Enjoy Leo's many hats in this fun and silly edition of Windows Weekly. Happy Halloween!
Windows 11
- Yes, Windows 11 version 24H2 got its preview update for October too, a few days late as expected
- 24H2 was a surprisingly big platform shift - no enablement updates - faster updates going forward
- Dev and Beta get new builds, minor changes in each
Microsoft 365/AI/dev
- Teams is... getting weird
- Microsoft 365 apps get Handoff support on Apple devices
- Notion Mail - a light alternatives to Google Workspace and M365?
- GitHub Copilot goes multi-LLM
- Apple Intelligence wave one arrives, mostly to indifference. Wave two in December. EU is getting it in the Spring
- New Macs this week with M4. But the big news? 16 GB of RAM, minimum. Finally.
- The Browser Company can't realize its vision for the future with Arc
Earnings/Corporate
- Microsoft and Google duke it out over Cloud licensing - This one is getting ugly
- Google - $88.3 billion in revenues
- AMD - OK, but dominated by Intel on PCs and NVIDIA in AI/datacenter
Xbox
- More games, more people, more devices, Microsoft says
- Less emphasis on console but what might a next-gen console look like? Arm? Mobile? Third-party hardware makers?
- Cloud Gaming is limited to the most expensive Game Pass tier - that has to change, and what about a standalone tier?
- Mobile app stores are coming - but what about native mobile games?
- Call of Duty Black Ops 6 lands on PC Game Pass, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, and Cloud Gaming - Paul puts aside his grudge and gives it a shot
- Microsoft previews new Home experience for Xbox app on Windows
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: It might be time to look at the Raspberry Pi again
- App pick of the week: My God, it's full of web browsers
- RunAs Radio this week: Updating Windows on ARM with Aria Hanson
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Laird of the Fintry Black Label Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
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