Windows
- Apr- 2022 -8 April
Here’s Everything New in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22593
Microsoft has recently released another Windows Insider preview build to the dev and beta channel. Windows 11 Preview Build 22593 is light on new features, but brings plentiful of bug fixes to improve the overall user experience. The file explorer’s default homepage on Windows is now renamed to home, from…
- 5 April
Microsoft is Integrating Windows 365 Natively into Windows 11 With 4 New Features
Microsoft was one of the first companies back in the pre-pandemic era (yes, life before COVID did exist) to hop on the hybrid workplace bandwagon. Companies that hire employees to work both physically at designated offices and remotely at their home were consistently growing in prevalence. Since most firms use…
- Mar- 2022 -21 March
New Windows 11 Preview Build Features Deeper Android Integration with Your Phone App Update
Microsoft has recently released another Windows Insider preview build to the dev channel. Windows 11 Preview Build 22579 brings a host of improvements and some new features like multi-touch gestures and the option to exclude removable USB drives from BitLocker encryption. You can read about the significant changes below, or…
- 10 March
Valve Releases Windows 10 Drivers for the Steam Deck
Valve promised Windows support for its handheld-console, the Steam Deck, when it was initially announced last year. Fast forward almost a year and the Steam Deck has started shipping to its first set of customers but without any real support for Windows. That finally changes today. Valve has just released…
- 10 March
New Windows 11 Insider Preview Build Resurrects Movie Maker, Albeit For a Price
Microsoft has recently pushed another Windows 11 Insider Preview Build to the dev channel. Preview Build 22572 introduces two new applications as inbox apps, a new search highlight feature, and an updated UI for Print Queue among other things. You can read about the major additions below, and for the…
- 3 March
Windows Update Goes ‘Green’ With New Insider Preview Build
Another Windows 11 Insider Preview build has just hit the dev channel. Preview Build 22567 introduces a couple of new features like — auto scheduling Windows Update to prefer renewable energy, phone sync option during initial Windows setup, and a new security feature called Smart App Control. You can read…
- Feb- 2022 -26 February
New Windows 11 Insider Preview Build Brings Updated Taskbar Design for Tablets
Windows on ARM is still a mixed bag, although it has continued to improve steadily over the years. Recently, Microsoft released a new Windows 11 preview build for ARM64 PCs with new UI optimisations for tablets. Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22563 introduces a new taskbar state for tablets to…
- 18 February
Windows Insider Build Brings New Optimizations and Features for Windowed Games
Microsoft has recently introduced a new game optimization feature on Windows for legacy games on DX10 and DX11. ‘Optimizations for windowed games‘ aims to improve latency and bring new features like Auto HDR and Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) for legacy games running on Windowed and Borderless Windowed mode. This optimization…
- 16 February
Windows 11 Gets Android App Support, New Notepad and Media Player Apps, and Taskbar Enhancements in Major Update
Despite a somewhat shaky start, Windows 11 is going strong. At launch, it was riddled with bugs and strange inconveniences but Microsoft has worked hard to patch up everything. I am Windows 11 Insider myself and even on the Beta Channel, the builds are almost perfectly stable with no noticeable…
- Jan- 2022 -28 January
Windows 11 Build 22000.469 Arrives With A Plethora Of Bug Fixes And A New Microsoft Account page
Microsoft has recently released a new optional cumulative update for Windows 11 for the month of January before we get the Patch Tuesday update scheduled for next month. Build 22000.469 (KB5008353) arrives for all Windows 11 users and brings along a slew of bug fixes, addressing everything from HDR issues…
- 19 January
WhatsApp’s Desktop Beta App is Getting A Major Design Overhaul On Windows 10 and 11
The desktop app for WhatsApp on Windows is generally modern enough to bypass today’s standard of what we define as “clean”. It’s a pretty simple-looking app with UI that isn’t obtrusive and gets the job done. I’ve personally never thought of a better design for it as it matches rather…
- 9 January
Microsoft PowerToys Adds Always-on-Top Window Functionality, Finally Offering A Native Solution For Pinning Windows
Microsoft’s PowerToys is getting better by the day. What started out as a niche collection of tools and utilities meant to assist power users is quickly turning into a Windows must-have. Thanks to winning features such as the Run launcher, Color Picker, and FancyZones, and its recent Microsoft Store availability,…
- Dec- 2021 -28 December
Microsoft Edge is Getting a New “Games” Panel Very Soon
Microsoft Edge has been the top alternative to Google‘s Chrome for some time because of its Chromium codebase. Chrome is still the leader when it comes to overall users and popularity and it seems Microsoft is not happy with that. The company’s idea of taking the crown is to add…
- 16 December
Microsoft Closes off The Year with Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22523
As we all approach the festive joys of Christmas everyone, including Microsoft employees, are taking a break for the Holidays. As such, the final flight for the year of 2022 has just been pushed out to the Dev Channel. Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22523 is here and it brings…
- 15 December
New Windows 365 Business Update Brings Windows 11 Support and More!
