Windows Weekly 936: Liquid Aero

Leo, Richard, and Paul discuss Patch Tuesday, Windows 11, another dev conference season, Xbox and games, and much more.

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Windows 11

June Patch Tuesday is here! Big changes for Windows 11 versions 22H2, 23H2, and 24H2

Windows Insider

• New Start menu finally debuts in Dev and Beta – synchronized again for some reason
• Copilot+ PCs get Relight feature and natural language search in the Photos app
• The Microsoft Store gets a major update in the Beta channel
• And Canary is still a thing, no one knows why

Developer conference season draws to a close

Microsoft Build

• Protests, problems and more problems
• Microsoft pulls out of Seattle permanently

Google I/O

• Stunning array of AI announcements
• But Android 16 is on a weird slow boil after a truncated development cycle

Apple WWDC

• Apple Intelligence? Look: Liquid Glass! Also, some actual advances across its newly unified platforms
• Look out Surface: The iPad is a real computer now – And it only took 15 years

Key takeaways

• Microsoft, Google, and Apple all played to their strengths
• Between Windows 11 2xH2, Android 16, and iOS whatever – do the platform makers even know how to ship software anymore?

Xbox

Microsoft unveils the first Xbox-branded third-party gaming handheld as part of its Xbox Games Showcase 2025 event – a few interesting things there as well – COD:BO7, Gears remake, Gears v.next delayed to 2026

• This heavily modified/optimized version of Windows 11 is coming to more gaming handhelds
• Looking to the future: What if this is literally the model for future Xbox console hardware? What if the next Xbox was a NUC?

More Game Pass titles across platforms for the second half of June

You can add 4 TB of storage to your Xbox, but it will cost you dearly

Apple loses again in Epic v. Apple, Fortnite can stay in the App Store and developers can stop getting robbed by Apple

The Nintendo Switch 2 launched this past week and is apparently the best-selling console of all time at launch

PS5 controllers to support multiple Bluetooth connections

Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Share Feature, image crunching

Yes, that.

App pick of the week: Dia Browser

It’s only on Mac at first, but is this the future of the web browser?

RunAs Radio this week: The Case for Telemetry with Liz Fong-Jones

https://runasradio.com/Shows/Show/988

Brown liquor pick of the week: Glenlossie 26

https://www.dewhiskyspecialist.nl/product/glenlossie-the-maltman-14996918665560