While some are seeing blank tiles or broken tiles for some of the Windows Store apps, after upgrading their Windows 8 to Windows 8.1, yet many others are seeing an Arrow - Down sign in the bottom right corner of their Windows
Store app tiles on their Start Screen.
Several users seem to be facing a problem where, after upgrading their systems from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1, they were left with dead or broken shortcuts to their Modern UI or Windows
Store app tiles, on their Windows 8.1 Start Screen.
Several users seem to be facing a problem where, after upgrading their systems from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1, they were left with dead or broken shortcuts to their Modern UI or Windows
Store app tiles, on their Windows 8.1 -LSB-...]
Not exact matches
Find out with Smile
Tiles, a new matching game that hit
app stores this week.
Tiled along the bottom of the home screen are nine customizable shortcuts, which are, by default, Chrome, Gmail, Google Maps, Play
Store,
Apps, News Place, Books Place, Toshiba File Manager and Settings.
People ain't buying it and manufacturers ain't making it, even though Windows
Store apps and large Live
Tiles were created with tablets in mind.
Your recently used games and
apps are shown in the
tiled area and at the end of that
tiled area there is a section called library where all your games are
stored so that you do nt have 20 or 30 games clogging up your main screen.
Today you could mistake it for any number of
tile - matching puzzlers that pad out the iPhone
App Store.
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We've got more improvements coming in future
app updates that will be delivered through the
Store Beta including a Live
Tile showing what's currently playing, pinning favorites to your Start screen, exploring the full catalog and listening to Radio with an Xbox Music Pass, support for Kids Corner, the ability to shop for music in the
Store Beta, and more.
As a result of a metered network connection,
apps you acquired from the Microsoft
Store will stop updating, the Start menu may stop showing live updates in
tiles, and offline files may stop syncing to the cloud automatically.
We have fixed this issue with updated versions of the
apps (17.4016.42291.0) available in the Windows
Store Beta (grey
tile).
The Windows
Store will pause downloading
apps — including updates for
apps — and live
tiles on your Start screen won't update.
Windows Insiders can download the Music Preview and Video Preview
apps directly from the
Store Beta (grey
tile) in the latest build of the Windows 10 Technical Preview.
System
apps typically do not have flipping Live
Tiles, which is maybe why the
Store and Xbox Music
apps did not have them.
This
app from Windows
Store allows you design your own clock live
tile on the Windows 8's Start Screen.
Most Windows 8 users know by now how to pin or unpin Start Screen
tile shortcuts for Windows
Store apps.
The
Store's live
tile will show you current
apps that it's featuring along with their prices and ratings.
The new
app, which starts its rollout in the Windows
Store today, appears to be a UWP web
app with a few Windows 10 integrations such as a Live
Tile and toast notifications.
Whenever updates are available for any of the Windows
apps, you will see a notification (numeral) on the Windows
Store tile on your start screen.
In Windows 8, you can remove a single Windows
Store app by right - clicking the
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As you install
apps from the Microsoft
Store, more dynamic
tiles may appear.
Microsoft's also rolling out a new conversion tool that transforms Win32 (read: traditional desktop) software — including games — into the Universal Windows Platform (UWP)
apps, with support for Live
Tiles, automatic updating through the Windows
Store, and more.
This library allows to easily build and send
tile, toast and badge notifications for Windows
Store apps.
The Windows 8 Start Screen displays
Tiles, that allow you quick access to your favorite Windows
Store apps or installed software.
If you've already upgraded another PC using the same Microsoft account, you'll see
tiles for the Windows
Store apps you have installed on that other PC (marked with a little download icon); tap on them to install the
apps.
You won't see an «Uninstall» option because the
tiles are just links that take you to the Windows
Store where you can download the
app.
There are already a handful of options in the Play
Store, including simple things like a weather
tile and a much more robust, fully - customizable
app called Custom Quick Settings.
We fixed an issue where if you changed your display language preference to something other than the machine's default then any
app which did not take an update while also getting the updated language resource package from the
Store would end up continuing to display its
tile in Start in that default language rather than the new language displayed within the
app and other system UI.
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On the right, are
app tiles, which usually open Windows
Store apps.
Speaking of Live
tiles, the WP
Store app now offers a Live
tile of its own when pinned to the Start screen.
We made it easier for you to see the latest info about the latest
apps and games available in the Windows Phone
Store through its Live
Tile.
The Windows
Store tile is also animated now, providing constant
app recommendations.
Other new features in Update 1 are
Apps Corner, SMS merge and forwarding, Snooze Times, Improvements in IE,
Store Live
Tile, and more.
In a rare update in the
Store, Amazon introduces a «Chasable» Live
Tile for its Windows 10
app, which means you can now go straight to the advertised product if you click on the
Tile.
In Addition to these main features, the latest version also brings home screen improvements, better
app store, Internet Explorer 11, sense
apps, updated lockscreen and custom
tile backgrounds.
Once in the UWP environment, however, they are positioned to be distributed through the Windows
Store, provide push notifications, integrate with Cortana, use Live
Tiles, run background tasks and access other
app services.
These
apps with Live
Tiles are ideal for tasks like Weather, the
Store, News, Sports, Photos, Twitter where you want to be able to peek at what is new without opening the
app.
The
Tile of the Windows Phone
Store is now Live, showing info about popular and new
app and games in every 6 hours.
Installing the Spotify
app from the
Store will automatically uninstall the traditional Desktop client, and visually improve the
app's
tile on the Start Screen if you have pinned it.
Moving forward, I'd like to see the Xbox One support Live
Tiles in some form, which not only makes
apps like MSN Weather far more useful, but ist still one of the best overall features of Windows
Store apps.
The YouTube video gives a good overview of the Lumia 650's features, such as its 5 - inch HD display and its use of Windows 10 Mobile with Live
Tiles, free Office
apps and access to the Windows
Store of
apps.