Windows Weekly 791: Thurrant of the Century
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The Windows 11 2022 Update, Windows 95's 27th birthday, Edge Sidebar
Windows 11
It looks like Microsoft will call the 22H2 update the "Windows 11 2022 Update."
Today is the 27th anniversary of the launch of Win 95.
New Win 11 test builds for Dev and Beta channels. Mostly fixes.
New test build in the Release Preview channel for those on Win 11 22H2. Some minor feature updates.
Edge gets a sidebar. For some reason.
Microsoft 365
Outlook Mobile is now displaying even more ads. And Outlook.com (and other Outlooks) are making ads look like unread emails!
The pilot of ads in Search in the Microsoft Store begins!
The new unified Outlook app (Project Monarch) now supports personal accounts (for Office Insiders in the beta channel).
Microsoft is planning to add a boatload (official term) of features to Whiteboard.
IoT
Google is exiting the IoT market. But Microsoft isn't. Why?
Xbox
Microsoft brings more Wolfenstein and Quake titles to PC Game Pass.
GeForce NOW can stream 1440p/120 fps in Chrome and Edge.
Sony finally takes on the Xbox Elite controller.
Alexa Game Control is coming to Xbox, PC games soon. Why?
Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Catch the MAUI .NET Conf on replay
App pick of the week: Death Stranding for PC Game Pass
Enterprise pick of the week: ACS for Teams hits GA
Codename pick of the week: O'Hare
Beer pick of the week: Japas Cervejaria Kasato Maru
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
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