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Windows 11 Patch Tuesday: Windows 11 gets that one new feature that Microsoft was awfully quiet about. New builds last week across Canary, Dev, and Beta - Nothing in Canary, lots in Dev, two changes to Beta. Beta channel: Photos app gets new slideshow and spot fixing tool. Beta channel: No features for consumers, one feature for IT pros, a Windows Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) fix. Widgets might be coming to the desktop because it's 2009 again. Related: Qualcomm revenues cough up a lung too. Microsoft 365 Bing chatbot is available to all, Edge is about to get a makeover. Microsoft 365 Copilot launches in early access. Microsoft is partnering with AMD on Project Athena, no it isn't. Microsoft starts throttling traffic from legacy Exchange servers. Xbox Report: EU will approve Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard soon - it worked for the UK! Phil Spencer does what Phil Spencer does and speaks plainly about AB and Redfall troubles. Redfall proves that Xbox Game Pass makes sense. The Xbox May update brings Discord integration. Halo Infinite May update adds Super Fiesta Mode because seriously WTF. Xbox storage expansion cards finally get a price reduction. Nintendo Switch sales are officially on the decline, but 125m sold so far. Tips and Picks Tip of the week: Know your screenshot keyboard shortcuts. And then get a real screenshot program. I recommend Greenshot. Stardock Groupy 2 is now in beta, adds tabs to almost any app, groups them on the taskbar, $6.99 on sale. Firefox 113 fixes a million-year-old bug! RunAs Radio this week: Azure Virtual Desktop Accelerator with Jen Sheerin. Brown liquor pick of the week: Bus Whisky. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: CDW.com/LenovoClient kolide.com/ww AWS Insiders - WW

Windows 11 LTSC, PC peripheral consolidation, CFRs WE GOT ROADMAPS Microsoft updated the Windows roadmap. And there are two takeaways Windows 11 LTSC will finally arrive in the second half of 2024 Windows 10 version 22H2 is the final version of Windows 10, and it will be supported with only security updates until October 14, 2025 Windows 11 Last week, we talked about Week D monthly preview updates. This week, we need to talk about Controlled Feature Rollouts (CFRs). This is what happened with that Search "pill" late last year, not that Microsoft ever announced that, and it's all about testing new features first in stable. Is the Insider Program in trouble? Microsoft is adding Rust to the Windows kernel Insider Program: Microsoft is testing new Widget board improvements Web usage statistics show us how Edge has failed where Safari has succeeded Oops! A stupid new feature in Edge is causing Microsoft to report all your web browsing to Bing Intel revenues are circling the drain, but it promises a brighter future. And AMD fell hard too, with the same guidance Microsoft 365 One domain to rule them all and in the darkness bind them Microsoft Loop Preview now supports personal accounts Microsoft Designer arrives in open preview, offers DALL-E-powered AI graphics designs Links in Teams and (the new) Outlook will soon open in Edge no matter which browser you chose Microsoft is overhauling OneDrive for work and school on the web. You know, eventually Microsoft brings payments to SMBs in Teams with PayPal, Stripe, and... GoDaddy? Surface Is Surface Duo dead? Was it ever not dead? Microsoft consolidates all of its keyboards and other PC peripherals under the Surface brand Xbox Microsoft signs yet another 10-year Xbox deal, this time with an EU cloud streaming company Microsoft "fixes" the Xbox Dashboard. Again Here are the (two) Games with Gold titles for May Redfall and other titles are heading to Xbox Game Pass in May Xbox launches a Game Pass friend referral program Sony has now sold 38.5 PlayStation 5 consoles Tips and Picks Tip of the week: Afraid of command lines? Use WingetUI App pick of the week: Brave Search RunAs this week: Large Language Models and Windows with Paul Thurrott Brown liquor pick of the week: Redbreast 12 Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsor: Melissa.com/twit

CMA blocks Activision Blizzard deal, FY23 Q3 earnings, Mad Dogs Hot Dogs Microsoft earnings Microsoft announced that it earned a net income of $18.3 billion on revenues of $52.9 billion for the quarter ending March 31. Those figures represent gains of 9 and 7 percent, respectively, year-over-year. Intelligent Cloud, the home of Azure and Server, was once again the software giant's biggest business, with $22.1 billion in revenues, up 16 percent YOY. Productivity and Business Processes, which houses Office, delivered $17.5 billion in revenues, up 11 percent YOY. Windows, Xbox, and Surface once again tripped over themselves, with $13.3 billion in revenues, down 9 percent. Analysis of Microsoft's F23Q3 Yet another AI theory: After years of 70 percent-ish growth in Azure revenues driving its stock price and market cap, Microsoft needed something exciting for Wall Street. (Azure grew "just" 27 percent in this quarter) Windows revenues from PC makers fell 28 percent in the quarter. Windows Commercial products and cloud services increased 14 percent YOY, "driven by strong renewal execution and an increase in agreements that carried higher in-period revenue recognition." Surface was a no-show: Devices revenues fell by 30 percent. Xbox: Xbox console sales and other hardware revenues fell 30 percent in the quarter while gaming revenue, overall, declined 4 percent and Xbox content and services revenue grew 3 percent. But revenue from Xbox subscriptions reached nearly $1 billion in the quarter. Teams: over 300 million MAUs. Microsoft 365: Office commercial revenue grew 13 percent in the quarter. Paid Office 365 commercial seats were up 11 percent YOY to 382 million. Office consumer revenues were up, sort of, by 1 percent, while the Microsoft 365 consumer user base grew 12 percent to 65.4 million. Windows 11 A new monthly preview update to think about Phone Link for iOS is now rolling out to everyone New Beta channel builds: new Live Caption languages Leak: Microsoft will bring (back) app labels and grouping to the Windows 11 Taskbar Microsoft 365 Microsoft rumored to unbundle Teams from Office to appease regulators Does Microsoft have an antitrust problem? Xbox UK CMA blocks Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard... because of cloud streaming?? Microsoft Flight Simulator has a new World Update Atari just acquired over 100 classic games from the 80s and 90s ASUS ROG Ally is a new Windows gaming handheld Tips and Picks Tip of the week: Bulk-install apps with Winget and Winstall App pick of the week: Google Authenticator On RunAs this week: Building your Data Analytics Team at SQLBits! Brown liquor pick of the week: Ohishi Whisky Sherry Cask Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT lookout.com kolide.com/ww

