March 31 (Portaltic/EP) –
Microsoft has included a new option in the latest update of Windows 11 for Insiders with which users can download free apps and games directly from Microsoft Store search results without having to access the product.
The company has released its latest Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25330 for the Canary channelwhich includes updates related to the Microsoft application store, as well as some changes and improvements in design aspects.
Among the new features of this update is the option to install free apps and games directly from the app store search results. In this way, the download of the ‘apps’ is facilitated in a more accessible way, without having to navigate through the application or game page itself.
To do this, as Microsoft explains in a statement from your blogthe user will only have to hover over the app you want to download among the results options that appear on the search page. After that, a window with application information and an install button.
Once this button has been pressed, the installation will be activated automatically. In addition, during the download process of the ‘app’ in this same window also appears the option to cancel or pause the download.
Following this thread, Windows has also updated the Microsoft store layout when buying apps. In this case, the styles of the dialog that appears in the development of the purchase “is better align with Windows 11″, as indicated by the company itself, to offer the user “a more pleasant payment experience”.
Likewise, the User interface desing of the chart that appears in the Microsoft store for rate and rate the app. Now displays a “faster, more reliable” rating experience that’s better aligned with the Windows 11 style.
As for other OS updates, the company has introduced Settings page changes for wheel or circular marker devices, such as the Surface Dial design activity plugin, which opens in the ‘Settings’ app under the ‘Bluetooth & devices’ tab. Now this page is better aligns with Windows 11 design principlesas detailed by Microsoft.
On the other hand, with this update the ‘print screen’ key will open the ‘Snipping Tool’ by default. Also, in the course of encrypting a drive with BitLocker the user will be able to minimize the encryption process dialog.
These Windows 11 news are part of the Canary channel preview build, so they are still in testing before they are released to users in general.