Android 17 'Continue' Looks Like Apple's Handoff (Video)

Google is setting the stage for an Android version of Apple Handoff in Android 17 with a new “Continue” feature that lets you easily transfer a task between Android devices.

appeared during “What’s new on Android” chat At Google I/O 2026 and more a developer page“Continue” is part of Android 17 and is about the ability to move back and forth on your Android devices without finishing the task you’re working on.

As Google explains:

Continue allows users to launch an Android app on one Android device and then switch to another device in the Android ecosystem, continuing the user journey they started.

This feature will allow the activities on your Android device to be seen on other devices connected to the same accounts.

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Google says it’s designed to work bi-directionally, but “initially” it will only work between Android phones and tablets. Activity from your phone will appear in the dock on your tablet, an example being the ability to open the same document in Google Docs from your tablet using the “submit” suggestion that appears on the tablet’s dock.

Another example shows the ability to do this with a web browser by forwarding an email in Gmail to Chrome on a tablet and opening it directly to that email.

Although limited at first, the concept here is very similar to Apple’s Handoff, which allows iPhone owners to transfer tasks to an iPad or Mac. It was announced in 2014.

Google he says it will probably be available in Android 17 “RC1”, referring to the release candidate. The last planned beta version of Android 17 happened about a month ago, but a The “.1” update will not be unprecedented.