gigatic | Apple’s favorite feature is coming to Windows thanks to Intel and an Israeli startup it acquired

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Source: Intel

One of the impressive capabilities of Apple’s ecosystem is the ability to interface with incredible ease between its various devices. You can send a message on the iPhone and see it pop up on the computer, transfer files instantly from the iPhone to the Mac, and make calls via Facetime. Now some of that goodness is also coming to PCs running Windows with Intel chips.

Like Sidecar and AirDrop only on PC

Intel announced together with its 13th generation processors – Raptor Lake a new application called Unison, which wants to allow Intel to bring users added value besides messing with the clock speed of the chips and the ability to overclock it. Unison should, on paper, allow you to send and receive text messages, make and receive voice calls, and receive all your notifications directly on the computer and thus not reach for the phone. In addition, the application will allow you to easily share files between the devices and take, for example, a photo on the phone and edit it on the phone. The technology behind Unison is the one developed by the Israeli startup Screenobyte, which Intel acquired last year. By the way, the new application will enable this connection between your computer and your phone – whether it’s an Android device or an iOS device.

According to Josh Newman, a senior executive at Intel, there are expected to be relatively minor changes between the user experience of Android device owners and those with iPhones that will connect to computers using Unison. According to him, iOS users will be able to send and receive messages only from a single recipient – and not in groups – unlike Android users.

The new capability that Intel brings to its chips is currently limited only to the Evo platform – or in Hebrew, only to the company’s most powerful laptops, although Intel says that the capability will come “in the near future” to Intel’s previous generation processors – Elder Lake – in computers from HP, Lenovo and Acer. Unison will start arriving on Evo computers with the new Raptor Lake chips next year. However, we are here to remind you that no matter who the manufacturer or technology company is that promises you things in a “future software update” – to assume that the feature will arrive late or even not at all – and not build on it. The burden of proof is on the manufacturer – in this case Intel.

Not reinventing the wheel, but expected to overtake the competition

Intel’s new product from the Israeli startup doesn’t reinvent the wheel, and there are similar products on the market already today – whether it’s a third party like PushBullet or Microsoft’s own – the excellent YourPhone. However, the ability to support devices from the two operating systems that hold the mobile market should be the advantage that Intel brings to the battle against Apple and the biggest competitor in the chip market for computers and mobile devices – AMD.

This is how the technology of Screenbyte (now Unison) looked in the demo presented by Intel last January:

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