Windows Weekly (Audio)

Windows Feature Packs, Slack acquisition, Android apps on Windows

• Windows 10
• Here comes the first Windows Feature Experience Pack
• Windows 10 version 20H2 is on 9 percent of Windows 10 PCs in the first full month
• Also: Let's revisit the Android apps in the Microsoft Store rumor. Could this be related to Android support coming to WSL?

• Microsoft 365
• Microsoft is dramatically improving the calling experience in Teams
• In the wake of privacy complaints, Microsoft overhauls its Productivity Score feature
• Salesforce to acquire Slack for $27.7 billion.

• Surface + mobile
• Surface Pro 8, Laptop 4 coming in early 2021. Don't expect too much (external) change.
• Update on MJ's Surface Laptop
• Duo about to get international availability and to come in black
• Smartphone sales fell again in Q3

• Xbox
• November 2020 Xbox Console Update heads out to Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
• Game Pass explodes with new titles in the first half of December - Including Doom Eternal on PC!

• Tips and picks
• Tip of the week: There are two ways to consolidate multiple email accounts. Neither is perfect.
• App pick of the week: Game streaming.
• Enterprise pick of the week: Take the Power Platform plunge.
• Codename pick of the week: Project Burgundy.
• Beer pick of the week: KCBC Penguins Take Manhattan

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott

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