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Windows engineers quietly keep a short, secretive compatibility table inside the Bluetooth stack to fix one particularly stubborn relic: the Microsoft Wireless Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000 — a 2006-era device that shipped its Bluetooth name using the wrong character encoding and forced Windows...

Microsoft’s latest Insider preview quietly repurposes the Xbox/Guide button into a three‑state system control: a short tap still summons the Game Bar, a long press now opens Task View, and a sustained hold continues to power the controller off — a small UX tweak that signals a deliberate push to...

Microsoft is quietly turning the Xbox button on controllers into a native Windows multitasking tool: in the latest Windows 11 Insider builds Microsoft maps a short press of the Xbox button to open the Game Bar, a long press to open Task View (the system-level app switcher and virtual desktop...

Microsoft has quietly repurposed the Xbox button on gamepads when used with Windows 11 Insiders: a long press now opens Task View while a short press still launches the Game Bar, and a press-and-hold continues to power down the controller — a small but practical tweak rolling out to Dev and Beta...

Microsoft’s quiet expansion of Phone Link into the Windows 11 Start menu has quietly reshaped how many of us treat our phones while working on a PC, folding basic phone functions—notifications, calls, messages, photos, and device status—into a single, one-click experience on the desktop...

Use Nearby Sharing in Windows 10/11 to Quickly Transfer Files Between PCs Difficulty: Beginner | Time Required: 10 minutes Nearby Sharing is a fast, built-in way to send files, photos, and links between nearby Windows PCs without setting up email, a USB drive, or cloud storage. It works over...

Windows 11’s Bluetooth audio experience just shed one of its longest‑running annoyances: when the headset mic opens, audio no longer has to collapse into a muffled, mono mess. Microsoft’s recent updates add full Bluetooth LE Audio support with a new super‑wideband stereo routing mode that keeps...

The market for pocket-sized presentation tools and bench-top soldering aids keeps getting stranger and more capable: a new wave of multifunctional “air mice” promise to replace a bag of accessories with a single 4‑in‑1 gadget, while low‑cost helping‑hands stations bundle bright, adjustable...

Microsoft’s latest Dev Channel flight lands with a focused patch for Copilot+ PCs, smoother voice dictation, expanded Studio Effects camera support, and a collection of targeted fixes — but it also brings a set of hardware-gated rollouts and a handful of stability warnings that Insiders and IT...

Microsoft’s push to bring Bluetooth LE Audio into Windows 11 finally closes a painful, decades‑old gap between high‑fidelity stereo playback and usable microphone audio on PCs — and owners of compatible Samsung Galaxy Buds models are among the first to see tangible benefits. Background Bluetooth...

Windows 11’s Bluetooth audio stack has taken a major step toward fixing a problem that has driven gamers, remote workers, and audiophiles to wired headsets for years: with the latest updates Microsoft now supports super wideband stereo over Bluetooth LE Audio, enabling stereo playback while a...

The last Windows Weekly episode landed like a mixtape of outrage, optimism, and technical quibbling — a brisk tour through Microsoft’s week that touched on a campus lockdown, Windows 11 change-management headaches, Microsoft 365 and OneNote transitions, a sweep of AI news, several...

Microsoft has finally closed one of the most persistent UX gaps in PC audio: on supported Windows 11 systems, Bluetooth headsets can now deliver full stereo media audio while simultaneously using their built‑in microphone at super‑wideband quality, instead of collapsing to low‑fidelity, mono...

Microsoft has quietly closed one of Windows 11’s most persistent annoyances for gamers, hybrid workers, and anyone who relies on Bluetooth headsets: when a headset microphone activates, audio no longer collapses into muffled, mono “telephone” quality on supported devices. This change — the...

Microsoft's latest Windows 11 update brings a long‑awaited fix for muffled Bluetooth headset audio: support for Bluetooth LE Audio's super‑wideband stereo, letting game audio remain high‑fidelity while voice chat or calls run at a much higher sample rate than the old Hands‑Free Profile allowed...

Windows 11’s latest LE Audio work finally breaks the decades‑old trade‑off that forced Bluetooth headsets to choose between high‑fidelity stereo playback and usable microphone quality during calls and game chat, delivering a super‑wideband stereo path that keeps your game audio in stereo while...

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 update finally addresses one of the OS’s longest-running frustrations: Bluetooth headsets that sound great until you speak, at which point audio collapses into muffled, mono “telephone” quality. The update brings LE Audio support and the modern LC3 codec to the...

Microsoft says the next big leap for Windows audio isn't another sound driver tweak — it's a wholesale move to Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) Audio that promises high-fidelity, stereo playback while keeping a working microphone — a scenario that Classic Bluetooth technology has long struggled to...

Logitech’s next-generation MX Master 4 has leaked in near-complete form, and the early picture points to a measured, productivity-first evolution rather than a wholesale reinvention of the MX Master line — with haptic feedback, a new Actions Ring control, and a refined exterior leading the...

Microsoft has started testing a native Android-to-PC handoff in Windows 11—beginning with Spotify—so you can start a song or podcast on your phone and continue with a single click on your desktop, complete with a one‑click app install if Spotify isn’t already on your PC. The preview is rolling...