Among the most notable is multi-turn SMS and calling for Cortana. The functionality is present in competitors like Google Assistant and lets users continue a conversation without having to invoke the AI multiple times. It’s joined by several UI improvements that touch the welcome and settings page, as well as the widgets and context menu. One of the most notable changes is to the widgets page, where the alphabetical scrolling is now much easier to reach....

Chief among them is the ability to adjust icon sizes of each UI element independently. Users can now change the size of their dock, home screen, and drawer icons to suit their preference. You can have big dock icons, for example, and smaller ones in the app drawer. On Android 7+, there’s also the ability to set wallpapers for the home and lock screen. To make those more visible, you can now add blank pages in vertical mode....

Perhaps the most important addition to the Launcher is a deeper integration with Microsoft Teams meetings. Users can now join meetings directly from the Calendar card on the Launcher Feed. Microsoft has also added support for adaptive icons to create a uniform look for apps. This feature was actually introduced in version 5.5 and is available across all Android devices. It is unclear why Microsoft is listing it again in version 5....

Note 10 users have said the notification badge on the home screen is showing 99+ notifications in the phone app. Missed calls that have been resolved are included in the notifications. While it’s clearly not a huge problem, it is annoying and could mean missing a notification that is new and important. Ben Rudolph, an ex-employee of Redmond revealed he has the issue and reached out to Microsoft on Twitter....

The latest release is limited to beta users at the moment. This is not a sweeping update, but instead focuses on making the whole Microsoft Launcher experience smoother and more efficient. For example, the home screen important logic has been cleaned up, while apps are now sorted in alphabetical order. This seems to be a UI focused update that focuses on making everything easier to use. You can check out the official changelog below:...

It is also a Mac Mini competitor of sorts. Sure, that name is a bunch of boring, but the Windows Dev Kit 2023 is actually interesting. It is the next step of Microsoft’s Windows on Arm push, and acts as a mini PC running on an Arm chipset. That is Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 platform, coupled with other specs such as NVMe storage and 32GB of RAM. In terms of connectivity, there are three USB-A 3....

The Xbox Live Creators Program is a publishing platform that allows dev’s to publish their titles. Reflecting Microsoft’s universal Windows ideal, developers can publish to both the Xbox One and Windows 10. In the announcement, Microsoft said there is “no concept approval required!” to publish on the system. Like Microsoft’s other expressions of openness in recent years, there are some requirements. For example, users must have a Microsoft account and be enrolled on the Microsoft Dev Center....

That said, there are some exciting new improvements coming to the interface of Xbox One. The main one is the aforementioned Groups, which will let users create multiple collections of content on their Guide and Homescreen. Users will be able to collate apps and games, give folders custom names, and transfer cross-console thanks to cloud support. After considerable feedback, Microsoft has made tweaks and fixes to the Groups experience: “Updates for Groups based on Xbox Insider feedback:...

Chris Heilmann, Program Manager for Open Web and Browser at Microsoft accidentally tweeted a screenshot of Chromium Edge. The browser is still in testing development and has not even reached Windows Insiders yet. As you can see in the screenshot below, Microsoft has retained the original Edge browser, but it is now yellow. Whether that color is merely for the test and will return to blue in production remains to be seen....

With the feature, users can create a Microsoft account with just a phone number and won’t require a password from then on. Instead, users can add a phone number to Windows and accept the log in via the Microsoft Authenticator app or an SMS code. The OS will then set up Windows Hello for future sign-ins. As we covered previously, Windows 10 1903 also marks the FIDO2 certification of Windows....

“Great news, we’re sending out more invites for the Project xCloud preview today! If you’ve previously signed up be on the lookout for an email. We’ll continue to roll out more invites,” he wrote. Those who haven’t yet signed up for the beta can do so here. However, it’s worth noting that sign-ups and the invites that are rolling out now are exclusive to the US, Canada, and the UK....

This announcement means Visual Studio subscribers get free access to the technology learning platform. Furthermore, VS Enterprise subscribers will get the full Pluralsight course catalog for a full year. Users can get more details on the Visual Studio Enterprise access level please visit pluralsight.com/partners/microsoft/visual-studio-enterprise. If you are unfamiliar with Pluralsight, it is a learning platform that allows enterprise customer to learn about critical technology tools. In an official announcement, Aaron Skonnard, co-founder and CEO of Pluralsight comments on the partnership with Microsoft: “We’re proud to partner with Microsoft for the third consecutive year to provide the best learning experience to the Visual Studio network, empowering developers to keep up with the rapid pace of technological change and gain a true competitive advantage....

However, the most important updates here as for out of support versions of Microsoft Exchange Server. We reported on this decision by Microsoft. It is rare for the company to send out security updates for out of band versions, but in the light of the ongoing Exchange Server attacks, the company decided to patch. Microsoft also issued security updates for Windows Admin Center, DirectX, Win32K, Windows Remote Access API, and Registry....

Microsoft’s abstract says the accessory “enables a voice or video call service that is conducted over a packet-based network from the user terminal using the communication client application of an event or state in the voice or video call service”. Though the patent abstract doesn’t mention the iPhone specifically, all of the diagrams point to an Apple-oriented device. They feature an older iPhone model, complete with home button, and show what appears to be a lightning connector....

Despite this, it’s still unclear if the phones will make it to market. Though the technology is almost there, there’s still the question of whether people would buy it. Microsoft’s latest patent seems to suggest so. Titled ‘Hinge with free-stop function’, it’s not a particularly entertaining piece, but it does contain some compelling arguments. “Along with these enhanced capabilities has come a demand for larger displays to provide a richer user experience....

A patent published on Thursday at WIPO details a self-regulating hinge attached to a dual-screen smartphone. Crafting a foldable without a middle bezel has been a major point of discussion, and the Redmond giant may have solved that challenge. The patent describes “hinge assemblies that can rotationally secure first and second device portions relative to a first hinge axis that relates to the first portion and a second hinge axis that relates to the second portion....

Windows Latest discovered the patent published by USPTO. ‘PUSH BUTTON WITH HAPTIC FEEDBACK’ was filed in July 2017 but published last week. The patent describes a Surface keyboard that improves typing and reduces the thickness of the deck. As the patent title suggests, the underlying technology provides a method for creating a more fluent feel when typing. Users will receive a more accurate haptic response, allowing faster and more efficient typing....

As mentioned, the potential for an update to arrive broken is always present. The October 2018 Update was quickly paused by Microsoft in October as it was deleting user files. Later issues plagued the OS and only recently has it become more stable. Sure, the October 2018 Update is an outlier, updates don’t typically arrive that broken. Still, it is usual for bugs to happen through the release of a new Windows 10 update....

Power BI June Update Changelog However, the improvements reach much further than that, across many aspects of the service. Thanks to program manager Amanda Cofsky, we have a complete list of all the changes: That’s an incredible amount of functionality, and thankfully Microsoft has provided a video guide: You can find an in-depth explanation of the above on the Power BI blog. You can download the latest version today from the official website....

A report by Windows Central shows a video on Twitter shows the LCD screen on the front of the kit. This panel comes with its own navigation button and will give developers important system information. The hardware also sports five buttons that are not on the Xbox One S. These allow information to be programmed into the OLED display. With this screen, developers can see frame rate counts and see read and write speeds....