The Windows system has obviously been in trouble for the last few weeks highlighted mostly by the huge outage experienced last week. But it seems that has not deterred the team at Microsoft from working on new features with one reported to be coming soon to the Windows 11 Subsystem for Android.
This new feature is set to allow Android users to access their smartphone’s files directly on their PCs via File Explorer.
Microsoft confirmed this in a blog post announcing that it is testing the new feature for Windows 11. With this integration, you will be able to access your Android device remotely just like another USB device on the left bar of File Explorer. You can browse all the files on your Android device from your Windows PC, copy or move them between, rename, or even delete them.
The feature is currently in beta which means that only a select number of users can get it for now. To get it, you will need a device registered in the Windows Insider program and the beta version of the Link to Windows app (version 1.24071 and higher) on your Android phone to get it working.
If you’re in the beta program, you can start using the feature by going to Settings > Bluetooth & devices > Mobile Devices and clicking the “Manage Devices” section to allow your PC to access your Android phone.
The feature comes at a time when Microsoft has been adding several new features to Windows 11, like using Android as a webcam on Windows 11 and adding calls and texts directly to the start menu. The company also recently added a feature to Phone link that enables users to send files directly from Windows to an Android phone.