Gallery in File Explorer, Bing in SwiftKey, Ubisoft+ Multi Access Bing/AI Samsung allegedly is considering replacing Google Search with Bing. Can they even do that? Bing chatbot comes to Swiftkey and Microsoft Start. And now you can remove the Bing button from Swiftkey. Sound familiar? Microsoft is all-in on AI hardware Microsoft brings more AI to developers ahead of Build Amazon announces Bedrock generative AI tool for developers. Speaking of which, where's Apple in all this? Windows 11 New Dev channel build: remove time/date from the system tray, "new" hover behavior on search New Beta channel build: Content Adaptive Brightness Control (CABC) on plugged in PCs, a PC maker-enabled feature - plus RDC redesign for Windows 11 Photo Gallery view comes to File Explorer in Insider Program This isn't the first time a Photos app feature has shown up elsewhere this year Surface Microsoft can't seem to escape the trap of its one successful Surface design Xbox Minecraft Legends, more on tap for Xbox Game Pass Ubisoft+ Multi Access comes to Xbox The exodus from 343 Industries continues Microsoft: just kidding on the latest Xbox Dashboard UI Sega buys Rovio for the same reason Microsoft wants AB Tips & Picks Tip of the week: Hyper-V or Windows Sandbox? App pick of the week: Xbox Game Pass Ultimate/Xbox app for Windows 11 RunAs Radio this week: Project Zero Trust with George Finney Brown liquor pick of the week: Woodford Reserve Hosts: Paul Thurrott, Richard Campbell, and Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: Miro.com/podcast meraki.cisco.com/twit cachefly.com

KB5025239, Build 2023 session catalog, Xbox April update Microsoft brings more new features to Windows 11 on Patch Tuesday. It's a mini moment! Windows 11 is coming to HoloLens 2! The platform is saved! (Oops) IDC says that PC shipments tanked 29 percent in Q1. Don't worry, the Mac did even worse. And you won't believe how the Apple community is rationalizing THAT bit of news Windows 365 gets a Frontline worker option and a smart TV app Microsoft Build is coming Microsoft has posted the session catalog! Anything stand out? Yep. Windows: How we integrated WinUI 3 into File Explorer, Q&A; The Old New Thing with Raymond Chen, Q&A; Deliver AI-powered experiences across cloud and edge, with Windows; Learn how to build the best Arm apps for Windows; Optimize your apps for Arm .NET: Full stack Blazor in .NET 8 with Blazor United; What's new in .NET Multi-platform App UI (MAUI), Q&A The era of the AI Copilot with Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott Fluent 2: It must be based on the work in Loop Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 Copilot is coming soon to OneNote Microsoft Edge gets three new features, including DALL-E-based image creation The case of the mysterious reappearing Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) in Office. A tale of ribbons, simplified ribbons, and personalized toolbars, oh my LinkedIn adds free ways to verify yourself on the service - there better be a blue checkmark! Microsoft brings Bing chatbot to Swiftkey on Android Xbox Xbox Game Pass exits beta, is now available in 40 new countries Xbox April Update adds revamped search, ability to adjust active hours - a nice compromise on energy savings Microsoft drops the hammer on Xbox game emulation Microsoft brings more Elite Controller 2 customizations to Xbox Design Lab Microsoft announces another 10-year cloud gaming deal with a company not named Sony Tips & Picks Tip of the week: Learn to code for free App pick of the week: Opera's free VPN This Week on RunAs: Team Metrics with Angela Dugan Brown liquor pick of the week: The Famous Grouse Hosts: Paul Thurrott, Richard Campbell, and Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsor: meraki.cisco.com/twit

File Explorer access keys, Edge Workspaces public preview, Xbox Remix Special Edition Controller  Happy birthday, Microsoft Microsoft turned 48 this week (April 4). It took a wrong left turn in Albuquerque Windows 11 New Beta channel build adds Access Keys to File Explorer, Content Adaptive Brightness Control (CABC), and, yes, a new Bing button on the Taskbar Microsoft Edge Workspaces now in limited public preview Microsoft 365 Oh you didn't think the new Bing was free, did you? (New) Outlook for Windows Preview gains Gmail support, finally Right before the new Bing launch, Microsoft fixed a major security vulnerability that compromised Bing Google secretly enacted a 5 million file limit on Drive then retracted it after complaints Surface Microsoft announces Surface Thunderbolt 4 Dock (Surface Dock 3) with no Surface Connect connector Xbox Microsoft reveals first Game Pass titles for April New Xbox Wireless Controller contains "some" recycled materials, is very expensive Tips and Picks Tip of the week: Enable split window feature in Microsoft Edge App pick of the week: Google Nearby Share for Windows This week on RunAs: IPv6 and Azure Active Directory with Pierre Roman Brown liquor pick of the week: Auchentoshan Virgin Oak Hosts: Paul Thurrott, Richard Campbell, and Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: meraki.cisco.com/twit Melissa.com/twit CDW.com/LenovoClient

