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Phil Spencer, the head of Microsoft, today, October 10, introduced a special device for streaming Xbox games.
Microsoft is finally adding support for third-party widgets and new chat features to Microsoft Teams in the new build of Windows 11.
It's been almost 10 years since Microsoft released Windows 8 as part of the promotion of its then-new Surface line of tablets. Two Windows executives have changed since then, but suddenly Steven Sinofsky has made himself known by sharing a few Windows 8 concepts in a new video.
Microsoft did put the Task Manager shortcut back in its place, and added a few new features to Windows 11.
Microsoft has announced a new Windows Controls Overlay feature that will allow Windows web application developers to better customize their software.
Microsoft has announced that its SwiftKey mobile keyboard will be removed from the App Store as of October 5.
Microsoft recently redesigned the standard Windows Photos program to better match the aesthetics of Windows 11. But now it has decided to freshen up the look of the program once again, as well as bringing a few improvements.
Microsoft has decided to add some color to the lives of developers and Windows and is adding support for themes to the standard Windows Terminal. This will allow users to change the appearance of tabs, windows and set images for the terminal interface. Microsoft has also included a dark theme by default instead of depending on the Windows theme as it was before.
Microsoft has updated its Xbox program for the PC. It's faster to run and has integration with HowToLongBeat. HowToLongBeat is a service that gives you information about how much time to spend on the game and whether it is worth playing.
Microsoft has begun testing changes to the Xbox Home interface. The changes will carry layout and design adjustments, making it easier to find games and programs on the console or navigate to the settings area. The company will be experimenting a lot with the user interface of the consoles in the coming months. Its final version should be expected in 2023.
Yesterday, September 7, Microsoft announced its new Xbox Elite 2 Core controller.
The Xbox Elite 2 Core offers conventional joysticks with adjustable tension, a rubberized rollover grip, and shorter trigger clips. So now the controller is available in white. The Xbox Elite 2 Core has already appeared before in a "merged" video last month. In fact, this is a simplified and more affordable version of the Xbox Elite 2 we know.
This week, Microsoft began rolling out anew system of interactive widgets for Windows 11. While the "old" widgets are mostly static experiences, Microsoft is now adding live animations to them, such as the standard "Weather" widget.
Today, PC Game Pass and the Microsoft Store are becoming much more classic as they add more than 10 PC games that have set the standard for quality for modern FPS and RPG games, including Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Quake 4, The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard and many more.
Microsoft is developing a smaller and faster Outlook Lite mobile email client for Android. The giant described the application in detail in its the Microsoft 365 roadmap . There, he describes Outlook Lite as "an app for Android that delivers the core benefits of Outlook in a smaller size with high performance for low-end devices on any network."
Subscription Xbox Live Gold expect relatively big changes - in October Microsoft stop including games for Xbox 360 in collections The company has exhausted the stock of goods for this console that can be added to the service.
