Windows Weekly 788: A Mai Tai of Headwinds

08/03/22 • 125 min

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Intel down, AMD up, the Windows 10 22H2 mystery continues

Windows 10 22H2

Microsoft enters the final test phase for Windows 10 22H2 before rollout - but doesn't announce what the new features are
Microsoft said information about the "scoped features" will come later

Windows 11

Dev channel got a new build today with Game Pass widget
Beta Channel gets two new builds because of course it does
Windows Subsystem for Android to get gamepad support

Microsoft 365

Outlook Lite arrives for low-end Android devices
Uber emails are crashing Outlook
Teams for Apple silicon Macs is rolling out 'in the coming months'

More Earnings Learnings

Apple: All businesses but iPhone and Services were down, and Services growth was half that of the past year, and they lost subscribers
Amazon: Net loss because of Rivian investment, but AWS revenues jumped 33 percent YOY to $19.74 billion
Intel: Net loss of $454 million on revenues of $15.3 billion, a decline of 22 percent year-over-year. Why? PCs
AMD: Net income of $447 million on revenues of $6.6 billion in the quarter ending June 25, 2022
Microsoft added more than 40,000 employees in the last year and is now well over 200K employees

Xbox & Gaming

Activision Blizzard limps through the quarter, and Microsoft disses them to pass regulatory approval
Google is not killing Stadia. Yet
Amazon Luna heads to 2022 Samsung Smart TVs
PS5 sales plummet, but Sony finalizes Bungie acquisition
Nintendo misses on earnings, sales down 4.7 percent

Tips & Picks

Tip of the week: Buy the PC you need, not the PC you might need
App pick of the week: VMWare Fusion 22H2 for Mac
Enterprise pick of the week: More Microsoft Defender products for defending all the things
Codename pick of the week: Oasis
Beer pick of the week: Deciduous Lollipop Forest

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott

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Intel down, AMD up, the Windows 10 22H2 mystery continues

Windows 10 22H2

Microsoft enters the final test phase for Windows 10 22H2 before rollout - but doesn't announce what the new features are
Microsoft said information about the "scoped features" will come later

Windows 11

Dev channel got a new build today with Game Pass widget
Beta Channel gets two new builds because of course it does
Windows Subsystem for Android to get gamepad support

Microsoft 365

Outlook Lite arrives for low-end Android devices
Uber emails are crashing Outlook
Teams for Apple silicon Macs is rolling out 'in the coming months'

More Earnings Learnings

Apple: All businesses but iPhone and Services were down, and Services growth was half that of the past year, and they lost subscribers
Amazon: Net loss because of Rivian investment, but AWS revenues jumped 33 percent YOY to $19.74 billion
Intel: Net loss of $454 million on revenues of $15.3 billion, a decline of 22 percent year-over-year. Why? PCs
AMD: Net income of $447 million on revenues of $6.6 billion in the quarter ending June 25, 2022
Microsoft added more than 40,000 employees in the last year and is now well over 200K employees

Xbox & Gaming

Activision Blizzard limps through the quarter, and Microsoft disses them to pass regulatory approval
Google is not killing Stadia. Yet
Amazon Luna heads to 2022 Samsung Smart TVs
PS5 sales plummet, but Sony finalizes Bungie acquisition
Nintendo misses on earnings, sales down 4.7 percent

Tips & Picks

Tip of the week: Buy the PC you need, not the PC you might need
App pick of the week: VMWare Fusion 22H2 for Mac
Enterprise pick of the week: More Microsoft Defender products for defending all the things
Codename pick of the week: Oasis
Beer pick of the week: Deciduous Lollipop Forest

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly

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