Apple is working on a new feature that will allow you to copy and paste text and other content to and from iPhones on a Windows PC

Europe continues its charge against Apple, but this time it has been Microsoft that has requested a new feature that will arrive for Windows PC users in the EU. The feature will allow copy and paste content to and from an iPhone from the Microsoft operating system. The feature is already in development by Apple and was requested by Microsoft through the application system Apple interoperability for the EU.

Copy and paste between iPhone and PC in the background, this is how the new clipboard will work

The feature, when available, will allow Copy text and other compatible content from iPhone phones and paste it directly to a Windows PCas allowed with Android. The option can also work the other way around, allowing you to copy content from the PC to the iPhone. all this will work transparently in the backgroundand the user will not have to have the application open in the foreground to copy and paste.

User permissions and release date of the new feature

To make this possible, Apple will have to offer developers the ability to create extensions that share clipboard contentprior express authorization of the user. Once permission is granted, the Windows and iPhone clipboard can be accessed. Apple has also said that this work will require a lot of effort, so The feature is not expected to be available until fall of next year. It will first arrive in beta form to developers and then be launched to all users.

At the moment the application has been registered through the EU interoperability requirements, and for this It is not clear if Apple will also allow this feature in other regionsalthough technically there is no impediment.