Soon, users of Android devices will be able to sync their devices as long as they are signed in to each device using the same Google account and are using the same local area network (LAN)/Wi-Fi.
Dubbed “Link Switching”, the feature, which has echoes of Apple’s Continuity (iPhone Mobile Calls) feature that lets iPhone users receive calls on their Mac computers and iPads as long as they are on the same network, will also include a similar “Call Switching” feature that will work more or less the same way.
The difference, on Android, will be that instead of this being extended to desktop computers and tablets while excluding phones, it will extend to every eligible Android device, including other Android smartphones. This means that those with say an extra smartphone or more smartphones with them, will be able to receive calls made to one smartphone on the other ones as well.
The exciting feature, which remains unannounced at the time of publishing this but which we know of courtesy of Android watcher Mishaal Rahman, will be found under Settings > Google > Devices & sharing if it ever sees the light of day – and we hope it does – and will also include what is being called “internet sharing”, basically the same thing as hotspotting to other devices you own.
You may soon be able to "link your [Android] devices" signed into the same Google account together. This will enable "call switching", which lets you switch between devices for calls, as well as "Internet sharing"!
H/T @Nail_Sadykov pic.twitter.com/WCunYNE9GQ
— Mishaal Rahman (@MishaalRahman) August 10, 2023
The change is likely to be made available through a Google Play Services update and not a minor over-the-air (OTA) Android operating system update, something that makes it easier to guarantee a wider rollout and reach for many users in as short a time as possible.
