Hand Off
Updates
What's changed in Hand Off, and where we're headed.
Accounts, syncing and sharing
Since launching in October, Hand Off has grown beyond saving your work in a single browser. You can still use it without an account, but now you have more ways to save, revisit, and share your handoffs.
- Save your handoffs to an account — if you want to. Sign in with Google or email to keep your handoffs in a private account. You can still use Hand Off without signing in.
- Pick up where you left off, on any device. Start a handoff on your laptop and finish it on another computer. Your account handoffs are there when you sign in.
- Bring your existing work with you. Already made handoffs without an account? You can copy them into your account when you sign in. Nothing moves unless you choose to.
- Fewer worries about lost edits. If your connection drops, Hand Off keeps your latest changes and tries again. If the same detail was changed on two devices, it asks you which version to keep instead of quietly choosing one.
- Share a read-only link. Send a completed handoff to the person taking over. They can read it and download a PDF without creating an account. You can update the shared version or stop sharing at any time.
- A helpful nudge on links. If a resource link looks mistyped, Hand Off lets you know so you can fix it before you share.
- Smoother on your phone. Sign-in, account access and navigation are cleaner and easier to use on smaller screens.
Launch
Hand Off launched as a free, browser-based tool for passing on project work with its context.
- A guided six-step handoff, from the current picture to the people and resources someone needs.
- AI Review that points out what might be missing, which you answer or set aside.
- A finished handoff you can download as a PDF or copy to share.
- A short guided demo to see how it works.
- No account needed. Handoffs were saved in your browser on your device.
What's next
Continuing to improve
We're refining how people capture, organize, review and share project knowledge, guided by feedback from early users.
Exploring
These are ideas we're looking into, not commitments.
- Better document support. Easier ways to bring supporting materials into a handoff.
- Smarter context gathering. Helping people capture important information and see what might be missing.
- More flexible ways to create handoffs. Making it easier to share knowledge without relying entirely on typing.
Priorities may change based on what we hear from people using Hand Off.
Have an idea or noticed something that could be better? Let us know.