Zac Bowden is a Senior Editor at Windows Central. Bringing you exclusive coverage into the world of Windows 10 on PCs, tablets, phones, and more. Also an avid collector of rare Microsoft prototype devices! Keep in touch on Twitter: @zacbowden.
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We're back with another exciting episode of the Windows Central Podcast, and this week, Daniel Rubino just flew back home from CES 2020, and boy are his arms tired! He teams up with Zac Bowden to share some of the most interesting products and concepts from the show floor, including a deluge of new PC laptops. The guys also look at some of the latest intel on Xbox Series X.
Microsoft is launching a brand new version of its Edge web browser today, and it’s a huge departure from the old Edge we’ve come to know. Microsoft has rebuilt Edge from the ground up using the open-source Chromium project, the same codebase that Google Chrome is based upon. Existing Chrome users will find the new Edge to be very familiar, and that’s by design. There's a lot going on...
Microsoft's new version of its Edge web browser is now generally available, meaning anybody can go and download it starting today. The new Microsoft Edge has been in the works since late 2018 and is built upon the open-source Chromium project, just like Google Chrome and
Lenovo is gearing up to launch the first foldable PC later this summer, but it'll initially only be available with Windows 10 Pro. I'm here to tell you to skip this version, and wait for the variant that comes with Windows 10X, as that's what will make the foldable PC experience. Without it, you might as well just buy a normal PC.
Microsoft has released a preview of the next version of the Microsoft Launcher for Android today, which features a rewrite of several key areas of the Launcher, along with a new user interface and features. This new version of the Microsoft Launcher comes in at version 6.0, and is the biggest update to the Microsoft Launcher yet.
There are many Windows 10 tablets on the market, but it's hard to sort through the rubbish. Here's our picks for the best Windows 10 tablets you can buy right now. At the top of our list is the Surface Pro X, which we think is the best due to its ARM processor, large display, and thin form factor while still packing good battery life and excellent performance.
The Samsung Galaxy Fold is one of many foldables we're going to be talking about in 2020. Surface Duo is on the way, and I wanted to see what a device with a foldable display is like before ultimately deciding if a single or dual-screen setup for foldable phones is the way to go. While we haven't had a chance to go hands-on with the Surface Duo yet, I did want to share my thoughts on...
A new feature that allows pen users to write emails directly inside the Mail app on Windows 10 has started rolling out on PCs with pen support. If you're a pen user, you can enable the feature while composing an email, with options for either a writing canvas or drawing canvas.
Microsoft is pushing out a new icon for the Android Edge app (beta version only, for now). Here's your first look at it and what else you need to know about Microsoft's Edge browser for Android.
We're back with another exciting episode of the Windows Central Podcast, and this week we join Zac Bowden for a special episode of the Windows Central Podcast in which he chats with Microsoft's Jason Howard from the Windows Insider Program about the Insider Podcast and Webcast, two incredibly important aspects of the Insider Program that community members should know about!
We're back with another exciting episode of the Windows Central Podcast, and this week, Daniel Rubino and Zac Bowden talk about changes to the Windows Insider Program along with updates to Edge. Plus, what are the advantages of Microsoft Store apps vs. PWA? They also recap some the biggest stories of the year for Microsoft users, then chat about their hopes and expectations for 2020.
If your Surface Pro is your main PC, you can use a docking station to turn it into a powerful workstation. Here's our recommendation for the best dock.
Windows as a Service is an incredibly important product that's part of Microsoft's Windows 10 OS. It's the coming together of a lot of work that turns Windows 10 into a platform that can be updated, for free, on a much more frequent basis with new features and enhancements. It may not seem like it, but this is one of the biggest changes made to Windows in a long time.
We're back with another exciting episode of the Windows Central Podcast, and this week, Windows 7 support is ending on January 15, so what's the next step for the 300+ million devices still running it? Microsoft may ship the Surface Hub 2X with a version of Windows 10X. In the biggest news of the week, the Xbox Series X was unveiled at The Game Awards on December 13, 2019. The beastly,...
Microsoft is releasing a brand new build of Windows 10 for Insiders in the Fast ring today, and with it comes a couple of notable new changes and enhancements. This is the first build that isn't tied to any specific release of Windows 10, meaning it's newer than 20H1, but isn't necesserily guarenteed for 20H2, 21H1, or any release going forward.
Big changes are coming to the way Microsoft develops and tests Windows 10 with participants in the Windows Insider Program. Starting with today’s build, Microsoft will no longer designate preview builds that roll out to the Fast ring as part of a specific release of Windows 10. This means that from now on, builds released to the Fast ring can includes features that might not show up in...
Microsoft's Windows Mixed Reality effort has subsided quite a bit in the last year. Microsoft seems only interested in the HoloLens 2, and hasn't invested much into the VR side of things. That's a real shame, as Windows Mixed Reality itself could have been great had it followed the same path Facebook is following now with Oculus Quest.
Microsoft's Surface Hub 2X hasn't been talked about since its initial announcement in late 2018. In fact, it's not been seen since then either. What's going on with it? Is it dead? We've done some digging and found some interesting information.
