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Windows Weekly is about more than Windows. Veteran Microsoft insiders Paul Thurrott and Richard Campbell join Leo for a deep dive into the most valuable company in the world. From consumer to enterprise, AI to Xbox, Windows Weekly is the only Microsoft podcast you'll ever need. Records live every Wednesday at 2:00pm Eastern / 11:00am Pacific / 18:00 UTC.

6D AGO · VIDEO

The Rice is Done - Edge 134's speed, Reboot Chime, Altera

Paul, Leo, and Richard get into new Windows features (thanks to the Feature Tracker), hardware shifts for Microsoft/Intel/Apple, AI moves from OpenAI/Apple/Adobe, Notion Mail, a Hawaiian drink, the National Recording Registry, rice cookers, and electronic timer tunes! Windows 11 Feature Tracker. Since we last talked, Microsoft has announced the following new features for Windows 11: Semantic search can now search for Windows settings using natural language - Dev and Beta (24H2) channels, no clear stable date but guessing June Narrator can more accurately describe images by detailing the people, objects, colours, text, and numbers in them, Snapdragon X only, same builds as above Snipping Tool with "Text extraction" in the capture bar - This in Canary now, but it was in at least Dev previously, this could ship in stable at any time, it's an app Recall (preview) and Click to Do (preview) head to the Release Preview channel (24H2) - Expect this in May Patch Tuesday Narrator speech recap, Phone Link/Start integration, File Explorer Home updates, Windows Share with Edit all head to Release Preview (23H2) - Expect these in May Patch Tuesday - They were added to Beta channel (23H2) a few days earlier Plus, Microsoft Edge is up to 9 percent faster at web rendering and we're having a fiesta Also, the Windows 95 startup/logout chime has been inducted into the National Recording Registry Hardware Surface Hub OG hits EOL this year just like Windows 10 First major change under new Intel CEO What's a computer? The iPad, supposedly, but we'll see Everything's fine, but Google laid off hundreds in Pixel/Android group AI Apple is making big changes so that Apple Intelligence will actually be intelligent Adobe is going agentic too OpenAI is creating its own social network because the world needs another social network OpenAI announces three GPT-4.1 models - may retire GPT-4 soon - plus now o3 and o4-mini models ChapGPT gets an image library and a memory Claude gets Research and Google Workspace integration Meta will start training its AI models with EU data, wink wink Xbox and games Xbox app on mobile will soon let you buy games (!) and add-on content, join Game Pass, and redeem perks. Did Microsoft get a concession from Apple/Google?? COD: Modern Warfare II (OG) and more are coming to Game Pass in the next few weeks Xbox announces Doom: The Dark Ages limited edition accessories Sea of Thieves is coming to Battle.net Sony forced to raise the price of PS5 in three locales Tips and Picks Tip of the week: Think like an individual, not an enterprise App pick of the week: Notion Mail RunAs Radio this week: How to Not Hate PowerShell with Barbara Forbes Brown liquor pick of the week: 12th Hawaii Distiller's Reserve Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to Windows Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: 1password.com/windowsweekly uscloud.com

