Windows Weekly (Audio)

It's Microsoft Ignite and we are totally not there

• One word summary: Agentic
• A wave two for Copilot, essentially
• Agents that work on your behalf autonomously
• The Snapdragon Dev Box was such a success that Microsoft is offering more hardware
• Copilot+ PCs are getting new AI capabilities. Eventually
• Copilot Actions brings, um, actions to Microsoft 365

Windows 11

• Microsoft FINALLY releases Windows 11 on Arm ISO - Here's some advice
• When you think about Windows, we're guessing security and resiliency aren't what comes to mind. So why is Microsoft pushing this so hard at Ignite??
• Google Drive is now available in Beta for Windows 11 on Arm. Paul's national nightmare is over!
• Here's what's coming to Windows 11 SOON - a new Release Preview channel build shows that 24H2 was just the start of this coming year's updates
• Canary: Mostly bug fixes, no clear vision for this channel we can see - new Canary build today with the new Hello experience, new Taskbar thumbnail previews
• Beta: Jump list sharing and other features no one has ever, ever, ever asked for
• Microsoft is shutting down Beta channel for Windows 10, just months after it revived it
• Lenovo revenues surge, PC sales only up slightly but it sees big growth in the coming quarters

AI, antitrust, more

• DOJ reportedly wants Google to sell off Chrome - How does this compare to the previous Microsoft breakup attempt?
• Some thoughts about Uno Platform Studio and a re-do of last week's .NET news now that Richard is back
• A WPF on .NET 9 update

Xbox

• Phil Spencer speaks: Portable Xbox hardware, mobile store, more
• Microsoft's new Xbox ad triggers PTSD or celebration, depending on your views
• You can now play (50) games you own on Xbox Cloud Gaming!
• It's been a while, but this is a killer month for Game Pass
• Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is now available
• Avowed is an Xbox console exclusive and it's coming in February
• Warcraft 1 and 2 Remasters arrive alongside Warcraft 3: Reforged 2.0 - celebrating the 20th anniversary
• Valve celebrates the 20th anniversary of Half-Life 2!
• The OG Unreal and Unreal Tournament are now free, and they run on modern PCs too
• Sony PlayStation Portal can now stream some PS Plus games

Tips and Picks

• Tip of the week: Get 1 TB of additional Xbox storage for just $99
• App pick of the week: ChatGPT for Windows and Mac
• RunAs Radio this week: Testing Databases with Dan Mallott
• Brown liquor pick of the week: Haavaldsen Sledgehammer 2024

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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