Android 17’s ‘Continue On’ feature will let you move tasks between devices

Google made quite a few announcements on the first day of Google I/O 2026, and one of them is “Continue On,” which is an Android 17 feature that app developers can implement to provide cross-device continuity for their users.

In Google’s own words, “Continue On enables users to start an Android app on one Android device and then transition to another device in their Android ecosystem, continuing the user journey they started.”

In simpler words, if you are working on a document in the Google Docs app on your Android smartphone, with Continue On, you continue the same work on an Android…