Microsoft announced the Windows 10 Anniversary Update at its Build 2016 event on 30 March in San Francisco.
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While this functionality will work for Windows 10 Mobile devices too, Microsoft would not be bringing this to the iPhone.
Following the Windows 10 Anniversary update this summer, you’ll also be able to listen to background music on Xbox One (without Snap) and browse a unified app store across Xbox and PC. One of the coolest new features?
All-in-all it seems like a pretty smart move from Microsoft as it seeks to build out the appeal of Windows 10 in the mobile focused landscape.
In related news, Microsoft has begun shipping its much awaited HoloLens Development Edition to developers in the USA and Canada.
Mary Jo Foley’s watch list for Microsoft’s Build 2016 developer conference. While the new Windows Ink experience allows users to create sticky notes, draw on a whiteboard and write on their device as on paper, the updated Windows Hello extends enterprise-grade security to multiple devices and Microsoft Edge.
Microsoft hasn’t offered any information on when exactly this feature could arrive in Windows 10, but the Anniversary Update landing in the summer is very likely to bring it. More announcements will happen at the E3 gaming conference in June.
Developers can join the new program to start building their own bots for the messaging app. Besides, Skype Bots preview is now available in the latest versions of Skype app for Windows, Android and iOS starting today. The Microsoft Bot Framework is a new developer tool that uses Microsoft’s machine learning technology to enable the creation of intelligent bots that can interact with customers.
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Spencer also explained how Windows32 apps could be converted to Universal Windows Apps, showing a demo of Age of Empires 2 and The Witcher 3. After teaming up with Ubuntu to build an entire Linux subsystem and Unix’s Bash shell into Windows 10, Microsoft is now integrating Android-specific features into the OS.
