Sizzling on the heels of the Windows 11 2022 Update (22H2), Microsoft is now providing its first new staff of additional features to the operating gadget. This entails a tabbed File Explorer, an overflow area of the Taskbar, Instantaneous Actions, and more — and you can download them today. It’s the start of a new era of Windows updates, where new features can come down the pipe at any time, rather than restricted to major annual updates alone.
Microsoft tipped its hand in September, announcing the new Windows 11 “experiences” may be made available this month. If you happen to’re in no accelerate rather yet, they’ll be pushed to your PC starting of November. The company also said that the first feature update for Windows 10, the very restricted Windows 10 2022 Update, will also be released today as neatly.
If you happen to’d shield to download the new features, wander to the Windows 11 Settings menu, then to Windows Update. Download any of the available updates, especially the cumulative one. The company didn’t explicitly identify which update gives the new features, on the opposite hand it gained’t be a feature update. (Edit: Microsoft has confirmed that the update which enables the new features is a Cumulative Update for Windows 11 22H2 for X64-based Programs, or KB5019509.)
If this all feels a bit overwhelming, neatly, you’re lawful. Microsoft’s plan for Windows 11 is to come back to a single major feature release per year, but to add additional features pleasing remarkable each time it feels fancy it. Take display of this to be a “makeup” release, including all of the features that ought to have been integrated in the Windows 11 2022 Update (22H2), but disregarded the deadline for whatever reason.
Our old narrative dives a cramped deeper into what to expect of these new features, but right here are the basics:
The tabbed File Explorer interfaceAn updated Photos application (due at the tip of October)“Instantaneous Actions” in the Windows ShellAn overflow menu for the TaskbarAn improved Nearby Share / Windows Share experienceMicrosoft also said that the Amazon Appstore journey within Windows 11 now features 50,000 apps, a dramatic expansion from the handful of apps available at launch. Bear in mind, these aren’t Windows ones, but crawl beneath Windows 11’s new capability to crawl Android apps. Some of these apps will consist of Challenge Makeover, Evony: The King’s Return, Coin Master, Kindle, Audible, FlipaClip, Lutron and others. Microsoft is also announcing a new ESPN app, which is now available essentially worldwide.
As for Windows 10’s new update, Microsoft is conserving mum. “Windows 10, version 22H2 will have a restricted hassle of features sharp about productivity and management,” Microsoft said. You’ll be able to download the new release via Windows Update as neatly.
Updated at 11: 49 AM to add additional details.
Author: Mark Hachman, Senior Editor
As PCWorld’s senior editor, Mark specializes in Microsoft news and chip know-how, among diversified beats. He has beforehand written for PCMag, BYTE, Slashdot, eWEEK, and ReadWrite.
