Intel Unison Introduced
With Intel Unison, you canmake calls and also receive themon your PC. You can send and receive texts, receive notifications, and even reply to some of them and transfer files between your PC and phone. These are the four key features of the Intel Unison app.
The difference between Intel’s solution and say, Microsoft’sPhone LinkorDell’s Screenovateis that Unison will also work with iPhones. Some of the advanced features like multi-party messaging and notification replies for third-party apps will not be available to iPhone users, but thekey features will remain the sameon both iPhones and Android phones.
Apart from that, even when the app is closed, you will still receive phone notifications through the Windows notification center on your PC so that is nice. The company also says that Unison has been deeply optimized with Intel’s hardware to offermaximum battery life, something that third-party mobile solutions couldn’t do.
Finally, regarding availability, Intel says that Unison is coming toselect Intel Evo laptopsrunning on Intel 12th-gen processorsfrom manufacturers like HP, Acer, and Lenovo this holiday season. After the release of Intel’s 13th Gen mobile processors, the company plans to roll out the app to even more users.
Later, you may also have the option todirectly download the app, assuming that your system complies with Intel’s requirements. Overall, it’s pretty exciting that Intel is trying to bridge the gap between smartphones and PCs and we can’t wait to test the Unison app when it launches officially.
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