2h 19m
APR 9 · VIDEO

Up to Stuff - Intel Unison, Quake II WHAMM demo, Minecraft movie

Introducing the Windows 11 Feature Tracker "From the 'I should have done this two years ago' files, the 'I have wasted my life' files, and the, 'great, I needed more work to do' files ... There is a need for this. So I made one. But it will evolve. Maybe into a web app/wiki/something else... like a Notion website?" - Paul Patch Tuesday brings a metric ton of new features - And what the tracker showed clearly Two seconds after posting the tracker, Microsoft changed the Copilot app yet again - proving the need for the tracker - And demonstrating why the Insider Program is so screwed up A hidden new Start menu in recent builds presents an interesting conundrum: How to handle something Microsoft has not announced? More Windows 11 Beta build for 23H2: File new tab/new window changes, Explorer context menu regression may be permanent Dev and Beta (24H2): Taskbar icon scaling is a blast from the past we all need desperately Intel is killing Unison app and service Like winter, Build is coming Build session catalog is live - mostly AI as expected. Paul and Richard are going Overview of the Windows Copilot Runtime (one year after it was announced), Windows Actions, standard Kayla Cinnamon talk on Windows productivity, using your own model with WCR, native app experiences(!), Arm64 app perf, etc. AI Final thoughts on Microsoft's 50th: Biggest accomplishment wasn't any tech, it was changing with the times. What it's best at: Democratizing tech for the commoners, an expansion on Jack Tramiel/Commodore's "computers for the masses, not the classes" schtick. And that is exactly what it is doing with AI right now Microsoft hosts a consumer AI event and announces a metric ton of new Copilot features We need a Copilot feature tracker. Copilot = every single feature other AIs have - Copilot Actions on the web, memory and personalization, Copilot Vision on mobile and Windows, AI-generated podcasts and Microsoft releases Copilot Search in Bing Is AI turning us all into Charly from Flowers for Algernon? AI is making us stupider! There are studies!! This is the argument against every single tech advance from the steam train to the ballpoint pen to this Microsoft's AI demo of vibe-coded Quake II highlights the problem nicely Sometimes it's the little things: AI recaps for book series in Kindle GitHub Copilot updated with Agent Mode, Cursor-style code overviews, more Xbox & gaming Microsoft announces new Xbox Games Showcase for June Edge Game Assist gets new features, support for new games GTA V and enhanced version for PC coming to Game Pass on April 15 - In addition to the previous Game Pass titles we discussed last week Good: Nintendo Switch 2 supports ray tracing and DLSS Bad: Nintendo delays Switch 2 to figure out the tariffs mess Tips and Picks Tip of the week: Programmers at Work App pick of the week: Apple Music RunAs Radio this week: Application Risk in Security Copilot with Ari Schorr Brown liquor pick of the week: The Heart Cut #02 These show notes have been truncated due to length. For the full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly/episodes/927 Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

2h 17m
APR 3 · VIDEO

You're Ugly When You Cry - Altair BASIC, Switch 2's pricing, Wintoys

Bill Gates celebrates the 50th anniversary of Microsoft with the release of the source code for Altair BASIC 1.0. Plus, Paul celebrates with 99 cent books: The Windows 10 Field Guide, Windows 11 Field Guide, and Windows Everywhere are all 99 cents for 24 hours! Also available: Eternal Spring: Our Guide to Mexico City in preview!Windows The plot thickens. Paul writes epic take on future of Windows 11, describes Dev channel-only features and when/if they were ever released - in other words, an extensive but partial Windows 11 feature roadmap for 2025 Two days later, Microsoft announces a Windows 11 feature road map - one that is woefully incomplete, pathetic, and sad Microsoft announces when (sort of) new on-device AI features will come to all Copilot+ PCs, meaning Intel and AMD, too - "not a glimpse at the future of the PC, but the future of the PC." Live captions with live language translations, Cocreator in Paint, Restyle image and Image creator in Photos, plus Voice access with flexible natural language (Snapdragon X only) But not Recall or Click to Do in preview, go figure As expected, March 2024 Preview update for 24H2 arrives, a few days late - with AI-powered search experience enabled Dev and Beta builds - Friday - Quick Machine Recovery (Beta only?), Speech recap in Narrator, Blue screen to get less blue, WinKey + C shortcut for Copilot returns, Spanish and French Text actions in Click to Do, Edit images in Share, AI-powered search (Dev only?) Then, Microsoft more fully describes Windows Quick Recovery Beta (23H2) - Monday - A lot of familiar 24H2 features - Narrator improvements, Copilot WinKey + C, Share with Image edit, plus System -- About FAQ for some freaking reason Proton Drive is now native on Windows 11 on Arm, everyone gets new features Proton VPN is now built into Vivaldi desktop browser Intel's new CEO appears in public, vows to spin off non-core businesses. Everything but x86 chip design and Foundry, then Microsoft 365 Windows 365 Link is now available The Office apps on Windows already launch instantaneously but apparently that's not invasive enough - we need fewer auto-start items, not more of them Microsoft Excel to call out rich data cells with value tokens AI & Dev NYT copyright infringement lawsuit against Open AI and Microsoft can move forward, judge rules And now Tim O'Reilly says Open AI stole his company's paywalled book content too. Book piracy is sadly the easiest thing in the world Open AI raised more money than any private firm in history, now worth $300B ChatGPT releases awesome new image generation feature for ChatGPT And now it's available for free to everyone Google's Gemini Pro 2.5 is now available to everyone too Amazon launches Alexa+ in early access, US only Some thoughts about vibe coding, which isn't what you think it is AMD pays $4.9 billion to take on Nvidia in cloud AI Apple Intelligence + Apple Health is the future of something something Xbox & Games Nintendo announces Switch 2. Looks awesome, coming earlier than expected. But that price! And no Xbox/COD news at the launch?? Luna's not dead! Amazon announces multi-year EA partnership, expands Luna to more EU countries Microsoft announces a new Xbox Backbone controller for smartphones New titles for Xbox Game Pass across PC, Ti These show notes have been truncated due to length. For the full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly/episodes/926 Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Sponsor: uscloud.com

