Microsoft Launcher 5.0 Brings Windows Timeline to Phones

Microsoft has announced Microsoft Launcher 5.0 and one of the nigh interesting features introduced by it is the arrival of Timeline on smartphones. Originally announced in May, Timeline is now bachelor equally a preview feature on Microsoft Launcher v.0 for Android, and will shortly be available on iOS too.

Timeline lets yous resume tasks from the point where they left off past going back in activeness history, such as opening a spider web page that you lot viewed a few days ago, or opening documents that you were working on yesterday, without having to hunt for the file.

With Timeline'southward inflow on smartphones, users can access their PC's timeline on their Android or iOS device via the Microsoft Launcher. When you are signed in with the aforementioned Microsoft business relationship on your smartphone and PC, the activeness Timeline on both the devices volition sync to provide a seamless experience. The thought is that it lets you lot jump dorsum to any betoken of time in your workflow without losing out on any programme data.

For example, if you open a file on the OneDrive app on your smartphone, you lot'll see the action record on the Timeline log of your PC. Moreover, the Timeline feature is too compatible with the Microsoft Office suite of apps if yous have them installed on your smartphone. And so you can apace resume work on cloud-saved documents or spreadsheets.

In addition to Timeline, Microsoft Launcher 5.0 besides introduces a new department for the News area which tin be populated with the specific type of news based on your areas of interest.

The Glance section of the launcher has been redesigned and allows users to add custom widgets to the section. Microsoft Launcher'south latest build is now rolling out to users who are part of the beta program and will exist available via the stable channel in the upcoming weeks.