Phone Resume Apps from Android Phone on Windows 11 PC

This tutorial will show you how to seamlessly resume using your favorite apps from your Android phone on your Windows 11 PC.

Microsoft rolled out the ability to seamlessly resume using your favorite apps from your Android phone on your Windows 11 PC to Windows Insiders in the Dev and Beta Channels. To start with, you will be able to resume or continue listening to your favorite Spotify tracks and episodes right from where you left off on the Spotify app on your Android phone.

You will need to use the same Spotify account on both your Android phone and your PC.

Starting with Windows 11 build 26220.7271, Microsoft is excited to share that:

• vivo Android phone users can also now continue your browsing activity from vivo Browser on your phone, onto your default browser on your PC.
• Honor, Huawei, Oppo, Samsung and vivo Android phone users can also now continue online files opened on M365 Copilot app from your phone onto your PC. Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files will open in the respective app on your PC if you have it installed, or if you don’t they’ll open in the default browser on your PC. Note – offline files (stored locally on the phone) are not currently supported.

Cross-device resume requirements:

• Allow this PC to access your mobile devices turned on in your PC settings.
• Link your Android phone to your Windows 11 PC.
• Allow the Link to Windows app to run in the background on your Android phone (this keeps the Resume feature working reliably).
• Resume turned on in Mobile Devices settings on your PC.
• Resume turned on in app settings on your PC.
• Turn on show app icon with a badge notification on taskbar when Resume is available.
• App (ex: Spotify) turned on in your PC Control which apps can use Resume settings.

Starting with Windows 11 build 26220.7535, Microsoft is excited to share an enhancement to the Cross Device Resume capability that they announced earlier. Until now, app developers could integrate with Resume using a solution based on the Link to Windows app. Microsoft have now introduced an additional integration path leveraging the Windows Notification System (WNS). This additional option expands the scope of users to whom you can offer Resume capability, while delivering the same seamless experience on Windows. Microsoft invites developers to explore onboarding with this new capability alongside the existing integration method. Together, these options help maximize continuity across devices. Use WNS Notifications to implement Cross Device Resume (XDR) – Windows apps | Microsoft Learn.

Starting with Windows 11 build 26100.7705 (24H2) and build 26200.7705 (25H2), Microsoft expands the functionality of Cross‑Device Resume first introduced in the May 2025 Windows non-security update (KB5058499). You can continue activities from your Android phone on your PC based on the apps and services you use, including resuming Spotify playback, working in Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, or continuing a browsing session.

Starting with Windows 11 build 26340.9354 (Experimental 26H2) and build 26220.9472 (Beta 25H2) for Insiders, Microsoft is making it easier to continue where you left off on your PC. When you resume a webpage from your phone and the phone's browser isn't installed on your PC, the Resume hovercard now gives you two options: open the page directly in your PC's default browser or install the phone's browser for a native experience. This update helps you continue your work immediately without requiring an app installation first.



Here's How:

1 Start listening to one of your favorite songs or episodes in the Spotify app on your linked Android phone.

2 On your PC, a Resume from your phone cross-device alert will appear on your taskbar. When you click/tap on that alert, the Spotify app installed on your PC will open and the same track will now continue playing on your PC. (see screenshots below)

If the Spotify app is not installed on your PC, you will see a Resume from your phone cross-device alert indicating that you can download and install Spotify app to resume on your PC.

When you click/tap on this alert, it will automatically download and install the Spotify app from the Microsoft Store. The Spotify app will then automatically open, and you will be prompted to sign into your Spotify account.

That's it,
Shawn Brink