Week D production-quality updates, revamped widgets board, Microsoft Teams redesign Windows 11 Microsoft debuts new Windows 11 features in Preview. And now we have a new updating schedule! Coming via Canary: another Widgets UX update Surface Hub 2S is still a thing and will be upgradeable to Teams Rooms OS soon You can hide the Bing button in Edge 111.x now Microsoft 365 As expected, Microsoft announces Teams 2.0 with Apple-like improvement claims AI o' the week OpenAI announces ChatGTP plug-ins capability - Now it's a platform! Next stop: sentience Microsoft brings AI-based copilot capabilities to security pros Xbox UK CMA: Just kidding on Microsoft's AB acquisition issues, will likely approve it Japan FTC approves Microsoft's AB acquisition without conditions Activision CEO disappointed in his best partner, Sony Microsoft announces red and blue (get it?) Elite Series 2 Core Controllers No more $1 intro offer on Xbox Game Pass  Now even Xbox developers can help your console use less power Steam will drop support for Windows 7/8.x in 2024 Tips & Picks Tip of the week: Still on Windows 7/8.x? Switch to Firefox App pick of the week: Oofhours.com Media Creation tool This week on RunAs Radio: When does Multi-Cloud Make Sense with Phoummala Schmitt Brown liquor pick of the week: Dalmore 12 Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: lookout.com kolide.com/ww GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT

Microsoft Loop preview FINALLY arrives Microsoft Loop web app launches in public preview for MSA and work/school accounts - Yeah, it's a Notion rip-off. Alarmingly so. Windows 11 Now, Microsoft is testing Windows 11 features first in Release Preview New Dev channel build: Seconds in the system tray is a game changer! /s Minor changes coming to default apps Based on a single hardware review, it appears that 13th Gen Intel Core processors have the same problem with docks and hubs as do 12th Gen processors. AI all the things Bill Gates describes AI as the biggest technology transformation since the GUI. Bing Chatbot can now generate images from text GitHub launches ChatGPT-4 powered Copilot X Adobe launches responsible/ethical generative AI tools Google launches Bard in early access Mozilla.ai startup goes live Opera adds AI prompts, sidebar ChatGPT Xbox Microsoft's AB acquisition is all about mobile, not COD Microsoft announces it will launch mobile apps store on iPhone and Android as soon as regulators make it possible FOSS patents: We've moved into the acceptance phase, and this acquisition is on track Netflix is expanding its mobile games library dramatically Microsoft releases a third set of Game Pass titles for March Get a Steam Deck for 10 percent off to celebrate its first birthday Tips and Picks Tip of the week: Inbox Zero App pick of the week: Visual Studio Code RunAs Radio this week: SMB over QUIC File Servers with Ned Pyle Brown liquor pick of the week: Ben Nevis 10 Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: Miro.com/podcast kolide.com/ww cachefly.com

OpenAI's GPT-4 released, KB5023706 update, YouTube Music Windows 11 Moment 2 is official; mostly a solid update The ensh*ttification of Windows/Microsoft 365 continues: Microsoft Word, Paint, Teams, and Edge AI all the things One wonders, if everything is AI, is anything AI? OpenAI releases ChatGPT 4 Microsoft "reveals" it was using an early version all along, duh BING CHATBOT IS OPEN TO EVERYONE Bing will move Chatbot responses to the top of search results Microsoft's LinkedIn is adding GPT AI to improve the writing of profiles and job postings Grammarly adds more AI Google Workspace is getting generative AI features, obviously... and it's raising prices (coincidentally!) Duolingo adds two new AI features at great cost Microsoft 365 Microsoft Word is getting two keyboard shortcuts it should have always had: "Paste as Text" & Zoom Dev Microsoft Build 2023 is May 23-25, live and remote GitHub starts rolling out its 2FA requirement for contributors Xbox Microsoft announces two 10-year cloud gaming deals with companies not named Sony: Boosteroid & Ubitus Epic Games takes a page from the Microsoft Store and will allow self-publishing Tips and Picks Tip of the week: YouTube Premium member? Play some games App pick of the week: YouTube Music This week on RunAs: Incident Management with Hila Fish Brown liquor pick of the week: Springbank 10 Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: drata.com/twit kolide.com/ww

Microsoft adds Windows 12 to the Insider Program Last week's feature release shows you how these Insider channels map to the next release, which is sometimes a Moment now and not just a formal Feature Update. Don't worry. They didn't tell anyone that. Canary - big changes that need lots of incubation time (e.g. kernel changes), no release target Dev - changes that need incubation, no release target Beta- testing changes targeting the next release Release preview - testing changes that are slated to ship imminently in the next release barring any major explosions (e.g. printers) Stable - nothing works First Canary build today: Access keys and File Recommendations in File Explorer, LSA Protection Enablement on upgrade. Dev channel: This channel is "rebooted" to 23000 series now, per above. This build has live captions in more languages, access keys in the File Explorer context menus (another Win11 regression),  Recommendations in File Explorer, and other changes. Dev channel (last week): Microsoft is working on a new volume mixer. Windows 11 Microsoft is bringing "video super resolution" to Microsoft Edge We're still not done with PC maker results: Dell goes down in Q4 too AI Satya Nadella, marketing AI, now says that Cortana was "dumb as a rock." Come on. Microsoft to talk up AI in work next week Microsoft talks up AI in Microsoft 365 - this will never end now Microsoft brings more AI to devs at Azure Open Source Day Brave Search adds an AI-powered Summarizer DuckDuckGo adds a similar Answer feature Microsoft 365 Microsoft Outlook is now free on the Mac Xbox EU likely to approve Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Told you so? Halo Infinite Season 3 is live. Can it save this game? Halo players have created over one million maps with Forge Beta Microsoft announces new titles for Xbox Game Pass Starfield arrives in September Tips and picks Tip of the week: Don't be a statistic App pick of the week: Start11 RunAs this Week: FIDO2 and Passwordless with Kyle Kotowick Brown liquor pick of the week: Craigellachie Bas Armagnac Cask Finish 13 Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: kolide.com/ww CDW.com/LenovoClient

