Some of you may have noticed that Microsoft has made changes to the number of Microsoft Rewards points required to exchange for a Microsoft Gift Card. The amount of points needed for redemption may have increased up to 30% in some regions and for some accounts.

Microsoft announced in a blog post that the Windows Backup app wrongly appeared in the Enterprise versions. After installing the news update, it won't bother you.

Snapdragon X Elite products that will run on the new version of Windows are set to launch in mid-2024. Furthermore, Samsung is developing their own Galaxy Book4 Edge that will be powered by Snapdragon X Elite. A recent benchmark has revealed that the device will feature exciting performance upgrades.

In a statement to Windows Latest, Microsoft announced that it is temporarily halting the QR code ads experiment on the Windows 11 lock screen, aimed at promoting its products and services, including Copilot.

Windows 11 will get an AI explorer feature which will record and help you search through all the previous actions you performed on your PC, thus making every moment searchable and retractable.

Microsoft has been known for discontinuing products that don't generate enough revenue after their launch. Recently, Microsoft announced that it will be shutting down the Windows Subsystem for Android, which seems to be due to the Microsoft Store's inability to generate sufficient revenue.

Microsoft recently released an update, Windows 10 KB5001716, which is intended to upgrade Windows versions that are approaching the end of their support cycle. However, there have been reports from our readers and our own tests that this update may fail to install.

In the Windows 11 Beta build 22635.3276, the Copilot pane will open when you hover the mouse pointer over it. However, the Copilot pane will only open in 'peek mode' when you hover on it.

Microsoft has recently updated its support document to confirm that the Windows Subsystem for Android is being discontinued. This means that the feature that allowed users to run Android applications and games on their PC, which was one of the main features of Windows 11.

StatCounter's report shows that Windows 10 gained almost 1% market share between January 2024 and February 2024. Windows 10's desktop market share climbed from 66.74% in January to 67.26% in February 2024.

Microsoft Copilot has recently introduced a new feature called "Create Copilot GPTs" for its Copilot Pro subscribers. This feature, which is currently being rolled out to some users, enables them to make their own custom GPTs in just a few minutes.

Some users may encounter difficulties when installing the Windows 11 KB5034848 update, which is necessary to activate the optional Windows 11 Moment 5 features. Additionally, upon reboot, this update can cause explorer.exe to crash.

Microsoft's Copilot supports plugins to improve search results. You can use one or multiple plugins in the Copilot window. Try these three new plugins: Suno, Adobe Express, and Spotify.

Windows 11 24H2 will have "hotpatching", a new feature available in Windows Server builds. Hotpatching allows monthly updates to be installed without restarting the system. Microsoft will patch the code of running processes in memory without restarting the process.

File Explorer in Windows 11 is slower than its Windows 10 version. It remains unclear when Microsoft will improve the speed of the 'modern' File Explorer. However, disabling the automatic folder discovery feature could be useful when opening large folders.