Universal Control features for Mac were already in Windows with Mouse Without Borders

Yesterday Apple was the protagonist with its conference for developers and among the news, the apple company announced Universal Control, a system for using a single mouse and keyboard to control multiple computers. A tool that also exists in Windows and is called Mouse Without Borders

Of everything we saw yesterday at WWDC2021, the updating of macOS, now called Monterey with the Universal Control function, was especially relevant, an experience that you can also simulate on Windows thanks to thisfree and Microsoft application

Very similar to Universal Control

Once again this is a Microsoft Garage development. For those of you who don't know, Microsoft Garage, a division where workers from different divisions on campus can come together to createinteresting and innovative applications, tools that they then launch for users and Mouse Without Borders is an example.

Mouse Without Borders is for Windows and bridging the gap, what Universal Control is for macOS. A tool that allows a single keyboard, trackpad and mouse to interact with up to four devices.

In fact, Mouse Without Borders allows one of the options that Apple's development also has, which is none other than to move content between devices simply by dragging and releaseWe can also copy and paste text between the devices.

To use Mouse Without Borders it is necessary to use one of the following versions of Windows, but above all, run the same version of Mouse Without Borderson all computers. These are the supported versions of Windows:

• Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1
• Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 (32/64 bit). .Net 4.0 and later.

Mouse Without Borders is a free application that can be downloaded from this link, but it is not the only one found in the Windows ecosystem .

For example, those with a Logitech accessory can download Logitech Flow, a free app that lets you seamlessly control up to three computers with a single mouse and perform cross-device tasks like copying and pasting text, images, or records.