New features in KB5022913 update, Microsoft's defense of Activision Blizzard bid Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell For full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly/episodes/818 Sponsor: Melissa.com/twit

Microsoft FINALLY brings Windows 11 on Arm support to Apple Silicon Macs A new Release Preview build shows us what the next Moment update will look like New Beta channe builds are a bit less interesting More PC maker fallout with Lenovo revenues down 24 percent in Q4 Bing AI Bing AI is a lying liar who lies. Questions about Microsoft releasing it in this state continue After many Bing AI freakouts, Microsoft limits the length of chats... and then it bumps up the length a bit just a few days later. Microsoft brings Bing AI to Bing, Edge, and Skype mobile apps Microsoft 365 Microsoft IS releasing Teams 2.0 in March. Dev Microsoft releases Visual Studio 2022 17.5, and it's a big update Microsoft releases .NET 8 Preview 1 Visual Studio gets an integrated .NET Upgrade Assistant... previously only a command line tool Paul examines WinUI 3 and the Windows App SDK. Microsoft is moving File Explorer from XAML Islands to Windows App SDK. Xbox Microsoft defends the Activision Blizzard acquisition in court. Microsoft inks 10-year deal to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo Microsoft's PC games are coming to NVIDIA GeForce Now Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Friends & Family Plan comes to 6 new countries, none of which are your country As suspected, we're getting a third Xbox Game Pass title drop this month Tips & Picks Tip of the week: 2FA all the things App pick of the week: Craiyon RunAs Radio this week: Migrating to Windows 11 with Michael Niehaus Brown liquor pick of the week: The Macallan Estate Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsor: GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT

The AI morning after A week after the irrational exuberance, reality sets in. It's still Bing. And it's still competing against Google Microsoft shares an update on Bing AI rollout Google employees were not amused at botched Bard announcement Microsoft to add AI to Office in March Everyone is doing AI now. Including Opera and Notion Windows 11 New Windows 11 Dev build adds more live captions IE was disabled in Windows 11 on Patch Tuesday. It's dead, Jim 2FA is coming to Windows 11. It's all in the toast Microsoft 365 Looks like Skype revenue has plummeted over the past decade And full of "meet your new girlfriend" messages if you don't lock down from defaults Microsoft finally retired the Yammer brand. And you're never going to believe what happened next Corporate GitHub lays off 10 percent of staff, going fully remote More jobs cuts announced in Surface, HoloLens, Xbox Xbox Just kidding: Activision to release a major Call of Duty title this year Xbox February update is now available with Google Home app integration Tips & Picks Tip of the week: Get started with the new Bing AI. Bing AI apparently has some "creator prompts" that will jumpstart certain types of tasks: -Letter (Write a letter) -Code (Write code) -Movie (Write a script) -Story (Write a story) -Poem (Write a poem) -Summary (Write a summary) -Tweet (Write a tweet) -Blog post (Write a blog post) -Quiz (Write a quiz) -Joke (Write a joke) App pick of the week: DALL-E This Week on RunAs: Strengthening Security with Jess Dodson Brown liquor pick of the week: Kvint Divin Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsor: cachefly.com

 WORLD WAR AI OpenAI announces ChatGPT Plus Google responds to ChatGPT with Bard Microsoft announces AI-powered Bing and Edge. Google hosted its own AI event and it announced multi-search, Maps improvements, and Translate improvements, and discussed how AI can make life better Semi-related: Paul was let into the Notion AI beta Windows Paul has some thoughts about Windows 12 and what an AI-based Windows could look like Ads are coming to the Microsoft Store. FINALLY New Insider build for the Beta channel. No new features, but a new policy that lets IT admins customize how Search looks on the Windows 11 Taskbar Microsoft is integrating Adobe Acrobat PDF with Microsoft Edge, but only on Windows 10 and 11 for now Microsoft 365 Native Apple Silicon version of Skype is 3X faster. What took so long? Hardware Microsoft says it's still committed to HoloLens 2 and MR, tries not to laugh Samsung is working on XR hardware with Qualcomm and Google. Dev Microsoft updates its .NET language strategy. Nothing has changed, other than they way they document their .NET language strategy More Big Tech Earnings Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, Meta earnings Zoom just showed us the way to handle layoffs Xbox Sony is fighting Microsoft subpoena in AB case. It's fighting the FTC subpoena, too UK CMA says AB deal is "anti-competitive" but would accept some concessions New Game Pass titles announced for the middle of February Sony says the PS5 is immune to the downturn Nintendo says Switch is not immune to the downturn, but it's still dominating Tips & Picks Tip of the week: Protect your privacy in Windows 11 App pick of the week: Microsoft Edge Dev Brown Liquor of the week: Mackmyra Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: CDW.com/LenovoClient Miro.com/podcast

