Microsoft Ends Location History API in Windows 11: What This Means for Your Privacy
Microsoft’s ongoing push for a leaner, privacy-focused Windows 11 experience has taken another decisive step. With the upcoming Windows 11 24H2 update (build 26100.712), Microsoft will retire the location history...
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Microsoft has just rolled out Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27813 to the Canary Channel, signifying the company’s ongoing commitment to refining its next-generation operating system through a constant stream of small, targeted updates. For those closely watching the development of Windows 11...
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Windows 11 Canary Build 27813 Update Delivers Crucial Audio, Color, and Settings Fixes
Microsoft's latest preview release for Windows 11 Insiders—Canary build 27813—has landed with a focused agenda: resolving persistent audio issues, refining color management, and streamlining system settings...
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Windows location service is one of those features that spend most of their time quietly humming in the background—mapping points, ensuring your Cortana answers don’t include recommendations for Korean barbecue 3,000 miles away, and helping you find your laptop when it develops a case of...
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Windows 11, the latest flagship OS from Microsoft, is sleek, pretty, highly configurable—and, like just about everything in modern computing, just a tad too curious about where you are. The operating system’s interest in your whereabouts isn’t unique (hello, iPhones and Androids!), but maybe you...
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Microsoft's latest Insider Preview, Build 27813, delivered to the Canary channel, is turning heads with a mix of subtle fixes and a few intriguing removals. In this build, Microsoft officially says goodbye to the Location History feature—a relic from a bygone era of Cortana integration—and...
In a bold move toward enhanced user privacy, Microsoft has discontinued the Location History feature from both Windows 10 and Windows 11. This decision, which removes a long-standing method for apps like Cortana to tap into a device’s location history, marks a significant shift in Microsoft’s...
In a bold move towards enhanced user privacy, Microsoft has announced the elimination of a long-standing Windows function that once provided a detailed record of your device’s location history. This change, affecting both Windows 10 and Windows 11, signals a pivotal shift in how Microsoft...
Microsoft has recently announced a significant change that will affect Windows users across both Windows 10 and Windows 11. Beginning February 12, 2025, the company will discontinue its Windows location history feature—a capability that has historically allowed applications like Cortana to...
Microsoft has announced a significant change for Windows users and developers alike. In a move aimed at streamlining privacy and data management, the company is deprecating the Location History feature—a tool that, until now, allowed apps such as Cortana to access a rolling 24-hour cache of your...
In a move that signals further evolution (and a bit of pruning) of Windows 11, Microsoft has announced the deprecation of its Location History feature. While 2023 and 2024 brought sweeping changes for Windows, 2025 is already marking its territory with a series of updates, and this one’s bound...
In a notable move aimed at privacy and streamlining the operating system, Microsoft has begun deprecating a long-standing Windows 11 feature: the Location History API. This change, unveiled in the latest Windows 11 preview build for Dev and Beta insiders, marks yet another pivot towards...
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