Windows Weekly 701: The Bailiwick of Guernsey - a podcast by TWiT

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

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott

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