Microsoft testing android alerts on Windows 10 PCs

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San Francisco, Apr 29 (IANS): In its new Insider Preview Build for Windows 10, Microsoft is working on a feature as part of its "Your Phone" software that would display notifications received on Android smartphones on PC screens.[br][br]Launched in 2018, "Your Phone" is an app for Windows 10 that allowed users to see recent photos taken on a Android phone directly on a Windows 10 PC and to send SMS messages from a computer.[br][br]"If you allow apps to display alerts on PCs, you can find out about an important message or status update without reaching for your handset," Engadget reported on Sunday.[br][br]The new preview build is allowing insiders to see incoming phone notifications in real-time, customise notifications and clear notifications individually or all at once.[br][br]"Boost your focus and productivity by seeing your phone's notifications on your PC. You are in control and manage which apps you want to receive notifications from. Dismiss a notification on one device and it goes away on the other," the company wrote in a blog-post.[br][br]Users testing the feature need devices running Android 7.0 Nougat with at least 1GB RAM.[br][br]"You can't respond to notifications (at least not yet), but this could be particularly vital for Snapchat and other apps that don't really have a presence on the desktop," Engadget added.[br][br]The feature is being tested as part of Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18885 (20H1).