WW 904: Not Sexy, but Important - Snapdragon Dev Kit canceled, Unity 6, "A-R-M"

Windows Weekly (Audio)

Leo Laporte

Paul Thurrott, News, Xbox, Richard Campbell, Technology, Windows, Microsoft, Tech News, Twit, Leo Laporte

4.4 • 928 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2024

⏱️ 140 minutes

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Summary

In case you missed it

You didn't. But Qualcomm canceled that Snapdragon Dev Box, will refund customers
Qualcomm picked the wrong company for this
Also, there are plenty of Copilot+ PCs and does it make more sense to develop against the type of PC your customers will use?

Windows 11

23H2 gets a preview update, as expected
Copilot key customization, Gamepad for virtual keyboard, notification suggestions, etc.
Qualcomm and Microsoft solve Paul's only hardware issue with Arm, more
Qualcomm brings Oryon cores to the phone, comes out firing against Intel, and is sued by Arm
Dev channel: That Gamepad virtual kb thing
Canary: That Copilot key customization thing
Photos app gets Super Resolution feature - Microsoft says in preview, but Paul sees it in stable
Microsoft Store is getting "immersive trailers" because ADHD

Microsoft 365, AI, more

Report details mounting tensions between Microsoft and OpenAI. Worst partnership ever?
Several months after releasing Mac and iPhone ChatGPT apps, OpenAI delivers a comicly-named "early version" of it for Windows. Thanks guys, don't hurt yourselves.
Microsoft announces first AI agents for commercial space, DIY in AI Studio
AI in phases? Copilot is phase one, this thing that works beside you (app, essentially)
Agents is phase two, this thing that works on your behalf away from you (service, essentially)
Copilot comes to OneNote for Mac, iPad in beta
Two years behind in AI, Apple has figured out the right quips and marketing messages
As expected, Google gets a stay of execution (pardon the pun) in Epic case (also, pardon the pun)
WTF is happening with smartphones? Did Apple and Google look at the 2024 Windows 11 Mess and say, we want us some of that?
Apple Intelligence to roll out over at least four major iOS 18 updates and then forever
Google rushes Android 15 dev to meet new August deadline for Pixel 9 series, whiffs it, and then delivers it 2 months late ... But at least it's jam-packed with AI

Xbox

Age of Empires goes mobile
In the wake of Xbox/Halo adopting Unreal Engine, Unity ships Unity 6 Engine
Netflix shuts down AAA game studio - I could've saved you guys a lot of money
New Xbox Wireless Headset more battery, better Bluetooth, new voice isolation

Tips & Picks

Tip of the week: Scott and Mark, sitting in a tree...
App pick of the week: Affinity Photos 2.6 Beta
RunAs Radio this week: Securing Data using Azure Virtual Desktop with Jim Duffy
Brown liquor pick of the week: Glenmorangie Nectar D'Or

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0:00.0	It's time for Windows Weekly, Paul Thoratz in Mexico City.
0:03.5	Richard Campbell's in Warsaw, Poland, but they're here to talk about Windows.
0:08.6	We'll talk about the mystery of the Snap Dragon developer box.
0:11.4	Why did Qualcomm cancel it? Qualcomm an arm in court? Could it be?
0:18.0	Plus some Xbox news that made me personally very happy. All that and more coming up next on Windows Weekly. trust. This is Twit.
0:33.0	This is Twit.
0:37.0	This is Windows Weekly with Paul Thorot and Richard Campbell, episode 904, recorded Wednesday, October 23rd,
0:48.0	2024. Not sexy, but important.
0:52.0	It's time for Windows Weekly, the show we cover sexy but important.
0:53.0	It's time for Windows Weekly, the show we cover the latest news from Microsoft and we have the
0:58.8	Global Travelers Edition today. Joining us from Mexico City, Mexico. Mr. Paul, I can now joke in
1:08.9	Spanish. They were the weakest joke of all time, but totally worth it.
1:13.5	And people laughed.
1:14.4	So that means your Spanish is excellent.
1:17.4	It means that I can be understood, like a one-year-old could be understood.
1:21.8	And...
1:25.0	My pencil is yellow?
1:26.0	Joining him in our lovely three-way picture window.
1:32.0	There you go.
1:33.0	Mr. Richard Campbell, who is in Poland.
1:37.0	Warsaw.
1:38.0	Warsaw.
	...

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