WW 796: Largely Pain-Free - Photos app update, Intel 13th Gen Core Desktop CPUs, Microsoft Viva expansion

Photos app update, Intel 13th Gen Core Desktop CPUs, Microsoft Viva expansion

Windows 

A quick update on Windows 11 22H2 update availability.
Microsoft begins testing the new Photos app that will come with the October update.
Edge team has a plan to make PWA more native ... and on Linux and Mac, too!
Can Intel crack the code on Windows/iPhone interop? Dell did, but that app has been killed.
Bye-bye, SwiftKey for iOS
Intel announces 13th-Gen Core desktop chipsets. Guess what? more cores!

Microsoft 365

The new unified Outlook app for Windows (project Monarch) is going out to more testers, getting some missing features.
Study results show that Teams is an OS/platform and needs app store-like protections.
Microsoft expands Viva.

Surface

Surface Studio 3 shows up at FCC

Xbox

Nadella "very confident" Activision/Blizzard deal will be OKd by regulators. As he should be.
Logitech announces an Xbox Cloud Gaming handheld
Microsoft may let Xbox users mute startup sounds
E3 is coming back next for some reason
Microsoft announces a new camo wireless controller with charging dock

Tips and Picks

Tip of the week: Windows 11 Field Guide update
App pick of the week: WindowBlinds 11 open beta
Enterprise pick of the week: SharePoint Server Subscription Edition moves to a twice-yearly update schedule
Codename pick of the week: Surface codename-palooza
Beer pick of the week: Ayinger Celebrator

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