2h 24m
MAR 27 · VIDEO

It's the Shirt - Security Copilot agents, Cursor, AC Shadows

What's next? Windows 12? Windows 11 25H2? You're not going to believe what happens next! A look back at everything Microsoft tested in just the Dev channel and then did or did not release to stable, and when. The list of unreleased features is unexpectedly long - most of this must be the next Windows version. Plus, If you have a PC Game Pass or Game Pass Ultimate subscription, there are more benefits now and they're easier to find.Windows 11 in 2025 Dev channel moves to a new build sequence Microsoft issues Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 10 and Windows 11 23H2 (But not 24H2) Release Preview (24H2) - AI-powered Windows Search experience is barreling towards stable Beta (23H2) and now Canary - Mostly just fixes New AI features in Notepad, Paint, and Snipping tool head to all Insiders Photos app update to all Insiders, adds Copilot integration, more Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 Copilot gets two reasoning agents, Researcher and Analyst AI - Agents - Reasoning AI --- Reasoning Agents? You got your reasoning in my agent! Microsoft to launch Security Copilots in April Microsoft releases first two Microsoft 365 companion apps for Windows 11, threatens to make more Here comes Copilot in OneDrive, to consumer Microsoft 365 account holders Anonymous document sharing for Word, Excel, PowerPoint comes to iPhone/iPad (is on web already) OneNote for Windows 10 RIP in October after years of malaise AI Browsers to change in the agentic AI era - are they still browsers? Will we still browse? "In Russia, the browser browses for you!" Sam Altman pulls a Bill Gates in executive shift ChatGPT gets image generation with GPT-4o Google brings AI search to Gmail - Hopefully, it's better than AI search in Photos Google releases first Gemini 2.5 model, all will be reasoning (thinking) models going forward Amazon is testing AI-powered Interests feature in the U.S. After it's success with conversational Siri, Apple to bring AI to Apple Watch, AirPods Speaking of which, Apple sued for advertising Apple Intelligence - maybe it's time for a level set here Exec reshuffle to fix Siri woes - maybe it's time to Ol' Yeller this WWDC is on for June 9 - [waves hands] Look, it's iOS 19! Opera upgrades three of its web browsers (really, four) with new Aria AI features Xbox Microsoft wants to make Xbox app in Windows the central hub for all stores Microsoft testing new Game Hub on Xbox Microsoft to release Vibrant Visuals upgrade for Minecraft this year Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is coming to PS5 on April 17 New Assassin's Creed game (Shadows) gets off to a great start, with 2 million players in first 2 days, better than Origins and Odyssey. Most played game on Steam over the weekend, second-highest day-one sales revenue in the franchise's history (behind Valhalla), best ever day-one launch on the PlayStation Store. 27 percent of players are on PC Tips and Picks Tip of the week: Take advantages of Game Pass in-game benefits App pick of the week: Google Drive for Windows RunAs Radio this week: Writing Better PowerShell with Jeff Hicks Brown liquor pick of the week: Kempisch Vuur These show notes have been truncated due to length. For the full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly/episodes/925 Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Sponsors: Melissa.com/twit cachefly.com/twit

