Security News > 2021 > April > Windows 10's multitasking feature is getting downgraded
In 2018, Microsoft introduced a multitasking feature called "Windows Timeline" that lets you see a timeline of activities that you performed in Windows 10 including the webpages you visited, documents you created/opened, photos you added, and more.
Windows Timeline, which can be accessed using Win+Tab shortcut, logs and organizes activities that you do on your PC and lets you sync the contents to other devices.
With Windows 10 Sun Valley Update, Microsoft is dropping support for cross-device sync in Timeline, which means users cannot open webpage/document on one device and switch devices midstream.
In the release notes of Build 21359, Microsoft noted that Windows 10's Timeline activity history sync support is no longer available for those with Microsoft account.
Timeline and local activity history will remain on Windows 10, which means Timeline is not being discontinued, at least for now.
BleepingComputer contacted Microsoft with questions about the future of Windows Timeline but have not received a response.
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