![]() ![]() ![]() People who have a Windows 10 device with a touchscreen can now write notes and make Cortana translate them into reminders. Users will get a notification of those events two hours before they start, along with information about how to get there. Uber users will be able to request a ride from the car-haling service through Cortana, and track their car's progress through the digital assistant's screen. That sort of syncing is common across all of Edge's competitors, but wasn't available when the browser launched.Ĭortana users will see new reminders for movies and other ticketed events they've received confirmation for in their email. Users will now get previews of pages in other tabs by hovering their cursors over the tab bar. What's more, users will also be able to sync their Favorites and saved articles in their Reading Lists. Microsoft Edge, the new web browser that was rolled out with Windows 10, also received a handful of useful updates. It's an important move for the company, considering that Skype is competing with a slew of other messaging apps, including the Hangouts app that Google builds into Android, and Apple's iMessage and FaceTime apps that are built into Macs, iPhones and iPads.Ī screenshot showing the new tab preview feature in Microsoft Edge running on Windows 10. In addition to running on PCs and tablets, those new apps will also be released for Windows 10 Mobile. Those apps do exactly what their names imply - they allow users to connect to other people through Skype's messaging, voice and video calling capabilities. They're the replacement for the Windows 8 Skype app that Microsoft discontinued a couple months ago, and will be available to consumers broadly in a subsequent update to Windows 10 coming later this year. The company released a new beta of Windows 10 Monday morning that includes new Messaging, Phone and Skype video apps. Now, it seems that Skype integration with the new OS will be coming soon, thanks to apps Microsoft is trying out on early adopters who get beta builds of Windows 10. ![]() Microsoft promised a lot of things in the run-up to the launch of Windows 10 and delivered many of them (especially for consumers) in time for the operating system's release on July 29.
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