Chrome will soon get support for hardware media keys on Windows

Chrome on Windows is getting a feature Edge doesn’t currently support: the use of its hardware media keys. Google Chrome Engineer Becca Hughes announced on chromium.org that Chrome 73 will be adding support for Media Session API in Windows and Chrome OS. In theory, this means you can control sites like YouTube using the hardware keys available on some keyboards as well as possibly Windows 10 pop-up media bar. This feature isn’t currently available to Edge, but Microsoft’s browser should get it too once it switches its rendering engine to Chromium.

Source: MSPowerUser

Microsoft to end support for Windows 10 Mobile in December

The time has come to say goodbye to your Windows 10 Mobile device. Microsoft has stopped developing new features or hardware for Windows 10 Mobile back in 2017. Now, the company is ready to end support for security and software updates. Starting December 10, 2019, Microsoft will no longer issue these updates. The company is recommending its users to switch to Android or iOS. After it pulls support in December though, device backups for settings and some apps will continue to run for three more months until March 10, 2020. Microsoft also notes “some services including photo uploads and restoring a device from an existing device backup may continue to work for up to another 12 months from end of support.”

Source: The Verge

Microsoft revamps user interface for its Windows 10 Camera

Maybe you still use your Windows 10 machine to take photos. If you do, you’re getting a new interface. The new version moves the hamburger menu to the left, while the menu to take photos, videos, and panorama is moved to the right and now has elements of fluent design. There’s a new Pro Mode you can turn on or off as well. On top of that there are new “corrections and improvements.” This app version is currently being tested by Windows 10 Insiders on the Fast and Skip Ahead Rings.

Source: MSPoweruser

Microsoft creates Windows Sandbox to help test untrusted .exe files

Microsoft wants to help out business and power users with a new feature it’s launching for Windows 10 Pro and Windows 10 Enterprise. Instead of needing to set up virtual machines to check out unknown apps, Microsoft will let users launch apps in an isolated desktop environment with Windows Sandbox. This creates a temporary desktop environment that designed to be secure and disposable. Once you’re done running an app, the entire sandbox will be disposed. While it doesn’t need a virtual machine, it’ll require virtualization capabilities be enabled in the BIOS.

It creates a lightweight (100MB) installation of Windows to run an app. It makes use of Windows own hypervisor to create a separate kernel that’s isolated from the host PC. Windows 10 testers will get to try out this new feature once build 18305 arrives.

Source: The Verge