Windows Weekly 701

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 

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Links

• Microsoft starts testing Windows Feature Experience Pack updates with Windows Insiders
• Microsoft Begins Testing Windows Feature Experience Packs
• 20H2 is Now On Almost 9 Percent of Windows 10 PCs
• The Windows Subsystem for Linux might soon include Android support, too
• Microsoft is adding more calling features to Teams
• Microsoft to make changes to Productivity Score after privacy complaints
• Salesforce to Acquire Slack for $27.7 Billion
• Disappointing Surface Laptop 4, Pro 8 Images Leak
• Report: Black Surface Duo, international launch on the way
• Smartphone Sales Declined Again in Q3
• Microsoft Rolls Out the November 2020 Xbox Console Update
• Numerous New Titles Coming to Xbox Game Pass in Early December
• Doom Eternal is Coming to Xbox Game Pass for PC
• Email (Re)Consolidation (Premium)
• Living with Game Streaming (Premium)
• Microsoft Power Platform
• How LinkedIn Drove a Wedge Between Microsoft and Salesforce
• Penguins Take Manhattan