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In a liquid computing approach, a person might work on a task on one device, then go to another device that detects the task in progress at the first device and offer to take over that task. For example, you might begin composing an email on a smartphone and when you come near your computer, its mail software detects the in-progress email and lets you continue to work on it on the computer. The data involved, including its current state, flows from one device to another (more accurately, from an application on a device to an application on another device), thus the term "liquid computing."
An example of this approach is [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]'s [[Handoff (Continuity)]] service in [[iOS 8]] and [[OS X Yosemite]] (the feature is available only for compatible devices, such as iOS devices with a Lightning port and 2012-or-later Mac models that support [[Bluetooth Low Energy]] and [[Wi-Fi Direct]]).<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gruman|first1=Galen|title=Apple's Handoff: What works, and what doesn't|url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/2691101/ios/apples-handoff-what-works-and-what-doesnt.html|website=http://www.infoworld.com|publisher=IDG|accessdate=15 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=About Handoff|url=https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/Handoff/HandoffFundamentals/HandoffFundamentals.html|website=
[[Google]] has announced a similar approach for applications in its [[Android Lollipop]] operating system and its [[Chrome OS]] operating system to interact with each other in a manner similar to Handoff.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Goode|first1=Lauren|title=Some Google Android Apps Will Run on Chromebooks|url=http://recode.net/2014/06/25/some-google-android-apps-will-run-on-chromebooks/|website=http://www.recode.net|publisher=Revere Digital}}</ref>
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