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Coming into today's Windows 10 event, we already knew a lot about
Microsoft's latest and greatest. The company explained the thinking
behind its new OS back in September, and the Technical Preview has been
available for months. The core change comes in the form of a revitalized
desktop experience -- one that puts the best of Windows 7 and 8 into a
single package. Windows will also now better match the convertible
devices Microsoft is pushing, with a
consistent UI across all platforms, but there's a whole lot more to explore here,
including some features detailed today for the first time. Let's take a
closer look.
Cortana
If you've been following Windows Phone at all, you'll know what Cortana is: Microsoft's take on a personal digital assistant. The mobile version offers features that are a mix between Siri and Google Now, but The PC version has a few added benefits. Cortana plugs into Windows search, meaning if you ask for "PowerPoint slides about the charity account," it'll search your computer and OneDrive accounts for relevant files. Microsoft is really pushing its natural-language and transcription abilities -- onstage, Cortana was asked to "show photos from December," which it happily (and quickly) did, and also transcribed and sent an email entirely through voice commands.
New, universal apps
Perhaps the biggest news, though, even if it doesn't benefit the
majority of Windows users -- is that Windows apps will now be universal
and run across PC, tablet,phone .
That doesn't mean PC users won't be getting new apps as well. Microsoft
blazed through a load of new apps for Windows. Most are refreshes of
existing offerings, although there's an entirely new Office suite that
includes a new version of Outlook, which uses the Word engine for
composing or displaying emails, and a refreshed Photos app. The biggest
new addition, though? Project Spartan.
Project Spartan
As early reports suggested, Project Spartan is a new browser for Windows 10, entirely separate from Internet
Explorer. Sure there's a very clean, almost Chrome-like design, and a
brand-new rendering engine, but the focus here is on social sharing. You
can highlight and annotate websites before sharing them with friends,
kind of like having Skitch built right into your browser. There's also
Cortana integration and a reading view that, much like Pocket, lets you
read pages offline.
Gaming
there's a new Xbox app for PC and tablet that lets you
access your activity feed, messages and friends list. It'll even
display information on games in third-party clients like Steam.
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