Dec 18th 2019
Windows Weekly 652
It's a Capossela Christmas
Microsoft CMO Chris Capossela, Project xCloud
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Chris Capossela
This Week's Stories:
Chris Capossela is back!
- Microsoft CMO Chris Capossela returns for our favorite holiday tradition.
Xbox Series X
- Microsoft unexpectedly announces the name of the next Xbox console
- Yes, it's a terrible name
- The "real" name of the console generation is just… Xbox
- Yes, it's one of at least two console versions (expect an Xbox Series S too)
- Given this, should be called Xbox, Series X.
- Come on, isn't everyone thinking of Windows Phone 7 Series? Do these people ever learn?
Windows 10 vNext (and vNext Next)
- Confusion reigns: Microsoft releases a new Fast ring build that is post-20H1
- But it contains improvements that may or may not be in the next version of Windows 10. And the one after that...
Windows 10
- You can now make/receive phone calls with Your Phone! (Android only)
- Your Phone will soon support 2000 phone photos (up from 25)
- Bing Visual Search comes to Windows 10
- Semi-related: Invoke users experiences weird outages over the past two weeks. Resetting seems to help, but expect this speaker to continue losing functionality over time.
Microsoft Edge
- Microsoft will very aggressively push aside legacy Edge in January when the new Edge appears
- It's like the old Edge never happened
- Developers can now publish extensions to the new Edge extensions store
Xbox
- Halo: The Master Chief Collection is off to a fast start on PC. Hey Mikey! They like it!
- Microsoft announces remaining Game Pass for console titles for December
- Activision cites massive success for latest Call of Duty
Tips and picks
- Tip of the week: Stay tuned for the Chris Cap giveaway! Check-in with Thurrott.com this week for the details about the Microsoft hardware and software giveaways for Windows Weekly.
- App pick of the week: Adobe Lightroom (Microsoft Store version)
- Enterprise pick of the week: Windows Server 20 04
- Codename pick of the week: Alta
- Beer pick of the week: Prairie Christmas Bomb
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Links
- Microsoft unexpectedly announces the name of the next Xbox console
- The "real" name of the console generation is just … Xbox
- Microsoft releases a new Fast ring build that is post-20H1
- But it contains improvements that may or may not be in the next version of Windows 10.
- You can now make/receive phone calls with Your Phone!
- Your Phone will soon support 2000 phone photos
- Bing Visual Search comes to Windows 10
- Invoke users experiences weird outages over the past two weeks.
- Microsoft will very aggressively push aside legacy Edge in January when the new Edge appears
- Developers can now publish extensions to the new Edge extensions store
- Halo: MCC is off to a fast start on PC.
- Microsoft announces remaining Game Pass for console titles for December
- Activision cites massive success for latest Call of Duty
- App pick of the week: Adobe Lightroom (Microsoft Store version)
- Enterprise pick of the week: Windows Server 2004
- Codename pick of the week: Alta
- Beer pick of the week: Prairie Christmas Bomb