Halo engine switch, Intel Q4 2022 revenues, Ground News Windows 11 Skipping the Windows 11 upgrade? Microsoft will force-feed it to you soon Related: Microsoft is using dark patterns to get people to upgrade to 11 Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25290 heads to Dev channel with new Spotify and Phone Link widgets, new Start menu "exploration" Screen recording in Snipping Tool rolls out to users in Windows Insider Beta channel More earnings Since Microsoft's mixed earnings last week, a few more relevant firms have checked in on Q4 2022 Intel earnings fall off a cliff: Cutting pay 5% rather than layoffs, VPs 10%, leadership 15%, CEO 25% AMD - not bad thanks to datacenter, but this quarter will be down 10 percent And it's not just the PC: IDC says smartphone sales declined 18.3 percent in Q4 Dev A quick look at .NET MAUI desktop app capabilities .NET MAUI gets a cross-platform media player control GitHub says it has over 100 million developers on the service. From what Google indicates, there are only ~27 million developers in the world Xbox After layoffs at 343, a smaller team will start over with Unreal Engine Why not just disband the whole disaster and let Halo fly free? Microsoft announces Xbox Games with Gold for February... and new Game Pass titles for first half of February Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition comes to Xbox consoles Xbox Series X|S get a price hike in Japan Did Sony really halve PS VR2 production? VR is not having a good time right now... probably this whole year. Rumor: Microsoft will skip E3 along with Nintendo and Sony Tips & Picks Tip of the week: Complete your password manager switch Plus: Quick update on the new book App pick of the week: https://ground.news/ Brown alcohol pick of the week: Crown Royal Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: Miro.com/podcast Melissa.com/twit drata.com/twit

F23Q2 analysis, the subscription future, Microsoft 365 Insider program Microsoft announced a net income of $16.4 billion on revenues of $52.7 billion for the quarter ending December 31. Net income decreased by 12 percent year-over-year (YOY) in the time period while revenue was up just 2 percent. It was a mixed quarter, at best, and below expectations. Intelligent Cloud delivered $21.5 billion in revenues in the quarter, up 18 percent YOY. Productivity and Business Processes was Microsoft's second-biggest business in the quarter, with $17 billion in revenues, up 7 percent. More Personal Computing was again the laggard with $14.2 billion in revenues, down an astonishing 19 percent YOY. The cloud saved the quarter Windows tanked Windows won't get better any time soon Surface tanked even worse than Windows Surface also won't get better any time soon thanks to "execution challenges" Xbox tanked, but was at least inline with expectations Teams has over 280 million users Microsoft 365 to evolve into an AI-first platform Office did OK overall, big shift away from one-off product sales to subscriptions Windows It's time to suck it up: the future of Windows is all advertising and subscriptions Microsoft is working on yet another File Explorer redesign Microsoft also starts testing tabs in Notepad Microsoft is also testing a side-by-side view for web pages in Edge And now a new Insider build for the Dev channel with a new (Facebook) Messenger widget Microsoft kills Altspace VR as part of an AR/MR house-cleaning move Microsoft may be walking away from AR/MR, but Apple's coming headset will allegedly switch between the two modes Microsoft 365 Office Insider Program renamed to Microsoft 365 Insider Program This rebranding crusade is a mistake and is reminiscent of the .NET branding mistake Antitrust EU to announce antitrust case against Microsoft Teams DOJ announces antitrust case against Google for advertising and Google responds Google lays off 12,000. Nothing from Apple? Dev Github now has over 100 million developers Google announces what's next for Flutter An examination of .NET MAUI reveals what it's good for on the Windows desktop Xbox N64 classic GoldenEye is coming to Xbox, Game Pass January 27 Sony pushes forward with VR2 plans Tips and Picks Tip of the week: Paul is working on a new book and needs your help Tip of the week #2: Microsoft will stop selling Windows 10 downloads Brown alcohol pick of the week: Nomad Outland Whisky Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsor: GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT

AI for the consumer client side, HoloLens request rejected, Azure DevOps Layoffs Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella informs employees of 10,000 layoffs Is Surface on the cutting block? Amazon to layoff 18,000 Welcome to the AI era Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella confirms Microsoft's AI moves: Azure Open AI service, ChatGPT APIs, and infusing AI across the entire Microsoft stack This is a much bigger deal than Microsoft's pivot to the cloud 20 years ago because it infuses everything that it does. When Wall Street latched onto Azure and cloud computing and made Microsoft the second biggest company in the world, the software giant effectively ignored personal computing because no one wanted to hear about legacy. That era is over. Windows 11 New Insider Preview build for the Dev channel adds a developer feature, OneDrive storage quote display New Insider Preview build comes to the ... Release Preview channel? This one is interesting. Now we know the full story of the bloodbath that was PC sales in Q4 2022: a 28.3 percent drop in unit sales YOY. Yikes Intel ships its first 6 GHz CPU, reminding us again that this—and not efficiency—is what Intel is good at 12 years after Windows 8 and Surface, Apple is adding touchscreens to the Mac. Devices US Congress nixes Army purchase of more HoloLens units Xbox Google and NVIDIA voice concerns about Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard EU likely to issue warning on Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard Public support for the acquisition is strong. Even about PlayStation users! Google turns the Stadia controller into a normal Bluetooth controller Tips & Picks Tip of the week: The OneDrive storage upgrades you didn't know about App pick of the week: MSEdgeRedirect Enterprise pick of the week: Azure DevOps Whisky pick of the week: Glenlivet Nadurra Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: CDW.com/LenovoClient tanium.com/twit