Windows 365 is a cloud solution from Microsoft that offers remote Windows access from any device. Microsoft also offers Windows 365 Business, geared for organizations running up to 300 instances of Windows. Earlier this year Microsoft announced new features for Windows 365 Business customers which are finally starting to roll…
- 15 December
Windows Terminal is Becoming the Default Command Line Experience in Windows 11
Since the dawn of time, the default terminal emulator in Windows has been the Windows Console Host (conhost.exe). Therefore, the default command line experience was tied to Windows Console Host as PowerShell and Command Prompt, and other terminals, would always open inside it. This is about to change. Starting in…
- 8 December
New Insider Preview Build Brings Offline Voice Commands to Windows 11
Microsoft released a new Windows 11 Insider Preview build today, dubbed 22518, to the dev channel. This build has quite a few additions which we are going to talk about here. Sadly, the build won’t go live for ARM64 PCs yet due to a bug that causes a rollback when…
- Nov- 2021 -26 November
Even More Windows 11 Apps To Get Updated With Microsoft’s Mica Material
No matter what you think about Windows 11 as a whole, whether it’s about functionality, utility or even a reason to upgrade, there’s no denying that the OS looks gorgeous. It’s clear that Microsoft spent a lot of time and effort making sure that Windows 11 looks like a modern…
- 24 November
Microsoft Edge (Stable) Just Got A Whole Lot More Secure But At A Slight Performance Cost
Microsoft has just released stable version 96.0.1054.29 for Microsoft Edge over the past weekend and while it does bring a wide variety of new features and improvements, there is one addition that clearly stands out. Super Duper Secure Mode, a special high-security mode inside Microsoft Edge, is now part of…
- 17 November
Microsoft Kills x64 Emulation on ARM-based Windows 10 PCs and Makes It Exclusive to Windows 11 Only
Last year back in October, Microsoft announced that it has joined hands with Qualcomm in efforts of making x64 emulation possible on Windows 10 on ARM, aka Windows 10 devices running on ARM processors. This was quite the exciting news as it finally gave users hope that proper 64-bit x86…
- 17 November
Windows 11 is Getting A New Media Player
Microsoft has never quite been able to find its grips with a go-to media player for Windows. Let’s be honest, people only use the Windows Media Player because they don’t have the actual player they want to use installed or maybe because it’s too much of an effort to change…
- 13 November
Microsoft Releases Windows 11 Build 22000.346 With New Emojis And A Laundry List Of Bug Fixes
Fresh off the heels of Build 22499, Microsoft has just released a new cumulative update for Windows 11, but this time in the Beta and Release Preview channels. Build 22000.346 is essentially a fix dump as it brings forth a plethora of quality of life improvements to Windows 11 while…
- 6 November
Windows Search on Windows 10 Finally Gets a Proper Dark Mode
Microsoft offers two distinctive dark and light themes for its Windows OS, both Windows 10 and 11. While Windows 11 certainly has a more refined and nuanced dark mode that takes advantage of things such as Mica Material, Windows 10 is mostly limited to just a plain black color for…
- 1 November
A New Version Of Windows Defender is Coming To Windows 10 and 11
Security is one of the most essential aspects of any operating system. As such, Windows 10 and 11 come with a modern, native anti-malware component built in to protect users from all kinds of harmful software. So, when you do your risky business, you feel safe even without a third-party…
- Oct- 2021 -19 October
Microsoft Limits Back-Up Features for File History in Windows 11
Like any other Windows version, Microsoft has faced a lot of friction with the release of Windows 11. The recently released OS is still very buggy and, the update system requirements are a mess. Worse still, according to a recent report from WindowsReport, the Redmond giant has removed the ability…