2h 4m
MAR 19 · VIDEO

No One Wants To Be Plumbing - Copilot for Gaming, Files, .NET Preview 2

Did Copilot uninstall from your computer recently? You're not alone. At least Microsoft is working on a fix. Plus, Satya Nadella has created a new Office of Strategy and Transformation to meet the rapidly evolving needs of the AI era. Discord finally has a Social SDK now, Copilot for Gaming is preparing for mobile testing, and a Call of Duty franchise sale that brings savings up to 67 percent off. Lastly, Paul's app pick is a free, open source, third-party File Explorer replacement that is beautiful and highly customizable. And it never badgers you to backup to OneDrive. Windows March security update hilariously removes Copilot app from Windows 11 New Canary build today Release Preview (today): 24H2 ahead of Week D Release Preview: 23H2 and Windows 10 ahead of Week D Dev, Beta, Beta (23H3) - Voice access suggestions, File Explorer fix Paint is getting new Cocreator features New Notepad and Snipping Tool features for all Microsoft Microsoft announces vague transformation that could be important FTC to move forward with Microsoft antitrust probe Microsoft no longer includes power supply with Surface PCs sold in Europe AI/Dev Gemini adds Canvas and Audio Overview features Plus, Gemini is replacing Assistant in Android (and Chromebook) Zoom AI Companion is going agentic Meta claims one billion downloads of Llama AI models Microsoft ships .NET 10 Preview 2 Xbox Microsoft is bringing Copilot to Xbox Xbox Adaptive Joystick is now available for $29.99 Here are the new games heading to Game Pass in second half of March Epic Games and Qualcomm partner on bringing games to WOA Discord has an SDK now Google Play Games for PC is adding native games Tips and Picks Tip of the week: Call of Duty titles are on sale in the Microsoft Store App pick of the week: Files RunAs Radio this week: Managing AI Costs with Sonia Cuff Brown liquor pick of the week: Toki Suntory Whisky Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to Windows Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: uscloud.com zscaler.com/security 1password.com/windowsweekly

2h 19m
MAR 12 · VIDEO

The Bouche is Amused - Remote Desktop outrage, GroupMe, RIP Woody

Your Patch Tuesday is showing. Paul Thurrott, Richard Campbell, and Leo Laporte go over the latest features for Windows 11 with the KB5053598 update. Also, the hosts discuss Press to Talk for Insiders, the Windows app replacing Remote Desktop, the agentic future of browsers, Copilot integration in GroupMe, Gemma 3, issues with Xbox Wireless Controller 5.23.5.0 firmware, Pocket Casts Web Player, and the "vibe coding" era. Plus, Fences 6 is now in Beta, on sale! Woody Leonhard, RIP Like Jerry Pournelle, a major influence on Paul's career and writing style He had a mysterious life in latter years, not clear what happened Windows 11 Windows 11 gets all the features we've discussed recently Are we heading towards something bigger this year? Or just more of the same? New Canary and Beta (23H2) builds New Dev and Beta (24H2) builds Copilot in Windows 11 is getting Press to Talk Microsoft follows through on threat, kills Remote Desktop App - our latest outrage Arc crashed and burned but we can still evolve web browsers What about sidebar apps as a UX baby step forward? Does Edge need to restart every three days now to install updates? Microsoft 365 Google promotes ChromeOS/Chromebooks as the right client ... for Microsoft 365 Dev Build 2025 registration is now open AI It's Microsoft's 50th anniversary, so it's going to announce AI something something Paul has agreed to attend this, from Mexico Also, report that Microsoft's in-house models now rival OpenAI is a hint Microsoft improves Think Deeper in Copilot using OpenAI o3-mini Google secretly owns 14-15 percent of Anthropic WTF is going on with Big Tech and regulatory evasion? On that note, CMA clears Microsoft + OpenAI specifically because of change to partnership Also, Google launches Gemma 3 The Siripocalypse - AI is a hard computer science problem and Siri is the dumb blond in this space Amazon will use AI to dub movies and TV series because obviously Xbox Rumor: Third-party portable Xbox gaming handheld this year, console resets in two years You could have cobbled this together solely based on what Microsoft has said publicly Xbox controller firmware, we have a problem Tips and Picks Tip of the week: Code with AI App pick of the week: Fences RunAs Radio this week: Strong Certificate Mapping in Active Directory with Richard Hicks Brown liquor pick of the week: Ardbeg 10 Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to Windows Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: 1password.com/windowsweekly

