mobile apps

Microsoft will begin retiring the lightweight Outlook Lite Android app on October 6, 2025, blocking new installs that day as it directs users toward the full Outlook mobile client and consolidates engineering around a single, feature-rich Android email experience. Background Outlook Lite...

In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, OpenAI's ChatGPT has emerged as a dominant force, significantly outpacing Microsoft's Copilot in user adoption and market penetration. Despite Microsoft's strategic partnership with OpenAI and its early entry into the AI assistant...

The English Premier League, watched by an audience estimated at over 1.8 billion globally and reaching fans in nearly 190 countries, is poised to transform fan engagement through a landmark five-year partnership with Microsoft. This alliance signals not only a technological leap forward for one...

Germany’s software market during the third quarter of 2024 stood out for its resilience and digital innovation, powered by the continued dominance of Google Search, Chrome, and Microsoft 365. As businesses and consumers deepened their reliance on digital tools, new data from Sensor Tower’s Web...

Australia’s digital ecosystem in late 2023 presented a landscape marked by fierce competition and remarkable innovation, where the country’s leading software brands jostled for dominance across websites and mobile apps. This period—Q4 2023—unveiled significant shifts in audience engagement...

In an unexpected twist that has delighted tech enthusiasts, Windows Phone 8.1 has received its first AI-powered chatbot application, named "Lumina." This development breathes new life into a platform that, despite being officially discontinued by Microsoft, continues to captivate a dedicated...

The news that Microsoft has officially shut down Skype on May 5, 2025, draws a line under a transformative chapter in the story of internet-based communication. For over two decades, Skype was not just a tool but an emblem of real-time connection, helping to shrink distances for families...

Microsoft’s latest Copilot update for Windows signals a significant evolutionary step in the quest to blend intelligent assistance directly into the desktop experience. With a core emphasis on usability, direct query access, and context-sensitive information, the refinement of Copilot’s...

Microsoft 365 has long been the trusty workhorse for productivity on Windows, whether you’re drafting a proposal in Word, crunching numbers in Excel, or coordinating projects via Outlook. But as free alternatives such as LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice continue to improve, many Windows users...

In a bold move to revolutionize mobile productivity, Microsoft has announced an exciting update for OneNote Mobile. The upcoming enhancement will leverage the power of Copilot to automatically extract key information from your photos and videos and convert it into organized notes. With an...

The ever-evolving world of AI is turning heads once again. Google’s Gemini Deep Research—an AI-powered research assistant originally launched for web users in December 2024—is now available on both iOS and Android platforms. This move not only broadens its user base but also places the tool in a...

Windows 11 users, rejoice—or at least take a deep breath. If you've ventured into the world of running mobile apps on your PC through the Windows Subsystem for Android™ (WSA), you might have hit a few road bumps along the way. From installation woes to constant crashes, the Amazon Appstore and...

With the Your Phone app on your PC, you can open and use apps from your Android device. Continue reading...

With the Galaxy Book Pro series, partners Samsung and Microsoft embrace open collaboration, building a new approach to mobile computing in which smartphones and PCs work together across operating systems. Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy Book, Galaxy Book Pro and Galaxy Book Pro 360, ultra-thin...

Today, we are excited to share the latest innovations in our partnership with Samsung, bringing together Samsung’s new devices for productivity with the best apps and services across Microsoft 365, Windows 10 and Xbox to help you across work and play. We know technology is more important...

I am extremely excited to announce the latest update of the UWP Community Toolkit, v2.2. The credit for this release, as always, goes to the community, who have continued to support and improve the toolkit for each release. V2.2 introduces a new Parsers package, new controls and helpers, and...

Jonathan Aviles and Jevon Grigg are product service advisors at the flagship Microsoft Store in New York If you are looking ahead to your summer plans, don’t forget to add technology to your travel checklist. Having the best technology and access to safe networks while traveling will ensure...

In August 2016, we introduced the open-source UWP Community Toolkit. It simplifies app development and enables developers to collaborate and contribute new capabilities on top of the Windows SDK for Windows 10. Developers can leverage the UWP Community Toolkit to build UWP apps for any Windows...

Link Removed Project Rome developers have had a month to play with Project Rome for Android SDK (Android SDK), and we hope you are as excited about its capabilities as we are! In this month’s release, we are thrilled to bring you support for app services. Before, we offered the ability to...

Mobile app attribution, different from traditional online attribution which uses things like cookies or pixel tags, is the method of measuring a user’s activities on an app. These activities could be an app install, making in-app purchases or completing a level within an app. This information is...