Windows Weekly 929

It’s Week D, do you know where your preview update is? 23H2 is out - 24H2, not so much! No surprises in the new features list, but are more new features on the way? 

Windows

• New text actions in Click to Do - Practice in Reading Coach and Read with Immersive Reader - in Dev and Beta (24H2)
• Find cloud-based (OneDrive-based) photos using Semantic search - Comes to EEA, Snapdragon X only for now, Dev and Beta
• Voice access improvements - add words to custom dictionary - Dev and Beta
• Updated green screen UI - latest Canary build, from today
• Minor update to the Beta/23H2 channel, no new features
• Ubuntu 25.04 is out and there’s a native Arm64 ISO (!) and BitLocker support
• Hands-on with WSL (which is stuck at 24.xx) and in Hyper-V on a Copilot+ PC
• Is dual-boot even possible on Arm? (Yet)
• Friday night update to identity caused accounts to be marked as leaked for 50,000 partner accounts

AI

• We’re in a new wave: Microsoft 365 Copilot updated, new Agent Store and more on the way
• Copilot Vision is now free for everyone in Microsoft Edge
• Google is giving Gemini Advanced/Google One AI Premium away for free to US college students
• Google estimates its Gemini AI chatbot had 35M DAUs and 350M MAUs worldwide as of last month while ChatGPT had 160M DAUs and 600M MAUs (Erin Woo/The Information)
• Perplexity is coming to Samsung and Motorola phones - and Microsoft is apparently coming to Motorola too

Antitrust

• It’s getting real - 20 years after US v. Microsoft, Big Tech is finally getting a reckoning
• Google has now lost two major US antitrust cases in less than a year
• US v. Google (search): DOJ wants Judge to break up Google
• US v. Google (ads): Google found to have another illegal monopoly
• What’s the “right” outcome for Chrome and Google’s ad businesses?
• OpenAI says it would be happy to buy Chrome from Google- hilarious
• Google just killed Privacy Sandbox, cites regulatory climate
• Apple, Meta fined by EU for not conforming to the DMA
• Apple Intelligence is no longer “available now” (Siri: Is it raining?)

Xbox/gaming

• Elder Scrolls IV Remastered lands on Xbox, PC, PS5 and Game Pass
• Xbox app arrives on LG smart TVs
• It’s (back) on: Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders rescheduled to April 24 with no price change
• And the demand is higher than expected, Nintendo says

Tips and Picks

• Tip of the week: It’s time to look at Google Fi again
• HARDWARE pick of the week: Microsoft keyboards and mice are back, baby
• RunAs Radio this week: Agentic AI for IT Pros with Tim Warner
• Brown liquor pick of the week: Dark Harmony No. 3 Black IPA Cask

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Links

• Microsoft Delivers Preview Update for Windows 11 Version 23H2 Only
• Microsoft Again Releases Identical Windows 11 24H2 Builds to Dev and Beta Channels
• Microsoft Releases Windows 11 Canary Build 27842
• Microsoft Issues Minor Windows 11 23H2 Build to Beta Channel
• Ubuntu 25.04 is Now Available with ARM64 and BitLocker Support
• Snapdragon X + Ubuntu Linux 25.04: Living the Dream? (Premium)
• Microsoft 365 Copilot to Get New Agent Store, Memory Support, and More
• Copilot Vision is Now Available for Microsoft Edge Users in the US
• Google is Giving Gemini Advanced to U.S. College Students for Free
• Google’s Gemini User Numbers Revealed in Court
• Perplexity AI Could Soon Become Preloaded on Samsung and Motorola Phones
• It’s Getting Real (Premium)
• DOJ Tells Judge It’s Time to Break Up Google
• Google Loses Second U.S. Antitrust Case, Advertising is Illegal Monopoly
• OpenAI Expresses Interest in Purchasing Google Chrome
• It Seems Like Google Just Killed Privacy Sandbox
• EU Fines Apple and Meta a Combined €700 Million for Breaking DMA Rules
• Apple Removes ‘Available Now’ Label From its Apple Intelligence Page Following NAD Inquiry
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered Launches on Xbox, PS5, PC, and Game Pass
• Microsoft Brings its Xbox App to LG Smart TVs
• Nintendo Switch 2 Pre-Orders Rescheduled to April 24, No Price Change
• Google Makes Fi Relevant Again
• Incase Now Has a More Complete Family of Designed by Microsoft Peripherals
• Agentic AI for IT Pros with Tim Warner
• Dark Harmony No. 3 Black IPA Cask