2h 36m
MAR 5 · VIDEO

There's Never a "Not OK" Button - End of Skype, MWC25, Rust-inovich

Skype to EOL in May, replaced by the consumer Teams client, which is surprisingly good now. There are three possible responses to this: "They still make Skype?" The 13 people who rely on Skype for calling landlines come out of the woodwork. "Come on, Microsoft telegraphed this two years ago" Plus, Opera previews what an AI agent in a browser can be used for. Firefox 136 now comes with vertical tabs (again), updated sidebar, AI chatbots, and more. And a Google-related tip that lets one see what it's like to live in the EU, minus the universal health care and other social safety nets. Windows Microsoft FINALLY updates the Copilot app in Windows 11 for the 127th time - What Microsoft didn't tell anyone. Arrives just after the release of a native Mac client Three months of Recall, and it IS controversial, just not for the reasons you think Dev and Beta (last week): lock screen widget customizing (finally), Windows Share updates (again), Task Manager CPU usage calculation change (seriously), more It may be controversial at Linux, but not at Microsoft, which is all-in on Rust Intel delays Ohio fabs until after the earth careens into the sun Dell up 7 percent to $23.9 billion ($11.9 billion from PCs) HP up 2.4 percent to $13.5 billion ($9.2 billion from PCs) Intel brings Core Ultra Series 2 "Arrow Lake" chips to commercial market Microsoft 365 Microsoft finally puts Skype out of its misery A look back at 22 years of Skype Outlook Mobile gets delivery and read receipts AI USA! USA! USA! Microsoft makes AI export changes easy to understand for our stupid government OpenAI announces GPT-4.5, its final non-reasoning model Microsoft brings new local distilled DeepSeek models to Copilot+ PCs, starting with Snapdragon X - a little hands-on Microsoft announces Dragon Copilot for clinical workflow Stability AI + Arm Holdings = generative AI audio, more to come Scam Detection in Messages for Pixel and Android Gemini improvements including upcoming features Apple's struggles with AI are real. Just ask Siri. Kidding, no one asks Siri anything Xbox New Game Pass titles for first half of March Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3+4 coming to all platforms including Game Pass on July 11 Sony slashes prices on VR2 months after it stopped building it Tips & Picks Tip of the week: Remove yourself from Google Search results App pick of the week: Mo' browsers! RunAs Radio this week: Secure by Design with Karinne Bessette Brown liquor pick of the week: Knappogue Castle 16 Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to Windows Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: uscloud.com zscaler.com/security

2h 27m
FEB 27 · VIDEO

Regret as a Service - Drag tray, 3 new Framework PCs, Free Office test?