Fungible, rounded corners, Xbox Oreos, the AI wave Microsoft invested $1 billion in OpenAI in 2019 Surface Pro X, also from 2019, featured the first-ever NPU in a Surface product Eye contact announced in 2020 - requires NPU Windows Studio Effects announced at hybrid work event in April 2021 - adds Voice clarity, Voice focus, Automatic framing, Portrait blur, and Background blur to Eye contact Windows Dev Kit 2023 (Volterra) arrives in late 2022 with NPU Did Microsoft just soft announce Windows 12? Panos Panay awkwardly joins Lisa Su at AMD announcement at CES. Still, this is potentially huge Let's not forget VALL-E Now, Microsoft is reportedly seeking to expand its OpenAI partnership with $10 billion investment, could lead to 49 percent ownership stake Windows 7 + Windows 8.1 are on a farm chasing rabbits Microsoft issues the final Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 7 and 8.1. They're dead, Jim. And ... oddly, Microsoft added Secure Boot to Windows 7 at the last second Windows 7 was beloved, Windows 8 was reviled, both were horribly misunderstood More Windows First Windows Insider builds of 2023 reveal more UI tinkering Android 13 comes to WSA in the Insider Program Preliminary results (from IDC) confirm what we knew about the PC industry in 2022 Surface + devices After claiming that Surface Duo remained important, rumors of major Surface Duo developments, um, surface - Microsoft to move to folding display design, could add standalone phone And let's not forget this little patent from 2017! Microsoft launches shared device mode for frontline workers Microsoft Microsoft announces Microsoft 365 Basic - what used to be called OneDrive 100 GB Standalone plan Microsoft acquires Fungible for $190 million (estimated) There's a Microsoft education event coming in February Tips and picks Tip of the week: Install Windows Subsystem for Android correctly App pick of the week: BitWarden Enterprise pick of the week: Local Administrator Password Solution V2 Bourbon pick of the week: Angel's Envy Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsor: cachefly.com

Notepad tabs, Stack Overflow 2022 developer survey, LastPass alternatives Windows Microsoft's next Moment for Windows 11 is on the way Microsoft is testing tabs in Notepad internally This is what we're reduced to with the Windows 11 team, a 25-year old debate about MDI and SDI Google is changing the Chrome release schedule again... no word from the Edge team Services Bing is reportedly going to get a ChatGPT upgrade to take on Google Search CES Intel announces 13th Gen Core chipsets for mobile New PCs from Acer, HP, etc. Matter Devices Masonite Smart Door Shiftall Mutalk Surface Laptop 2 is no longer supported. It's four years old Dev Stack Overflow releases its 2022 survey. Lots of interesting data in there Xbox Ahead of Tuesday's pre-trial hearing, Microsoft responds to FTC complaint... and everyone focuses on the exact wrong thing, again Microsoft's strategy for the FTC: Be the nice guy Alone in Big Tech, Microsoft embraces unions Here are the Games with Gold for January Epic Games settles with FTC, will pay $520 million fine Tips & Picks Tip of the week: Dump LastPass? App pick of the week: Xbox Live Gold Bourbon pick of the week: Fable & Folly by Orphan Barrel Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott Guest: Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsor: Melissa.com/twit

Looking back on the year in Microsoft, from Paul's rants to Mary Jo's beer! The world of Windows has had one wild 2022! Activision Blizzard acquisition begins Autocorrect/autocomplete baffles Mary Jo! Experimenting with Ads in File Explorer!? Uh oh! Farewell to Clippy/Gottfried DuckDuckGo's controversial Microsoft problem Interrupted by a crisis in Leo's office! Zac Bowden & Rich Woods discuss the new Windows update schedule Live widget notifications are annoying! Outlook? More like Look-Out... for advertisements Multiple Apple integrations announced Mary Jo Foley's final beer pick of the week: Sororicide Revolver's 2022 mix is an incredible musical achievement Host: Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: UnifyMeeting.com code WW50 for subscription and code WW for displays drata.com/twit

Microsoft in 2022: the good, the bad, the meh Activision Blizzard. It's the gift that keeps on giving. I mean, Brazil OKed the deal. COME ON Microsoft Teams turned 5. Is it unstoppable? (Stack is asking for a friend) Games in Teams? Just one feature update per year? Just kidding! Microsoft released Windows 10 version 22H2 in October. Since then, we've seen the unexpected, largely (or completely) untested rollout of three new features: Search "pill," Task Manager access from the Taskbar, and now a new OneDrive. Each has inconsistently rolled out to different PCs. One has a regression. One was actually tested with the Insider Program. And one wasn't tested at all. Don't like Windows 11? Please, let the designers explain it One Outlook (Project Monarch) arrives, sort of, changes nothing Loop doesn't arrive, changes nothing .NET MAUI lands. Is it the future? Or just "a" future? Project Voltera looks cool, but Arm is still down the road DuckDuckGo colluded with Microsoft, then didn't Alex Kipman was just trying to be like Bill Gates! GitHub CoPilot: friend or foe? PC sales fell off a cliff. That cliff is about to get higher. Deeper. Whatever Joe B leaves. Like Mad Men, he might have stuck around too long The year the Insider Program broke - there is no way out of Dev, Beta, or WOA builds Windows 11 Microsoft brings Android 13 to WSA in preview Hardware Microsoft touts HoloLens 2 "momentum," says that an HL3 will need to be "meaningful" Lenovo is pre-gaming CES with major PC announcements. Isn't this how E3 started to fall apart? Google Android/Nest and Amazon both go live with early Matter implementations. Microsoft 365 Microsoft will let all EU cloud customers store their data locally. Microsoft teams with AWS, Meta, and TomTom to take on Google Maps Microsoft, Teams has failed with consumers. Just bring back Skype already In its second announcement all year, Skype adds real-time translation that imitates your voice Amazon settles EU antitrust case. Did it learn anything from Microsoft? Xbox Microsoft launches a massive sale on Xbox games Amazon expands in gaming, will publish next Tomb Raider title John Carmack leaves Meta, has a lot to say. Little of it good Ubisoft is giving Stadia customers the PC versions of the games they bought Tips & Picks Tip of the week: Make Mastodon less sleepy Apps of the year: Brave, Notion, ImageGlass, Modern Warfare II Term of the Week: Overwhelm Freeze Holiday cocktail pick of the season: Winter Warmer Mix equal parts apple whiskey and cranberry juice with a few good shakes of ginger bitters. Warm gently on the stovetop or in the microwave--to a little above room temperature, not hot like tea or coffee. Serve with a cinnamon stick or dried apple slice. You can make a batch for a party and keep it warm on the stove or in a crock-pot, just keep in on low or the alcohol will evaporate. Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott Guest: Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsor: UnifyMeeting.com code WW50 for subscription and code WW for displays

