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Announcing ARM64EC: Building Native and Interoperable Apps for Windows 11 on ARM

2021-06-29 KENNETH 0

Announcing ARM64EC: Building Native and Interoperable Apps for Windows 11 on ARM Today, we’re announcing ARM64EC (“Emulation Compatible”), a new way to build apps for Windows 11 on ARM. With the latest Visual Studio tools in preview and the Windows 11 Insider SDK, you’ll be able to take advantage of ARM64EC to incrementally transition your app to running with native speed on ARM, even if you have dependencies or plugins that don’t support ARM yet. About ARM64EC ARM64EC is a new application binary interface (ABI) for Windows 11 on ARM that runs with native speed and is interoperable with x64. An app, process, or even a module can freely mix and match ARM64EC and x64 as needed. The ARM64EC code in the app will run natively while any x64 code will run using Windows 11 on ARM’s built-in emulation. The [ more… ]

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Surface and the future with Windows 11

2021-06-26 KENNETH 0

Surface and the future with Windows 11 Yesterday, our colleagues and friends on the Windows team took the digital stage to announce what’s next for Windows. And we, at Surface, couldn’t be more excited. Every new version of Windows has sparked innovation across the ecosystem, and Windows 11 will as well. From its new simplified look and feel, to its incredible new capabilities, Windows 11 will be a platform for innovations that help people to connect, create, and play. From the beginning, we created Surface to be the device where the best of Microsoft comes together, powered by Windows. Over time, we’ve built a family of original hardware designs that bring powerful software experiences to life and allow people to be their creative and productive best, delivering against our company mission to empower every person and organization on the planet [ more… ]

Preparing for Insider Preview Builds of Windows 11

2021-06-25 KENNETH 0

Preparing for Insider Preview Builds of Windows 11 Today, we unveiled Windows 11 to the world, and we know Windows Insiders are super excited to get their hands on it! As Panos mentions here, we plan to release the first Insider Preview build for Windows 11 next week. However ahead of that release – we wanted to let Insiders know of a few changes we are making to how they will receive Windows 11 Insider Preview builds going forward. Since launching Windows 10 six years ago, a lot of hardware innovation has happened in the PC space. For Windows to move forward and take better advantage of the latest innovations, we need to update the baseline system requirements for modern PCs. As a result, Windows 11 has updated hardware requirements which will be reflected in the Windows Insider Program. This blog [ more… ]

Introducing Windows 11

2021-06-25 KENNETH 0

Introducing Windows 11 At a time when the PC is playing a more central role in our lives, Windows 11 is designed to bring you closer to what you love. Windows has always existed to be a stage for the world’s innovation. It’s been the backbone of global businesses and where scrappy startups became household names. The web was born and grew up on Windows. It’s the place where many of us wrote our first email, played our first PC game and wrote our first line of code. Windows is the place people go to create, to connect, to learn and to achieve – a platform over a billion people today rely on. The responsibility of designing for that many people is one we don’t take lightly. The past 18 months brought an incredible shift in how we used our [ more… ]

What Windows 11 Means for Developers

2021-06-25 KENNETH 0

What Windows 11 Means for Developers Today at the What’s next for Windows — developer event, we’ll show you the next era of Windows and how we are embracing Windows == open platform. This means everyone has open access to run the widest range of apps on Windows, enabling all developers to build the apps and experiences that empower users to create, learn, and play. We focus on five key areas of improvement for Windows 11: The new Microsoft Store; Improvements in end-to-end Web development; New features coming for native Windows apps; The Fluent design system and WinUI; and What’s new for game developers. Taking advantage of the new Microsoft Store We unveil the new Microsoft Store on Windows, and announce our support for more app types such as Win32, .NET, and PWAs, as well as support for Android apps [ more… ]