Samsung has just released a public beta of its new feature called Samsung Flow, which is essentially a ripoff of Apple’s Continuity – introduced last year. This new feature will enable individuals to start a task on one device, as well as be able to pick it up as well as continue from another.
There had been a few reports before suggesting that Samsung was seeking to roll out a Continuity-like feature, however a lot of of the advancement was kept hush, up until now. Samsung Flow, unlike Apple’s option is not completely as seamless as the latter, in the sense that individuals will have to tell flow precisely what activity is needed to be transferred to a linked gadget as well as which one for that matter as well. However, for individuals who like to stay in manage of their work as well as devices, this specific differentiation might be a welcomed feature.
Using the Android Share functionality, Samsung flow can be set up on Samsung devices, while sometimes a devoted flow button can likewise be found. According to Samsung, all you have to do is tell flow which gadget do you want to transfer the activity on, as well as that running activity must appear on the stated gadget immediately. The concerning point right here however, is the compatibility of apps. as per Samsung, Flow must be compatible with a lot of apps out there, however adds that designers can add certain support to their offerings to throw in methods of resuming an active app. From the looks of it, it appears that continuous video chats can likewise be deferred to one more gadget without any type of kind of interruption.
If transferring is not an option, or you’re not as well keen on taking this route, flow likewise uses a bookmarking like function which essentially enables you to mark what you were performing in an app so you can pick it up from there later on. Samsung may be planning to broaden flow to the desktop computer also – at least that’s what the discount video from the company suggests.
The current public beta of flow is offered to download as well as is compatible with the current Samsung Android devices, namely:
Galaxy S5, S6, as well as S6 Edge
Galaxy Alpha
Note 4 as well as note Edge
Galaxy Tab S
You can download Samsung flow for your compatible gadget from here.
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