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WW 928: The Rice is Done - Edge 134's speed, Reboot Chime, AlteraPaul, 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

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WW 935: Don't Spritz Yourself - The Great Notepad Controversy of 2025!Richard Campbell is out this week! Microsoft continues to make changes to Notepad as it tests 'lightweight text formatting' in Notepad. 22H2, 23H2, and 24H2 got preview updates. And Microsoft has reportedly delayed its first-party Xbox / Windows gaming handheld. Windows THE GREAT NOTEPAD CONTROVERSY OF 2025 • Microsoft announced it was testing "lightweight text formatting" in Notepad. • This is one of MANY changes its made to Notepad in recent years. • The community has collectively lost its s#$t - most thought this was RTF support - it's not. • Everyone is wrong. In defense of Notepad. 24H2 • Last Tuesday, 22H2/23H2 got a preview update in Week D, but 24H2 did not. • The 24H2 update appeared later, with a ton of new features as expected - it's possible an out-of-band update requirement is responsible for the delay. • Now we know for sure what's coming on Patch Tuesday next week. • Windows Insider updates • Today, in Canary: Energy saver in Intune, re-rollout of Phone companion, more. • Dev and Beta (24H2): Quick machine recovery, Phone Link improvements - Plus, more just in Dev. • Canary: Voice access and some bug fixes. • Microsoft makes more DMA changes to Windows 11/Edge • We all need these changes. • Apple needs to pay attention. • Also, hilarious: Apple copies what Microsoft did in the 1990s. Twice. • Earnings: • HP • Dell • Nvidia Microsoft 365/AI • Microsoft announces (internally) its third major AI reorg in 15 months - Too ... slow? • Microsoft is killing password management/autofill in the Microsoft Authenticator app (announced previously, but now a warning is showing up in the app). • Good, you should use a third-party password manager anyway. Also, it's really an identity manager. Also, wake up. • When/why to use Microsoft Authenticator. • And why you should also use Google Authenticator. • June 2025 update for the new Outlook adds tons of new features. • Research and Analyst AI agents are now GA in Microsoft 365 Copilot. • You can experiment with short, phone videos on your phone with Bing Video Creator. • FU, OpenAI! NYT licenses its content to Amazon. • Samsung may drop Gemini for Perplexity. Xbox/Gaming • Microsoft has reportedly delayed its first-party Xbox/Windows gaming handheld. • Xbox continues to be in a holding pattern on hardware - Theories include an Arm revolution in waiting and Amy Hood getting serious about trying to make this business profitable. • Are handheld gaming PCs the next Netbook or mini-tablet ... or this is market real, sustainable, and big enough to matter? • SteamDeck/Linux could be a problem here - related to this, Nvidia news. • Microsoft reaches its first-ever agreement with a game studio union. • Semi-related: J Allard is one of about 100 former Microsoft execs at Amazon now, and we have an update. Tips and picks • Tip of the week: You can replace OneDrive/Google Drive with a NAS. • My Synology NAS is better than expected as a Little Tech replacement for OneDrive and Google Drive. This changes everything • App pick of the week: Microsoft Edge 137 • Edge 137 has quietly emerged as the biggest release of this browser since its inception. • Edge 137 adds PIP and business improvements, removes Wallet Hub and some truly pointless features. • It adds Windows 11 App action support to PWAs. • It brings Game Assist for Game Bar to everyone. • Photoshop for Android is here and it's free Pa These show notes have been truncated due to length. For the full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly/episodes/935 Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott Sponsors: 1password.com/windowsweekly threatlocker.com/twit uscloud.com

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