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Enjoy Leo's many hats in this fun and silly edition of Windows Weekly. Happy Halloween!
Windows 11
• Yes, Windows 11 version 24H2 got its preview update for October too, a few days late as expected
• 24H2 was a surprisingly big platform shift - no enablement updates - faster updates going forward
• Dev and Beta get new builds, minor changes in each
Microsoft 365/AI/dev
• Teams is... getting weird
• Microsoft 365 apps get Handoff support on Apple devices
• Notion Mail - a light alternatives to Google Workspace and M365?
• GitHub Copilot goes multi-LLM
• Apple Intelligence wave one arrives, mostly to indifference. Wave two in December. EU is getting it in the Spring
• New Macs this week with M4. But the big news? 16 GB of RAM, minimum. Finally.
• The Browser Company can’t realize its vision for the future with Arc
Earnings/Corporate
• Microsoft and Google duke it out over Cloud licensing - This one is getting ugly
• Google - $88.3 billion in revenues
• AMD - OK, but dominated by Intel on PCs and NVIDIA in AI/datacenter
Xbox
• More games, more people, more devices, Microsoft says
• Less emphasis on console but what might a next-gen console look like? Arm? Mobile? Third-party hardware makers?
• Cloud Gaming is limited to the most expensive Game Pass tier - that has to change, and what about a standalone tier?
• Mobile app stores are coming - but what about native mobile games?
• Call of Duty Black Ops 6 lands on PC Game Pass, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, and Cloud Gaming - Paul puts aside his grudge and gives it a shot
• Microsoft previews new Home experience for Xbox app on Windows
Tips and Picks
• Tip of the week: It might be time to look at the Raspberry Pi again
• App pick of the week: My God, it’s full of web browsers
• RunAs Radio this week: Updating Windows on ARM with Aria Hanson
• Brown liquor pick of the week: Laird of the Fintry Black Label Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky
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