Or click the little down-arrow button to see thumbnails of all of them at once.
Tab previews! Point to a tab without clicking to see a miniature of the window it represents. You can also navigate the Windows 10 setup process by voice. Once you’ve left your PC unused for at least 10 seconds, you can say, “Hey, Cortana” to see Cortana’s full-screen mode, where text is big enough to read from across the room. ( Here’s the complete list.) To learn what commands an app can understand, type its name into Cortana.įull-screen Cortana. More apps can respond to Cortana commands, including Netflix ( NFLX), Hulu, Twitter ( TWTR), Pandora ( P), and so on. You can even ask Cortana, “What song is this?” You can also adjust your computer’s playback volume by voice, and play/pause/skip tracks from the iHeartRadio and TuneIn apps. You can now turn off, lock, restart, or sleep your PC computer with a voice command to Cortana. to buy the party pizza,” or “Remind me about my anniversary once a year.” So you can say, for example, “Remind me every Friday at 5 p.m. Microsoft’s voice assistant now understands your requests for recurring reminders. In Settings -> Apps and features, you can now restrict Windows 10 to running apps that came from the Windows Store-and, in theory, have been proven to be safe by Microsoft. Night Light changes the screen tones from blue to warmer ones, on the theory that blue light messes up your sleep juice before bed. You’re no longer limited to a handful of shades.ĭownloadable themes (desktop wallpaper photos with associated color schemes) in the Microsoft Store.
More control over accent colors (title bars, Start menu, taskbar, action center) for example, you can specify any color you like. Privacy settings for your apps’ access to your location, calendar, typing, and so on are now listed individually.
But it’s better than no safety net at all. It takes about 30 seconds for the computer to notice that you’re gone, so it’s not what you’d call Fort Knox security. If you pair your smartphone (even an iPhone) with your PC using Bluetooth and turn this feature on, then the PC locks automatically when you walk away with your phone. Volume and brightness sliders now appear in the Action Center, saving you a click or two every time you tweak them.ĭynamic lock. That’s an unenhancement for most people.Īction Center updates. Another win for common sense.Ĭontrol Panel is gone from the Start menu contextual menu. You’ve just created a tile that, when clicked, sprouts tiles showing its contents. Just drag one tile atop another to create a new folder. (You do that in Settings -> Personalize -> Start.)įolders in the tiled area of your Start menu. On the other hand, you can hide that list of apps, so that the entire Start menu is made of tiles.
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