Enjoy Leo's many hats in this fun and silly edition of Windows Weekly. Happy Halloween!

Windows 11

• Yes, Windows 11 version 24H2 got its preview update for October too, a few days late as expected


• 24H2 was a surprisingly big platform shift - no enablement updates - faster updates going forward


• Dev and Beta get new builds, minor changes in each

Microsoft 365/AI/dev

• Teams is... getting weird


• Microsoft 365 apps get Handoff support on Apple devices


• Notion Mail - a light alternatives to Google Workspace and M365?


• GitHub Copilot goes multi-LLM


• Apple Intelligence wave one arrives, mostly to indifference. Wave two in December. EU is getting it in the Spring


• New Macs this week with M4. But the big news? 16 GB of RAM, minimum. Finally.


• The Browser Company can't realize its vision for the future with Arc

Earnings/Corporate

• Microsoft and Google duke it out over Cloud licensing - This one is getting ugly


• Google - $88.3 billion in revenues


• AMD - OK, but dominated by Intel on PCs and NVIDIA in AI/datacenter

Xbox

• More games, more people, more devices, Microsoft says


• Less emphasis on console but what might a next-gen console look like? Arm? Mobile? Third-party hardware makers?


• Cloud Gaming is limited to the most expensive Game Pass tier - that has to change, and what about a standalone tier?


• Mobile app stores are coming - but what about native mobile games?


• Call of Duty Black Ops 6 lands on PC Game Pass, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, and Cloud Gaming - Paul puts aside his grudge and gives it a shot


• Microsoft previews new Home experience for Xbox app on Windows

Tips and Picks

• Tip of the week: It might be time to look at the Raspberry Pi again


• App pick of the week: My God, it's full of web browsers


• RunAs Radio this week: Updating Windows on ARM with Aria Hanson


• Brown liquor pick of the week: Laird of the Fintry Black Label Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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