apple.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/So-far-two-of-its-options-are-known-its-better-than-nothing-but-still-less-than-implemented-by-Apple-1200x721.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/So-far-two-of-its-options-are-known-its-better-than-nothing-but-still-less-than-implemented-by-Apple-770x463.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/So-far-two-of-its-options-are-known-its-better-than-nothing-but-still-less-than-implemented-by-Apple-1536x923.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/So-far-two-of-its-options-are-known-its-better-than-nothing-but-still-less-than-implemented-by-Apple-561x337.jpg 561w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/So-far-two-of-its-options-are-known-its-better-than-nothing-but-still-less-than-implemented-by-Apple-1122x675.jpg 1122w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/So-far-two-of-its-options-are-known-its-better-than-nothing-but-still-less-than-implemented-by-Apple-265x159.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/So-far-two-of-its-options-are-known-its-better-than-nothing-but-still-less-than-implemented-by-Apple-531x319.jpg 531w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/So-far-two-of-its-options-are-known-its-better-than-nothing-but-still-less-than-implemented-by-Apple-364x219.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/So-far-two-of-its-options-are-known-its-better-than-nothing-but-still-less-than-implemented-by-Apple-728x438.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/So-far-two-of-its-options-are-known-its-better-than-nothing-but-still-less-than-implemented-by-Apple-608x366.jpg 608w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/So-far-two-of-its-options-are-known-its-better-than-nothing-but-still-less-than-implemented-by-Apple-758x456.jpg 758w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/So-far-two-of-its-options-are-known-its-better-than-nothing-but-still-less-than-implemented-by-Apple-1152x693.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1680px) 100vw, 1680px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-167329\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">So far, two of its options are known &#8211; it&#8217;s better than nothing, but still less than implemented by Apple<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to available information, a separate Link Your Devices item will appear in the system settings.\u00a0This will create a pairing between devices connected to the same Google account.<\/p>\n<p>There is a possibility that the innovation will be distributed through an update of Google Play Services, and not with an Android update, but so far this is nothing more than a guess.<\/p>\n<p>If the functionality of the innovation is limited on the two features described above, then Apple&#8217;s implementation will remain more advantageous due to more options &#8211; for example, a single clipboard between devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google is actively working on a &#8220;linking&#8221; feature for Android devices, similar to the Continuity mode in Apple&#8217;s device ecosystem.\u00a0It was found by insiders who revealed some details: for example, it will allow you to receive calls on several devices at once (the call goes to one, but you can answer on any), as well [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/mobile\/new-android-feature-will-create-an-apple-like-ecosystem-and-heres-how-it-works\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":167330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1509],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-167328","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}