This is a big update and a preview of the update was released to members of Xbox Preview last month.
Advertisement
In addition, a number of small but meaningful feature additions make it more compelling to use a stylus the next time you fire up Windows 10.
Cortana is now also available, in the US and the UK. “If you use assistive technology on Windows, you are eligible for the free upgrade offer”. You can turn it on or keep it off, so press the first option to enable the extension. Microsoft has made a decision to bring its own first-party implementation and in order to set up the application, first you’ll open Cortana on your Android smartphone, head to settings, where you’ll select “sync notifications”.
Improvements can be also found in security and gaming. They are also delivering new services like the Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (WDATP) to help defend against increasingly brazen and sophisticated cyber-attacks.
Now background music functionality is only supported by the Pandora app, but Microsoft plans to introduce more apps soon. Changing volumes and pausing the music is easy by using the quick controls available which are easily accessed by opening the Xbox dashboard guide.
“Everyone running Windows 10 will get these new features for free”. See the Microsoft Accessibility blog here for more details. One can also update the system manually, in case staying behind the curve is not done. This means certain titles for the PC would include the Xbox version of the titles and the user does not need to pay additional charges, The Verge reported. Oddly enough, region-independent language settings are finally being added only now.
Advertisement
For those who don’t want to wait, Microsoft is giving us the ability to jump to the Anniversary Update automatically.