Week D - If a preview update falls in the woods and no one downloads it, did it really happen? Plus, what is going on with AI for free? Isn't this stuff expensive? Windows 23H2/24H2: Taskbar share, Spotlight updates, Windows Backup snooze in File Explorer, etc. Dev and Beta - Semantic search adds OneDrive photo search to Search (was in File Explorer previously), plus the Recall reboot no one is explaining. And Trim comes to Snipping Tool (Canary and Dev) Beta (23H2) - Share gets a drag tray and Start All apps gets new Grid and Category views Lenovo revenues surge 20 percent Framework announces Ryzen AI-based Laptop 13, plus Laptop 12 and Desktop Opera adds Bluesky, Discord, and Slack to the sidebar Microsoft 365 Microsoft confuses us with a test of a free, ad-supported core Office suite for Windows Amazon kills Chime, will use Zoom, Teams, and more Amazon kills Appstore for Android Google to drop SMS-based 2FA, move to QR codes Paul continues with his SSO removals, an update on whether this impacts account availability AI/Dev Following up the previous discussion with an interesting way to use an AI chatbot Alexa enters the AI era OpenAI now has 400 million weekly active users Microsoft cancels some AI datacenter leases, but it's not done spending billions on AI Anthropic releases first reasoning model, with a twist Gemini Code Assist is now free for individuals! ThinkDeeper and Voice in Copilot no longer have usage restrictions OpenAI makes Deep Research available to all paid customers Apple delays biggest Siri advances past iOS 18.4 - Math is hard, but AI is even harder Spotify expands into AI-narrated audiobooks NVIDIA partners to bring free ASL training to everyone .NET 10 Preview 1 arrives with the promise of LTS and not much else Xbox Xbox Cloud Gaming gets its first update in a while, and it's a big one Microsoft delays Fable reboot to 2026 Tips and Picks Tip of the week: You can view the source code for the oldest machine-readable version of Unix App pick of the week: Adobe Photoshop for iPhone RunAs Radio this week: Exchange Server in 2025 with Michel de Rooij Brown liquor pick of the week: Glenrothes 15 Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to Windows Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: 1password.com/windowsweekly cachefly.com/twit

2h 39m
FEB 19 · VIDEO

Celebrity Condiments - Quantum Processing Unit, Edge 132, Rust

On this episode, Paul Thurrott, Leo Laporte, and Richard Campbell explore the Windows KB5052086 update, the new Linux kernel drama, quantum computing, and more. Microsoft has announced the very first QPU, powered by topological qubits! Can the hosts possibly comprehend how this works? Later, Paul strongly emphasizes how AI can save users lots of time. Finally, Richard features a whisky that was recently brought to his 30th wedding anniversary! Windows Dev channel: "Important" update because of the coming change to Recall soon, so here's an update that will wipe out all your data. One guess about what that means. Plus, a nice change to the Recall pop-up Release Preview (24H2): A preview of the preview that we'll preview next time Release Preview (23H2): Basically the same features as above, keeping the two aligned Microsoft deprecates location history in Windows 11 - depreciation junction, what's your function? Microsoft Edge gets more WebUI 2-based performance improvements Clipchamp just keeps getting better Microsoft 365 Microsoft: Just kidding about that MSA and Entra ID sign-in experience change Outlook mobile is getting a new font picker, a recall email feature (finally), and a minimize email message feature. ExpressVPN (TWiT sponsor) rewrote its VPN protocol in Rust AI Microsoft announces a Quantum computing breakthrough, first quantum processor Flareup in Linux kernel management maps directly to what we see with AI - Two extremes but a clear middle ground Long story short, AI is all about saving you time - this is the "many small things, not one big thing" argument Copilot gets new voice capabilities In case you were worried, OpenAI formally rejects buyout offer OpenAI will also simplify its model offerings Google Gemini now remembers what you said, unlike your husband xAI launches Grok3 model but only for X Premium subscribers Xbox Avowed launches, with many other Game Pass titles coming through the end of February Microsoft announced a generative AI model for video games Sony just had its best-ever PS5 sales quarter Tips and Picks Tip of the week: Find your AI "ah-ha" moment App pick of the week: Notion. And iA Writer 2 for Windows is here RunAs Radio this week: Managed DevOps Pools with Eliza Tarasila Brown liquor pick of the week: Signal Hill Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to Windows Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: uscloud.com zscaler.com/security 1password.com/windowsweekly

