Windows Weekly 904: Not Sexy, but Important


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Oct 23 2024 139 mins  

In case you missed it


  • You didn't. But Qualcomm canceled that Snapdragon Dev Box, will refund customers

  • Qualcomm picked the wrong company for this

  • Also, there are plenty of Copilot+ PCs and does it make more sense to develop against the type of PC your customers will use?

Windows 11


  • 23H2 gets a preview update, as expected

  • Copilot key customization, Gamepad for virtual keyboard, notification suggestions, etc.

  • Qualcomm and Microsoft solve Paul's only hardware issue with Arm, more

  • Qualcomm brings Oryon cores to the phone, comes out firing against Intel, and is sued by Arm

  • Dev channel: That Gamepad virtual kb thing

  • Canary: That Copilot key customization thing

  • Photos app gets Super Resolution feature - Microsoft says in preview, but Paul sees it in stable

  • Microsoft Store is getting "immersive trailers" because ADHD

Microsoft 365, AI, more


  • Report details mounting tensions between Microsoft and OpenAI. Worst partnership ever?

  • Several months after releasing Mac and iPhone ChatGPT apps, OpenAI delivers a comicly-named "early version" of it for Windows. Thanks guys, don't hurt yourselves.

  • Microsoft announces first AI agents for commercial space, DIY in AI Studio

  • AI in phases? Copilot is phase one, this thing that works beside you (app, essentially)

  • Agents is phase two, this thing that works on your behalf away from you (service, essentially)

  • Copilot comes to OneNote for Mac, iPad in beta

  • Two years behind in AI, Apple has figured out the right quips and marketing messages

  • As expected, Google gets a stay of execution (pardon the pun) in Epic case (also, pardon the pun)

  • WTF is happening with smartphones? Did Apple and Google look at the 2024 Windows 11 Mess and say, we want us some of that?

  • Apple Intelligence to roll out over at least four major iOS 18 updates and then forever

  • Google rushes Android 15 dev to meet new August deadline for Pixel 9 series, whiffs it, and then delivers it 2 months late ... But at least it's jam-packed with AI

Xbox


  • Age of Empires goes mobile

  • In the wake of Xbox/Halo adopting Unreal Engine, Unity ships Unity 6 Engine

  • Netflix shuts down AAA game studio - I could've saved you guys a lot of money

  • New Xbox Wireless Headset more battery, better Bluetooth, new voice isolation

Tips & Picks


  • Tip of the week: Scott and Mark, sitting in a tree...

  • App pick of the week: Affinity Photos 2.6 Beta

  • RunAs Radio this week: Securing Data using Azure Virtual Desktop with Jim Duffy

  • Brown liquor pick of the week: Glenmorangie Nectar D'Or

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell


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