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From simply changing the accent color to installing a new theme from the Windows Store, Windows 10 provides plenty of options by default. Windows 10 allows you to manage the volume mixer and audio devices from the Settings app.
Microsoft has started training their machine learning algorithms by automatically updating Windows 10 2004 devices to the recently released Windows 10 21H1, the May 2021 feature update. Last month, Microsoft released the Windows 10 21H1 feature update, also known as the May 2021 Update, to users as an optional update displayed when manually performing a 'Check for updates' in Windows Update.
With the next version of Chromium Edge, Microsoft says it will update the font rendering experience to match the standards of other native Windows apps, such as Calculator, Groove Music, etc. Microsoft has already enabled the new font rendering experience in the Canary builds.
During the Build 2021 developer conference, we got the first word that Microsoft is working on the next generation of Windows. Today, Microsoft has out press invites for an event they're holding on June 24 at 11 AM ET. The invitation, sporting the tagline "Find out what's next for Windows," includes a reference to what looks to be a new logo for Windows.
Last week, Microsoft released the first stable version of its Windows 10 package manager, Winget, which enables users to manage apps via command-line. Much like package managers available on other platforms, Winget lets Windows users automate app management when it comes to installing, configuring, upgrading, and uninstalling applications.
The latest Windows 10 2004, 20H2, and 21H1 preview update is causing display issues and glitches on the taskbar's system tray. Last week, Microsoft released the optional Window 10 KB5003214 preview update so that users and the enterprise can test the fixes coming in the mandatory June 2021 Patch Tuesday updates.
CEO Satya Nadella has confirmed that Microsoft is working on the next generation of Windows, which features a new design language internally codenamed "Sun Valley" and is reportedly launching later this year. "Windows brings together all developer and collaboration tools in one place. It lets you choose the hardware you want, works with Linux and Windows as one, and has a modern terminal. And soon we will share one of the most significant updates to Windows of the past decade to unlock greater economic opportunity for developers and creators," Nadella said during Build 2021 conference.
Windows 10 preview builds can now run Linux apps directly on the Windows 10 desktop using the new Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI. In this article, we go hands on with the new WSLg feature to demonstrate the types of graphical Linux apps you can now run. WSLg can launch Linux GUI apps by utilizing the Wayland server to display the apps in Windows 10.
Microsoft revealed today the redesigned icon for the Windows 10 Task Manager program as part of a user interface refresh coming in the upcoming Sun Valley feature update. Last year, Microsoft announced that they were starting to migrate their existing Windows 10 icons to their Fluent design system, supported in Windows, iOS, Android, and web applications.
Windows 10 will soon let you configure Windows Terminal as the default terminal application to launch console and PowerShell programs. When you launch a command-line console program in Windows 10, the operating system will automatically launch it in a Windows Console or PowerShell console displayed by the Windows Console Host, as shown below.