Android 17 is getting its own version of Apple’s Handoff
‘Continue On’ lets you start tasks on your phone and pick them up elsewhere.
by Dominic Preston
May 20, 2026, 11:07 AM UTC
Dominic Preston is a news editor with over a decade’s experience in journalism. He previously worked at Android Police and Tech Advisor.
Google is adding a new Android feature that resembles Apple’s Handoff, allowing you to start a task on your Android phone and continue it right where you left off from a compatible tablet.
“Continue On” is designed to eventually be bidirectional, but Google says that at launch it will only support tasks moving from a smartphone to a tablet. Android tablet users will see the Continue On icon in the dock suggesting the most recently used app from their phone, assuming it’s also installed on the tablet.
It should allow Android users to directly open documents they were working on, or jump straight...
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