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Windows 10 news recap: First batch of PWAs arrive in the Microsoft Store, Ads for Office 365 appear in Mail app, and more
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Published onApril 8, 2018
published onApril 8, 2018
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Welcome back to our Windows 10 news recap, where we go over the top stories of the past week in the world of Microsoft’s flagship operating system.
Microsoft Store gains its first set of Progressive Web Apps on Windows 10: Skyscanner, ASOS, and more
Microsoft haspublished the first batch of Progressive Web Apps (PWA) on the Microsoft Store. PWAs are apps that are built for the web, and not necessarily specific to any one platform, but still require support to be added for specific operating systems. Below are the PWAs currently available:
Microsoft: Windows 10 Mobile will not fully support Progressive Web Apps
While the announcement of the first set of PWAs arriving on the Microsoft Store made many think this could be the answer to Microsoft’s app gap problem on its mobile platform, Windows 10 Mobile, this appears to not be the case. A Senior Program Manager on the Microsoft Edge teamconfirmed that Windows 10 Mobile does not support all of the features, and that developers don’t have to support the platform.
Twitter is currently in beta now just for Insider Fast. Whether a dev deploys to mobile is up to them – certain features like Push and Service Worker won’t work on in-market W10M devices.
— Kyle Pflug (@kylealden)April 7, 2018
Windows 10 Photos app now lets you tag your friends and family
The Windows 10 Photos app has beenupdated to add support for tagging peoplein pictures. This could allow photos to be categorised and filtered by who is actually in them, paving the way to making it simpler to find pictures of specific people. The tags link up to your address book.
Microsoft begins to show ads for Office 365 in the default Windows 10 Mail app
Microsoft has made a change to the default Windows 10 Mail app that is annoying some users. In the left-side menu, anew ad appears that promotes Microsoft’s Office 365 service.
That’s it for this week. We’ll be back next week with more Windows 10 news!
Radu Tyrsina
Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).
For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.
Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.
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