Microsoft has announced a new referral program for Xbox Game Pass. The program allows subscribers to refer their friends to Xbox Game Pass and receive a free month of service for both the subscriber and the friend.
Category: Software
Xbox consoles are getting a new Home experience
Users in the Alpha Skip-Ahead and Alpha rings can now preview an updated version of the Xbox Home experience. This version strives to balance experience, accessibility, and functionality, and was created with user feedback in mind.
JavaGPT makes ChatGPT work on legacy Windows starting from Windows 98
A third-party ChatGPT client build with Java 8 allows accessing the chatbot on any device that can run the Java code. With help of this tool, you can access ChatGPT from legacy Windows versions. Thanks to Java 8 support, even Windows 98 can start it.
[Upd] MSN Weather for Windows 11 and 10 to get advanced recommendations and ads
The built-in weather apps starts to see updates in Windows 11 and 10. It has got a revamped look with a dedicated section for current weather based suggestions, and ads.
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.
PowerToys Run will get ChatGPT integration
The PowerToys software is receiving ChatGPT support that will allow users to perform AI-powered searches within the "Run" tool. Users will be able to enter queries in the PowerToys Run text box and receive answers in the window below it.
April update for Windows Subsystem for Android adds Picture-in-picture mode
The latest version of Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA), version 2303.40000.3.0, is out to users via the Windows Insider Channels. The new WSA comes with several enhancements, such reliability and security improvements. Also, it enables picture-in-picture (PIP).
Game Pass for PC is now available in 40 additional countries
As of today, Microsoft has expanded the availability of PC Game Pass into 40 more countries across the globe. This includes countries such as Bulgaria, Ukraine, Georgia, and Serbia. In celebration of the expansion, Microsoft is providing new users in these countries with a special price on a three-month subscription to PC Game Pass.
PowerToys Run may soon allow to launch all other built-in “toys”
PowerToys allows you to launch the built-in utilities using two methods. You can open this or that tool from the main user interface, or using the recently added launcher from the system tray. Besides, there is an idea of accessing all PowerToys and their settings directly through PowerToys Run. It exists since 2020, but recently it has been revisited and finally received the "In-Progress" status.
PowerToys 0.69 include a new tool “Registry Preview”
Microsoft has recently updated its open source tools collection for Windows, PowerToys, to version 0.69. The latest release comes with some new features and options that users can take advantage of. One of the most notable features is the Registry Preview tool, which enables users to preview registry changes before committing them.
