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The Your Phone app for Windows 10 is slowly picking up a new feature for users that allows notifications to be visible within the app including the capability to clear them remotely from the Your Phone app. Although the app is still limited by hardware options right now, these early steps of development are helping to get it ready for wider distribution/use once the device options expand.
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Game Pass subscribers can now download and start playing Forza Horizon 4 using their subscription plus the expected Forza Horizon 4 Ultimate Add-Ons Bundle is now available for purchase by Game Pass subscribers who get access to the game via their subscription. Their is a 10% Game Pass discount for this package of DLC
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Game Pass subscribers got a bit of a false alarm this weekend when the mobile app sent a push notification indicating Forza Horizon 4 was available for download on the gaming subscription service. Turns out the notice was indeed premature as the game will not be available for subscribers until late on 01 October or early on the 2nd.
Read MoreThis week ended up being a solid Windows Insider week with the release of three builds for testers. We update the news around Surface Go which was released almost two weeks ago. A few more in depth reviews have been published but we are also noticing that some deals are coming available for other Surface hardware. Plus, we learn that sales of Surface Go are doing pretty well. Then we catch you up on the latest for the official Twitter app on Windows 10, Microsoft’s return to the Movies Anywhere library and an update to Microsoft Pay. Of course we have plenty of other tidbits throughout the show including Xbox, OneNote, Skype and the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Note 9. Be sure to stay tuned throughout the show to catch all the headlines. As always enjoy the show and thanks again for listening!
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Welcome to Episode 193 of Observed Tech. I have just returned this past weekend from Microsoft’s Build 2016 Developer’s Conference in San Francisco and so this show is all about Build, the announcements and other news that came out of the three day event. I talk about the new stuff we will see this summer when the next major update for Windows 10 arrives, now called the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, including changes with the Start Menu, Live Tiles, Notifications and Inking just to name the main ones. Of course, there were plenty of updates for developers across Azure, Cognitive Services, Conversation as a Platform, Bots and of course the Windows 10 Anniversary Update. HoloLens was a big part of Build 2016 with attendees getting the closest look at the augmented reality device since it was announced in January of 2015. I had the chance to spend a lot of time with HoloLens through the HoloLens Academy and Destination Mars so I share about that experience with you on the show as well. So enjoy and expect even more coverage as we move towards the release of the Windows 10 Anniversary Update this summer. Enjoy the show and thanks for listening.
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