Picture-in-picture mode coming to Your Phone app for Windows

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Looking at theYour Phone appfor Windows today and comparing it with what it was when it debuted, many can barely recognize it. It’s undergone something of a dramatic transformation, getting more powerful with each new feature it receives.

The tool, which lets you pair your Android device with your Windows 10 PC, is getting multiple new features. According to adiscoveryby the folks at Windows Latest, picture-in-picture support is coming to theapp.

Your Phone app getting picture-in-picture capability and more

The picture-in-picture mode for Your Phoneappis still under development, according to the finding.

Microsoft likes to call the picture-in-picture feature in Windows 10 apps Compact Overlay. It lets you view an app in a small window while looking at something else in other parts of the screen.

When anappis running in this mode, it floats on top of other bigger windows. That way, you can still do other things like watch a video.

Your Phoneappgetting picture-in-picture support means that it will let you pop out a chat in a separate smaller screen. Doing that undocks the smaller window from the rest of theappscreen, allowing you to move it around at will.

Additionally, the pop-out windows are resizable, letting you organize your screen with a little more flexibility.

Other features coming to Your Phone

Reports indicate that Microsoft is also developing a feature that may enable you to manage or view your installedappsvia the YourPhone app.

Maybe the feature will let you moveappsbetween your PC and theapp? Nobody can tell that for now, but it’d be nice to have a capability like that.

Currently, users of certain Samsungsmartphonescan move photos between Your Phone and your PC via the cross-device copy and paste function.

Also, Windows 10 insiders in the Fast ring are now testing the ability to control music and audio from inside the Your Phone tool.

What cool features do you think Microsoft should add to the YourPhone app? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments section below.

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Picture-in-picture mode coming to Your Phone app for Windows#

Your Phone app getting picture-in-picture capability and more#

Other features coming to Your Phone#

Picture-in-picture mode coming to Your Phone app for Windows

Your Phone app getting picture-in-picture capability and more

Other features coming to Your Phone