Microsoft wants to integrate your smartphone more deeply with Windows 11: Plans major UX enhancements that will make your PC and phone more seamlessly connected

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Microsoft is exploring several improvements to the Windows 11 shell and user experience that will incorporate your smartphone into more aspects of the OS. According to my sources who are familiar with these plans, the company is working to expand and improve Phone Link’s smartphone integration experiences so that they feel more native to Windows. First up, I hear that the Phone Companion in … Full Product UX article at Windows Central »

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