native windows apps

Microsoft has not announced a product called Windows 12, and developers should not be planning against a speculative API surface. The more consequential 2026 story is already shipping: Windows App SDK 2.2, Windows SDK build 10.0.28000.2270, and continuing Windows 11 platform work are changing...

Microsoft used Build 2026 in early June to tell Windows developers that WinUI is now the native production platform for modern Windows apps, while promising stability, lower memory use, new controls, and AI-assisted tooling rather than another UI-framework reset. That is not quite a banishment...

Microsoft is quietly setting the stage for one of the most consequential Windows 11 resets in years: a push to rebuild key inbox experiences as truly native apps rather than web-wrapped surfaces. The move, first reported through Microsoft-linked commentary and developer community coverage...

Microsoft’s latest recruiting signal suggests something many Windows users have been asking for all along: a return to real native apps. According to the company’s own public-facing messaging, the team is looking for developers who can build 100% native Windows experiences, not web-wrapped...