FTC sues to block Activision Blizzard acquisition FTC goes after Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard The FTC's action against Microsoft is ridiculous given the real-world abuses by Amazon, Apple, Google, and Meta Did the FTC lie about Microsoft? And what does this say about its case? Spencer: Sony wants to make PlayStation bigger by making Xbox smaller Microsoft offered to bring Call of Duty to PlayStation Plus Microsoft offered the FTC a legally-binding consent decree to address their needs. 12th-Gen Intel update There are problems with 12th-Gen Intel Core-based PCs from all major PC makers using USB-C, Thunderbolt 3, and Thunderbolt 4 docks. It appears that Dell has released a flurry of firmware updates that may have fixed the issue. This hints at how the issue will be fixed: by PC makers. Windows 11 Dev channel: latest build has more Search experiment, final Dev channel build of 2022 Dev channel: New build last week removed sign-in requirement for Widgets Dev channel: everyone is getting an update Snipping Tool with screen recording and an updated Media Player with who cares Stable: Microsoft quietly updated OneDrive, never tested it with the public first Microsoft Edge 110 will drop support for Windows 7/8.1 in January 2023 Microsoft 365 OneNote for Windows is getting vertical tabs because that's what's wrong with OneNote Microsoft Authenticator drops support for Apple Watch. The reason is... curious Microsoft Microsoft buys 4 percent of the London Stock Market Surface Surface Duo 2 December Update addresses calling issues. Remember, it's not a phone Xbox Riot games come to Xbox Game Pass Microsoft gives Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers 3 months of Calm It's been a good year for the Xbox app on Windows. Sure, but what about accessing your console screenshots and recorded clips? Tips & Picks Tip of the week: Enable text suggestions in Windows 11 App pick of the week: Typora Apple pick of the week #2: Firefox Word of the week: Contronym Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: kolide.com/ww nordlayer.com/twit Code Comments

There have been major moves in the Activision Blizzard drama this week Brad Smith publicly lays out Microsoft's argument for the acquisition Smith compares Sony to Blockbuster He complains about Apple and Google app stores, but this deal won't help He confirms that Microsoft offer Sony a 10-year Call of Duty contract Microsoft comes to 10-year Call of Duty agreement with Nintendo, Steam... and then heads to Washington D.C. to explain to the FTC how Sony never even responded to this offer Conclusions? Everyone is obsessed with Call of Duty but this is more about mobile than it is about COD. And Microsoft is remaining true to its vision for making games available wherever the gamers are. They did this with Minecraft, Flight Simulator, and more. And they will do this with AB's titles Windows 11 Beta channel: Builds 22623.1028 and 22621.1028 finally address long-standing game performance issues in Windows 11. Right, they supposedly fixed this in stable already. Microsoft is spamming Windows 10 users with ads for Windows 11... in the product, of course. Because slippery slope. There's even an ad in the OOBE no Microsoft Edge version 108 is here with no new features for end users Microsoft 365 Microsoft announces a free, Discord-like feature for Teams, starting on mobile. It's called Communities Xbox Microsoft announces that new AAA first-party games will be $70 starting next year Microsoft Flight Simulator hits a big milestone Here are the first Game Pass titles for December Amazon Luna customers can now stream PC-based Ubisoft games for free Tips and picks Thurrott's Top Podcasts of the Year Thurrott's Top Audiobooks of the Year Thurrott's Top Music of the Year Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: CDW.com/LenovoClient rocketmoney.com/WINDOWS Melissa.com/twit

New Microsoft 365 additions, Reset this PC, Revolver: Special Edition Windows 11 A quick look at "moments" and what it means for the future of Windows. The October/November update was a moment. There will be big moments and little moments. Also, moments is a terrible name for this. Microsoft issues its last Preview Update for Windows 10/11 of 2022 Windows Insider: New Dev channel build adds VPN status, search design tests  Microsoft 365 Games for Work in Teams Schedule send in Teams Sign language in Teams - update on the conversation from last week Microsoft Create launched - Microsoft's template site for creators  Surface Surface Duo might be getting its own Insider Program  Troubleshooting New phone, message and phone call weirdness Brother-in-law's laptop Daughter's laptop An update on 12th-Gen Intel suspicions. Some Mastodon questions: US English? Notification sounds? Revolver We need to discuss the 2022 remix of The Beatles' Revolver album Xbox Microsoft ready to make concessions on Activision Blizzard Games with Gold titles for December  Tips and picks Tip of the week: Don't be a afraid of Reset this PC App pick of the week: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: itpro.tv/windows use code WW30 UnifyMeeting.com code WW50 for subscription and code WW for displays nordlayer.com/twit

