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Intel’s Unison app syncs iPhones and Android phones with your PC
Unison will sync up photos and more. | Image: Intel
Intel has announced an intriguing new app called Unison, which aims to “seamlessly” connect Intel-powered computers to smartphones — not just Android phones but iOS devices as well.
Following what Intel says is a “simple pairing process,” the Unison app will allow PCs to replicate four key features of the connected phone: they can answer and make calls; they can share photos and files (pictures and other files created on the phone will show up in a specific Unison gallery on the PC); they can send and receive texts; and they can receive (and, in some cases, respond to) notifications that the phone receives — though if Unison is closed, they’ll go to the Windows notification center.
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