New Windows 10 update gives it Windows 11s photo-sharing capabilities with Android devices but you might want to hang on

Date:
Tue, 04 Jun 2024 16:02:48 +0000

Description:
Microsofts optional update for Windows 10 gives you instant access to phone photos on your PC.

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Microsoft has recently released an optional update, KB5037849, for Windows
10 that brings in a useful feature that weve only seen in Windows 11 thus
far, one that improves integration with Android devices.

This development is a little unexpected as Microsoft has been pushing Windows 10 users to transition to Windows 11, and reminding them that its end-of-support date is approaching - so youd expect that adding new features to the older OS would be shoved down the priority list by now, but apparently thats not the case.

After installing KB5037849, Windows Latest noticed that the 'Mobile Devices' feature page, previously seen only in Windows 11, had been introduced to Windows 10. This feature enables you to access photos taken and stored on
your phone instantly on your PC. It appears as a Mobile Devices page found in the Settings app, and when you toggle Allow this PC to access your mobile devices on, it will prompt you to Download and install Cross Device
Experience Host from the Microsoft Store .

Apparently, it does require that youre logged into a Microsoft account, but
it doesnt need setting up via the Phone Link app (which allows users to fully sync their Android or iPhone with their Windows PC towards all kinds of
ends).

Once you do this, you can head to the Manage Devices page (via the Mobile Devices panel) and turn on Get new photo notifications. You will then receive notifications on your PC when you take new photos on the Android phone that youve linked, allowing you to view the photos and edit them with the Snipping Tool in Windows 11. Or indeed you can also open the photos with Paint, or share them with others via Windows Share . (Image credit: Worawee Meepian / Shutterstock) How to get this new photo-sharing with Android feature

For now, Windows 10 users will have to install the optional May 2024 update
to gain these capabilities, but all Windows 10 users are set to get this feature as part of the mandatory June 2024 Patch Tuesday update.

Remember that any optional update is still in testing, and could have unpredictable results, so you may want to wait for the full release of the patch (which happens a week today, in fact, so its not far off).

If you cant wait and want to install the optional update KB5037849 now, go to the following location: Settings > Updates & Security > Windows Update. Then click on Download and install where the optional update is flagged up (check for updates if it isnt).

This update also delivers several bug fixes, as well as other changes, that you can check out in more detail on Microsofts official support page for the patch.

Im glad Windows 10 is still receiving new features, even if theyre not the biggest updates, and its good to see Microsoft hasnt completely given up on the OS, despite the scheduled end-of-support date being just over a year
away.

Hopefully, Microsoft will continue to add features to improve Windows 10, although Id imagine the company will halt this practice in the near future,
as resources are likely to be redirected elsewhere, which will no doubt disappoint Windows 10 fans even further. YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE... How to
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