Microsoft’s spring update to Windows 11 is now officially live. New features include the first Amazon apps, a revamped taskbar, and more.
Microsoft will push the new features to your PC via Windows Update, the Microsoft Store, and new “experience packs” that will download quietly in the background and facilitate changes to the Windows 11 operating system. Updates to the Store will push new versions of Notepad and Windows Media Player, which will replace the older Groove Music app. Several years ago, Microsoft pulled the plug on the Groove music service. In fact, clicking on “Groove Music” within your app drawer should redirect you to the new Media Player app.
Here’s what’s new within the new Windows experiences for February 2022:
The addition of Android apps, via a subset of the apps available via the Amazon Appstore
The addition of a Weather app on the Taskbar
The ability to mute your mic in Teams, again from the Taskbar
Easier screen sharing in Teams, from your Taskbar
The (re)addition of the clock to multiple monitors on the Taskbar
Updates to Media Player and Notepad
The “update” may be delivered in chunks, so that certain portions of it may arrive earlier than others. For example, the updated Media Player and Notepad arrived almost immediately via the Microsoft Store on my PC, but the new updates to Windows 11 via Windows Update weren’t available when clicking “check for updates” within the Settings menu.
Technically, it’s not even fair to call the new release a Windows 11 February 2022 Update, although that may be what it will be known as. In a blog post, Microsoft chief product officer Panos Panay called the updates “new experiences in Windows 11” and not a formal update. The plan of record is to issue Windows 11 22H2 or whatever it ends up being called this fall.
Essentially, it’s a one-step process. All you have to do is download the Amazon Appstore Preview app within the Microsoft Store and follow the instructions. Windows establishes a virtual machine of sorts on your PC and downloads the necessary files in the background. Interestingly, formal VMs typically require Windows 11 Pro. In this case, Android apps will run on top of Windows 11 Home, provided you have the necessary hardware to run the operating system.
Source: mybroadband
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