2h 42m
FEB 12 · VIDEO

The Supermodel of Apps - Windows MIDI Services, OCR, IVAS program

Patch Tuesday has arrived and Windows 11 23H2/24H2 gets those preview updates we talked about two weeks ago: Taskbar preview improvements, Windows Studio Effects on taskbar, File Explorer improvements, Mouse improvements, Time Zone changes without admin privileges, OneDrive continuity (23H2 only), Windows Share improvements (23H2 only), new keyboard shortcut for Magnifier. While Windows 10 gets the new Outlook, you lucky dogs! Windows Beta (yesterday) - Beta/Dev window is open, Beta will move to 24H2 soon, this new build was for 23H2, new Paint app MIDI IS BACK BABY! MIDI Services 2.0 now in public preview Photos app OCR capabilities are back - feature was in testing but disabled in November, supports 160 languages HoloLens is finally dead: Microsoft partners with tech bro to offload US Army contract AI/Dev Microsoft schedules Build 2025 for May 19-22. And then Google schedules I/O 2025 for May 20-21 Elon Musk and investors supposedly make bid for OpenAI - hilarity ensues OpenAI is working on its own AI chip because everyone else is OpenAI is working on its own AI chip because everyone else is You don't have to sign in to OpenAI to use ChatGPT Search now Google Gemini 2.0 family is now (mostly) generally available GitHub Copilot is getting agentic features this year Remember the so-called Windows Copilot Runtime? It's finally happening. Paul noticed that the Windows App SDK 1.7 Experimental 3 release finally had WCR bits, was quietly released last week Coding hands-on: Building text rewrite and summarize requires just a few lines of code More Earnings/Corporate Qualcomm - $11.7 billion in revenues, up 17 percent It's over! Arm Holdings drops Qualcomm complaint, will not terminate license Amazon: $188 billion in revenues, up 9.5 percent - AWS was $29 billion in revenues, up 16 percent. Amazon to spend $75 billion this fiscal year on AI infrastructure build-out, similar to MSFT, that figure was $28 billion in the previous quarter Here comes Conversational Alexa - Amazon devices and services event February 26 Sonos continues its downward spiral - Before earnings, restructuring and layoffs Xbox Good news/bad news on Xbox console sales - Better than expected, honestly Candy Crush Solitaire is first new King game under Xbox - Perfect King/Microsoft mashup Tips and Picks Tip of the week: A few steps forward (and back) for the 2025 online accounts push Tip of the week #2: Get the Bill Gates book Source Code App pick of the week: Notion is nearly perfect RunAs Radio this week: Upgrading to Windows Server 2025 with Robert Smit Brown liquor pick of the week: Mackmyra Brukswhisky Hosts: Paul Thurrott, Richard Campbell, and Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to Windows Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit

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Mar 19

DrewOnBass

Windows Weekly is an engaging and informative podcast that covers the latest news, updates, and insights from the world of Microsoft, Windows, and related technologies. Hosts Paul Thurrott and Richard Campbell provide expert analysis with a mix of humor and historical context, making even complex topics accessible. While it caters primarily to Windows enthusiasts and IT professionals, its lively discussions and deep dives into Microsoft’s ecosystem make it a worthwhile listen for tech fans.
Great show for Windows users

Mar 10

Willenator

I started listening to Windows Weekly years ago when I worked in retail selling Windows devices. This show helped me understand what Microsoft was working on, and it helped me talk to customers that were confused or frustrated with changes that were happening in Windows. I no longer work in retail, but I still listen because I enjoy the discussions between Paul and Richard. They also bring up a wide range of Windows-adjacent discussions as well that help keep me informed regarding Windows and things that may or may not affect it. The picks of the week alone are great and have helped introduce me to a new piece of software or tool that I use on a regular basis now.
WWW Windows, Wit & Whiskey

Mar 8

DataNutter

I’m an IT professional and always want to know what’s going on with Microsoft. I could read a bunch of articles, but I’d rather be entertained and get the scoop from people who know what’s going on. I’ve been watching Windows weekly for over 10 years. With the mix of backgrounds that Leo, Paul, and Richard have, I know all sides of any issue will be thought of. I also enjoy the casual, comical interplay between the hosts. The show feels more like they’re just having fun chitchatting versus doing work putting on a show. In my job, I develop business facing web applications and support customers using Windows computers. I use the show to help me be informed about changes in Microsoft platforms and be able to support my customers. The whiskey segments and former host Mary Joe’s beer pic of the week are just bonuses.
Pretty Bueno

Mar 6

jpsteadman

Some podcasts are enjoyable just because the hosts are enjoyable to listen to. Windows Weekly is refreshingly light on politics and easy to listen to. I really appreciate how long they’ve kept this thing going and how much quality vibe-time they provide on a weekly basis.

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