May 14, 2025

Windows Weekly 932: The Last Australian

2 hours 28 minutes

It's go time: The biggest Patch Tuesday of 2025 sets the stage for 2025! Microsoft has finally revealed whether it will further extend Windows 10 support past October (it won't). Also, Microsoft designed notifications in Windows 11 to be annoying and pointless, so Paul has some advice. Plus, Proton Drive gets a long awaited albums feature, and more on the way.

Windows 11

Recall (preview) and Click to Do (preview) come to stable for the first time

Let's give Microsoft a bit of credit for this one non-reported behavior

Also: Improvements to Settings, Narrator, Start, Phone Link, Widgets, File Explorer

You knew this was coming: Microsoft now testing a "Hey, Copilot" feature

It's opt-in and an alternative to holding down Alt + Spacebar for two seconds

Microsoft discusses the new Start design and it's not a s#$t show like it was three years ago

No builds for the second Friday in a row

Improvements to Settings AI agent, intelligent text actions in Click to Do, a few small changes come to 24H2 in Dev and Beta channels

Copilot Vision gets Highlights and 2-App Support across all channels

Google's big Android reveal includes Material Expressive, big Wear OS update. Android, like Windows 11 (and iOS) is just being updated all the time now

Windows 10

Extended support program

Will support Microsoft 365 on Windows 10 through October 2028

Those time frames are identical

So what about those Surface PCs that can't upgrade to Windows 11? Microsoft has an answer (for all unsupported PCs) and it's not as cynical as you think

Microsoft quietly discontinued entry-level 13.8-inch Surface Laptop and 13-inch Surface Pro when it introduced those smaller new models last week

Layoffs

Microsoft just made $70 billion, so naturally it's laying off employees. How to explain this?

The FTC's losing streak against Microsoft continues

A proposal for solving the "Mozilla problem" in U.S. v. Google

Fortnite could return to the iPhone App Store as soon as today

OH MY GOD IS THERE NO AI NEWS FOR ONCE. OK, three small items

OpenAI brings OneDrive and SharePoint integration with ChatGPT for paid business customers

"AI mode" could replace "I'm feeling lucky" on the Google home page

Spotify's AI DJ keeps improving

Dev

Build is next week in Seattle, a few thoughts

.NET 10 Preview 4 is out

Xbox & Games

Today's the day: DOOM: The Dark Ages goes live at 8:00 ET tonight!

Xbox Insiders can now play cloud-enabled games with mouse and keyboard

Paul reviews the Backbone Pro controller

Nintendo revenues slide big ahead of Switch 2 - 15m consoles expected in first year

Sony sold 18.5 million PS5s in the most recent fiscal year, down 11 percent YOY

Tips & Picks

Tip of the week: Windows 11 notifications make iOS look sophisticated

App pick of the week: Proton Drive

RunAs Radio this week: Active Directory in 2025 with Liz Tesch

Brown liquor pick of the week: Limeburners Albany Tawny Cask

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