WW 747: We Need More October - Windows Subsystem for Android & the Army's AR Headset

10/20/21 • 108 min

Windows Weekly (Video)

Windows Subsystem for Android & the Army's AR Headset

Microsoft releases the first preview of its Windows Subsystem for Android
Microsoft Publishes Windows Subsystem for Android Guidelines for Devs
First Android Apps Preview Comes to ... the Beta Channel?
Microsoft starts testing 'Update Stack Packages' to help streamline the Windows updating process
Microsoft fixes AMD CPU performance issue with new Windows 11 test build
Windows 11 known issues and notifications | Microsoft Docs
Releasing Windows 10 Build 19043.1319 (21H1) to Release Preview Channel | Windows Insider Blog
Releasing Windows 10 Build 19044.1319 (21H2) to Release Preview Channel | Windows Insider Blog
Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22483 | Windows Insider Blog

The U.S. Army's AR Headset

U.S. Army postpones its $22 billion Microsoft augmented-reality headset deliverables to late 2022

Developers

Microsoft Officially Deprecates UWP
vscode.dev Visual Studio Code for the Web
Learn to build great Progressive Web Apps - Microsoft Edge Blog

Xbox

Microsoft to Celebrate Xbox 20th Anniversary with Back-to-Back Game Launches
Microsoft Announces More Game Pass Titles for October
Minecraft is Coming to Xbox Game Pass for PC
Microsoft Releases Final Seasonal Update for Halo: MCC
Microsoft's Xbox Mini Fridge Arrives
Xbox Hosts a Retro Indie Game Sale

Tips and picks

Hardware pick of the week: Luna Display
App pick of the week: Parallels Desktop 17.1
Enterprise pick of the week: SysInternals is in the Microsoft Store
Enterprise pick of the week: Azure Stack HCI 21H2 is out
Beer pick of the week: Fifth Hammer Scary Spice

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

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Windows Subsystem for Android & the Army's AR Headset

Microsoft releases the first preview of its Windows Subsystem for Android
Microsoft Publishes Windows Subsystem for Android Guidelines for Devs
First Android Apps Preview Comes to ... the Beta Channel?
Microsoft starts testing 'Update Stack Packages' to help streamline the Windows updating process
Microsoft fixes AMD CPU performance issue with new Windows 11 test build
Windows 11 known issues and notifications | Microsoft Docs
Releasing Windows 10 Build 19043.1319 (21H1) to Release Preview Channel | Windows Insider Blog
Releasing Windows 10 Build 19044.1319 (21H2) to Release Preview Channel | Windows Insider Blog
Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22483 | Windows Insider Blog

The U.S. Army's AR Headset

U.S. Army postpones its $22 billion Microsoft augmented-reality headset deliverables to late 2022

Developers

Microsoft Officially Deprecates UWP
vscode.dev Visual Studio Code for the Web
Learn to build great Progressive Web Apps - Microsoft Edge Blog

Xbox

Microsoft to Celebrate Xbox 20th Anniversary with Back-to-Back Game Launches
Microsoft Announces More Game Pass Titles for October
Minecraft is Coming to Xbox Game Pass for PC
Microsoft Releases Final Seasonal Update for Halo: MCC
Microsoft's Xbox Mini Fridge Arrives
Xbox Hosts a Retro Indie Game Sale

Tips and picks

Hardware pick of the week: Luna Display
App pick of the week: Parallels Desktop 17.1
Enterprise pick of the week: SysInternals is in the Microsoft Store
Enterprise pick of the week: Azure Stack HCI 21H2 is out
Beer pick of the week: Fifth Hammer Scary Spice

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, 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

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The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.

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WW 746: Token Woof - Global Azure Outage, Ally.io Acquisition, Visual Studio 2022

Global Azure Outage, Ally.io Acquisition, Visual Studio 2022

Yep, Microsoft is Updating Notepad for Windows 11 Too
AMD-Based PCs Suffer a 3-15 Percent Performance Hit with Windows 11
Microsoft makes Windows Subsystem for Linux for Windows 11 a separate app in the Microsoft Store
It's Official: The PC Market Stalled in Q3

Azure & Cloud

Global Azure outage knocked out virtual machines, other VM-dependent services
Business as usual for Azure customers despite 2.4 Tbps DDoS attack | Azure Blog and Updates | Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Blames Russia for Most Nation-State Cyberattacks

Microsoft 365

EU regulators asking Teams rivals about Microsoft's bundling practices, per Slack's 2020 complaint
Microsoft acquires objectives and key results vendor Ally.io and plans to add it to Viva
Smooth Scrolling is Coming to Excel for Windows
Amazon Embraces Hybrid Work

Developer

Microsoft delivers near-final VS 2022 Release Candidate and designates November 8 as GA date
Microsoft to Launch Visual Studio 2022 on November 8

Xbox

Microsoft Embraces Right to Repair
Microsoft Announces 20th Anniversary Xbox Hardware
Quake Gets a Big Update for Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5

Tips and picks

App pick of the week: Start11 RC
App pick of the week: Vivaldi 4.3
Enterprise pick of the week: Ignite sessions are live now
Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft Emissions Impact Dashboard
Beer pick of the week: Allagash Ghoulschip

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

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WW 748: The Good Kind of Asterisk - Microsoft Q1 Earnings, Android on Windows 11, .NET 6

Microsoft Earnings

Microsoft Q1 powered by cloud as most units, product lines shine
Microsoft Earnings Soar 22 Percent to $45.3 Billion
Microsoft adds 23k employees in one year, growing 14% despite pandemic and tight labor market - GeekWire
Intel Reports Small Drop in PC Revenues
Google Revenues Grew 41 Percent to $65 Billion

Android Apps on Windows 11

Hands-On with Android on Windows 11: Not as Seamless as Promised

Windows 11

AMD, Microsoft Deliver Windows 11 Performance Fixes
Microsoft to try again to reach the K-12 market with a new low-cost Surface laptop: Report

Windows 10

Microsoft tells Windows 10 users to prepare for the November 21H2 update
Windows 10 users get PC Health Check app for diagnostics and troubleshooting

Developers

Microsoft Backs Down From Open-Source Mistake
Adobe Photoshop is Coming to the Web

Xbox

Microsoft Delivers the October Update for Xbox
Microsoft Teases the Halo: Infinite Campaign

Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Don't be like Paul Thurrott: Remember your travel tech — particularly your power adapters.
App pick of the week: Stardock Fences 4
Enterprise pick of the week: Clear Software
Codename pick of the week: Project Zerix
Beer pick of the week: Citizen Cider Wit's Up

Hosts: Mikah Sargent, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott

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