Motorola has already presented the new generation of its most premium mobile phones, the Edge 50 Ultra, the Edge 50 Pro and the Edge 50 Fusion. There are hardware differences between them, but they share one very important feature that seems to have gone unnoticed.
This is Motorola Smart Connect, a new Motorola solution for integrate your mobile phones with computers, in principle, with Lenovo models, but the company will also bring this platform to more Windows computers. Its operation is not only interesting, but also offers a smoother way to use your mobile and PC simultaneously.
From mobile to PC, and from PC to mobile effortlessly
Motorola This is not the first manufacturer to tell us about an ecosystem of devices connected. Apple has enjoyed enviable integration between iPhone and macOS for many years, especially when it comes to sharing files between mobile and laptop, and something as simple (yet useful) as copying text on one device and make it immediately available on the other. Samsung also has its own solution, available between Samsung Galaxy devices and computers of the same brand.
Now Motorola wants to offer us a new way to use its cell phones in conjunction with Lenovo computers, something that promises to be very useful for people who use their devices more intensively. Better integration between your mobile and PC can help you be more productiveespecially if you also use the smartphone as a work tool.
According to Motorola, Smart Connect provides a unified, barrier-free experience across multiple devices, for making calls, responding to text messages and, of course, send files between mobile phones, tablets and computers from Motorola and Lenovo, something that can be very useful since sending files between Android and PC can be a bit tedious. Apps can also be used cross-device. For example, it is possible to view the mobile phone screen directly on the computer screen, or move gaming or entertainment applications from the mobile phone to the laptop.
Smart Connect also allows use the same computer mouse (or trackpad) to control a mobile or tablet fluidly, immediately moving the cursor from one screen to another.
The application also offers support for a smart clipboard, which means that we can copy a text on the computer and have the same text available on the mobile without having to send us that text or link via a message on WhatsApp, or something similar. Smart Connect should also allow use your cell phone as a webcam
The Motorola Atrix.
Of course, this This is not Motorola’s first effort to bring the mobile phone experience closer to that of the PC.. In recent years, the company has integrated the Ready For platform into several of its devices, which allows you to connect a smartphone to a screen to “convert” it into a computer, among other things.
And how can we forget that legendary Motorola Atrix, a smartphone that could be inserted into a laptop-shaped docking station to transform it into a computer. The dock was expensive and the idea didn’t pan out, but it was definitely an interesting proposition, and it’s a smartphone I’ll never forget.
The idea of being able to integrate my smartphone into my workflow more smoothly and without obstacles is something that has always interested me, especially because, like many people, I use my phone as a work tool to take notes, conduct research, and more. Being able to continue using it directly from my computer as if it were part of it It’s too tempting, and precisely what Motorola offers. I just wonder if the experience is as smooth as it seems.
The company presented Smart Connect during MWC 2024 and demonstrated its operation using a Motorola Edge 40 Pro, suggesting that it is possible that this function reach more smartphones from the company, or at least to the previous generation of Moto Edge.
As for computers, Motorola confirmed during MWC, in statements to PC Mag, that although in principle Smart Connect will be available for Lenovo computers, in the future the application can be used on any which computer equipped with Windows 10 and Windows 11, because it will be. be available through the Microsoft Store app store. We just have to wait.
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