Pick up right where you left off rather than starting from scratch on the new device,” Samsung said.
“Transfer an activity to the right device for a task. It uses Bluetooth LE to advertise a device’s availability and Wi-Fi or Bluetooth for data transfer.Īdvertised as a platform rather than a feature, one crucial difference between Flow and Apple’s Continuity/Handoff is that the former requires some manual work, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing: with Flow, you get a dedicated button in apps that lets you specify the device of choice where your content will flow. Using peer-to-peer networking, Flow devices communicate directly with each other, bypassing the cloud. Now available in beta as a free download from the Google Play Store, Flow currently supports select Samsung tablets and smartphones: the Galaxy S5, Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 Edge, Galaxy Alpha, Note 4, Note Edge and the Galaxy Tab S. With Flow, you can change devices in the midst of an activity or pause an activity until you’re ready. They’re calling it Flow and it’s pretty cool. Now Samsung has responded with a feature of its own. OS X Yosemite and iOS 8 have brought out a set of features dubbed Continuity which allow users to easily transition between their Macs and iOS devices without skipping a beat.
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