According to reports, Microsoft is preparing to launch a new version of the Surface Go tablet this year. This will be the first time the tablet will be built on ARM processors. The new device, codenamed Tanta, will come with a Snapdragon 7c chip as its standard processor. The shift to ARM technology is expected to result in a longer battery life, while maintaining similar performance levels.
Author: Sergey Tkachenko
Windows 11 Build 23440 (Dev) introduces a new Spotlight icon, Start menu and taskbar improvements
In addition to the Canary Build 25346, the Dev channel is now also getting a new release. Insiders in the Dev channel are upgrading to Windows 11 Build 23440, which comes with a new Spotlight icon, the updated recommendations in the Start menu that now include a link to the build change log, the "Diagnose network problems" item in the taskbar, and much more. Here are the details.
Windows 11 Build 25346 (Canary) improves screen brightness control, dialog design, and more
Microsoft today released a new build for Insiders running Windows 11 in the Canary channel. It includes features like Adaptive content brightness control (CABC) on connected devices, improvements made to HDR, RDP. Also, it included new presence sensing options and updated dialog style for firewall and UAC.
All future Surface devices may ship with a Neural Processing Unit (NPU)
Rumors say that Microsoft is about to integrate a neural processor (Neural Processing Unit, NPU) into all future Surface devices. This component will significantly speed up calculations related to artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Install a winget app with custom arguments and command line switches
Sometimes you may need to install an app with winget but with extra command line arguments, or even replace the default switches with your own ones. Winget is a built-in package manager that learns how to install an app from a manifest file. But you can override command line arguments without editing that file.
AVIF support is now available in Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Edge has finally received AVIF support. It is an image format notable for the file size smaller that traditional formats like JPEG offer. The native support of the modern codec was missing in Edge, despite the fact that it exists in Chrome for long.
Hidden features that you can enable in Windows 11 Build 23435
Here are the list of hidden features you can enable in Windows 11 Build 23435. It was released today for Insiders in the Dev channel. Besides the officially announced File Explorer Gallery (available to select users), it includes a few more hidden changes. You can now make Search open on hover, turn on different Start menu badge notifications, and "smart layouts" for Snap Assist. Here we go.
Windows 11 Build 23435 (Dev) officially reveals File Explorer Gallery
A new build is now coming to insiders running Windows 11 in the Dev channel. Windows 11 Build 23435 officially introduces the Gallery feature, that was hidden in Insider builds for long. Besides, there are new Start menu badge notification designs, File Explorer improvements, and presence sensing privacy options.
Microsoft Edge introduces a detachable sidebar
Quite an expected feature has landed in the Edge browser. Now it allows you to detach the sidebar. It then appears as a toolbar at the right side of the desktop. If you are old enough to remember Office 97 and its app toolbar on Windows 95 - this is exactly the same experience.
Chrome has become 10% faster in the past three month
Google has detailed the changes they have done to the browser in past 3 months. Those improvements made it notable faster. The optimization directions include faster DOM parsing and JS handling.
