Re: Windows 11 will soon add your Android phone to File Explorer

From	Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.os.windows-11
Subject	Re: Windows 11 will soon add your Android phone to File Explorer
Date	2024-08-10 09:25 +0200
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Peter, 2024-08-07 18:21:

> Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> wrote:
> 
>>> Windows 10 also has the capability of making an Android appear in the
>>> Windows 10 file explorer making its filesys appear as a regular drive.
>>>
>>> https://i.postimg.cc/6371SxNd/mountandroidonwindows.jpg
>>
>> No - this is *not* "making Android appear in Windos 10" but "using an
>> app in Android to provide a network share which can be used in Windows
>> as well".
>>
>> Using Cx File Explorer I can also share files on my Android device with
>> nearly *any* other computer by providing file access over the network
>> via FTP. But this is not the same as "Windows 11 can add Android devices
>> in the File Explorer".
> 
> How is the Windows 11 functionality different from existing Win10 features?

The *future* functionality will allow to access Android devices via WiFi
*without* any additional apps on the device or any additional software
in Windows.

Using USB you can already do that - back to Windows XP where you could
add support for MTP as an optional feature.

> Already on Win10 the whole accessible Android file system becomes a Windows
> drive letter, which means all your Windows scripts & File Explorers work.

Yes - but only using USB, not via WiFi.

> What does Windows 11 functionality add to that which exists for Windows 10?

It will be possible using WiFi as well.


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Arno Welzel
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            Re: Windows 11 will soon add your Android phone to File Explorer Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2024-08-10 09:27 +0200
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  Re: Windows 11 will soon add your Android phone to File Explorer Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2024-08-05 19:53 +0200
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