Slippery slope Ten years of advertising in Windows, and it's about to get even worse Windows 11 Dev channel: Windows 11 build 25247 The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now generally available in the Microsoft Store for Windows 10 and 11 Qualcomm reveals new 'Oryon' CPU to be used in Windows on ARM PCs PC sales11 HP announces financial results, with PC business falling off a cliff and layoffs looming AMD CEO comments on industry issues to CNBC Windows 10 Windows 10 version 22H2 is ready for broad deployment Microsoft 365  Microsoft Teams add sign language view for meetings New One Outlook app adds multiple account support Surprise! Microsoft brings SwiftKey for iPhone back from the dead, promises new features Xbox Microsoft offered Sony a 10-year deal on Call of Duty Hyperkin is selling an Xbox 360 controller for the new Xbox consoles Tips & Picks Tip of the week #1: Get an Xbox Series S on sale and other Black Friday deals Tip of the week #2: Download your Twitter archives Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: Secureworks.com/twit Code Comments rocketmoney.com/WINDOWS

Surface Pro 9 Liberty Special Edition, Xbox Transparency Report, Task Manager Improvements Windows 11 Beta channel: Microsoft starts testing Task Manager improvements Photos app integration with iCloud is now available Windows App SDK 1.2 is here Microsoft Independent report faults Microsoft on employee discrimination and harassment, it will do better Microsoft 365  The Office mobile app is losing two sharing features as it transitions to Microsoft 365 Games are coming to Microsoft Teams for some reason NVIDIA partners with Microsoft on massive cloud AI computer When it comes to Microsoft 365, there is the past (Office) and then this other stuff Flashback: maybe let's look at that Google One VPN for Windows thing one last time Hardware Microsoft announces a Surface Pro 9 Liberty Special Edition that, no, is not USA! USA! USA! Qualcomm announces its next flagship smartphone chipset. Assume a PC chipset announcement is imminent Xbox Spencer: Seriously, Call of Duty is staying on PlayStation Xbox releases its first-ever transparency report, will do so regularly going forward Xbox Game Pass in the second half of November A new Xbox Series S bundle adds digital perks Microsoft Flight Simulator 40th Anniversary Edition adds helicopters, gliders, and more oh my Xbox November Update is here A few more thoughts about the CliffyB book IT'S HERE! CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE II SEASON 01!!! Tips & Picks Tip of the week: Twitter is dead, long live Mastodon App pick of the week: Descript App pick of the week #2: DuckDuckGo App Tracking Protection for Android Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: Code Comments canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT UnifyMeeting.com code WW50 for subscription and code WW for displays

"Hey, Github!" voice coding, KB5019980 update, Control Freak Windows 11 Why Windows 11 usage is down so low and what Microsoft could do to fix that Microsoft ships the "November update for Windows 11 22H2 A different Search button on the Taskbar New Beta channel build adds* three new features Microsoft 365 Zoom launches Mail and Calendar beta to take on Google Workspaces and M365 Microsoft moves to kill custom domains in Outlook.com ... again Microsoft brings certificate-based authentication for AAD to mobile Google One VPN arrives on Windows and Mac Still more earnings Lenovo reports first drop in revenues in 2.5 years Qualcomm misses expectations too ... and promises that 2024 will be the year for WOA Dev Microsoft issues .NET 7 GitHub announces new features for devs and the enterprise Xbox Winter has come for Halo Infinite EU to take a longer look a Activision Blizzard acquisition Microsoft may make your Xbox more efficient Nintendo lowers Switch sales forecast, but it's still doing great Steam comes to more Chromebooks in beta Netflix is working on a Gears of War movie and animated TV series Tips & Picks Tip of the week: A new industry book to read App pick of the week: Keepa Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: rocketmoney.com/WINDOWS CDW.com/LenovoClient

New Dev & Beta builds, Phone Link update, Joe Belfiore, Modern Warfare II Windows 11 New Dev build today: Build 25236 feature a minor change to the Windows 11 search experience and a Store UX update Dev Build 25231 adds the tablet-optimized taskbar for all Insiders, and the ability to rearrange icons in the (new) System tray Beta Build 22623.875 also adds the tablet-optimized taskbar for all Insiders (who are getting new features), plus Taskbar-based access to Task Manager Big Phone Link app update for owners of select Samsung Galaxy devices lets them instantly access their phone's hotspot from Quick settings on their PC. (Requires a Samsung device with One UI 4.1.1+ and a PC with Windows 11 build 22621 or higher) Microsoft 365  Here's what Microsoft added to Teams in October. Some of the biggest updates: Assign seats in Together mode, shared content in a separate window, Live Translated Captions (Teams Premium), some new certified hardware, and suggested replies in group chats Edge hits 107 but doesn't look a day over 95 - Let's talk about Edge The new unified OneNote app is in the Microsoft Store...sort of Microsoft Joe B is retiring - it's not clear what he was doing for the past three years, but we go way back and he's been around since Windows 95 More Earnings Intel continues to struggle Apple comes on strong, but Mac & iPad were low points Samsung's smartphone business grew