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Windows 10 Anniversary Update Will Bring Android Notifications To Your PC (winbeta.org)

Posted by BeauHD on from the eagerly-awaited-features dept.

An anonymous reader writes: In an Anniversary Update scheduled to launch this summer, Microsoft is bringing a new Action Center UI to Windows 10 PCs and Windows 10 Mobile. [According to WinBeta.org,] the new Action Center will sync up to to the cloud, allowing users to dismiss a notification on more than one device. For example, users will be able to dismiss a text message on their PC, and have that same notification be dismissed on their phone. Android users will be happy to know that this functionality is coming to Android via the Cortana app. Android users will be able to see and dismiss notifications that appear on their PC, and vice-versa. Developers will be able to create widgets and tiles for the new Action Center as well.

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  1. Late to the party by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I've been doing this for a long time now using KDE Connect.

  2. More Parties More External Access by Luthair · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Unfortunately this would simply give someone who doesn't currently have access to your devices data. Yet another party who law enforcement could go to... To me the idea of random mobile notifications isn't really even interesting. I already have email access on my PC, and access to hangouts what more would I need?