At Build 2018, Microsoft has announced that it is bringing support for Windows 10 Timeline to Android. The feature will be rolled out later this year. It seems Microsoft plans to bring Windows 10’s Timeline feature to Android via Microsoft Launcher.
What is Timeline feature?
Timeline is an organizational feature that allows you to track documents, folders and web pages you’ve opened in your Windows 10 PC over the past weeks or months. Simply, Timeline allows Windows 10 users to find a document they have created within the last 30 days. The Timeline already shows you the Edge content from mobile on your PC. It will now go one step ahead and show the complete timeline from your PC on the mobile as well.
Windows Timeline is one of the most useful features to come out of the Windows 10 April 2018 Update. It monitors user activity and compiles it into an easy to follow page. Now, this feature will get even more useful with integration with third-party platforms. The feature lets you pick up where you left off across multiple devices.
“The updated Microsoft Launcher application on Android will support Enterprise customers with easy access to a line of business applications via Microsoft Intune. Microsoft Launcher on Android will also support Timeline for cross-device application launching. Today, your Microsoft Edge browsing sessions on your iPhone or iPad are included in the Timeline experience on your Windows 10 PC. Tomorrow, we’ll show how later this year you’ll be able to access that same Timeline on your iPhone with Microsoft Edge”, Microsoft said in the conference.
Timeline is also coming to iPhone and iPad, albeit in a more limited manner. Taking over Android is a lot easier than the iPhone for Microsoft. This is so because Android lets companies offer users launcher apps of their own.