Microsoft also officially announced a new Windows 10
app preview program alongside today's two new test builds.
The app preview program is available for Microsoft Photos, Alarms & Clock, Feedback Hub, Windows Mixed Reality Viewer, Windows Camera, Microsoft Sticky Notes, Microsoft Tips, Paint 3D, Windows Calculator and Windows Voice Recorder.
Similar to Skip Ahead, it's my understanding that space is limited for these individual
app preview programs, so if you want it and it's available in the settings section of the app, you should sign up as soon as possible.
A few days ago, Microsoft started opening up individual
app preview programs.
At the time of writing this story, the Windows
App previews program is available for a small group of Insiders and core applications such as Windows Camera, Microsoft Photos.
This testing program is much like the Google Play Store beta app program and it could be launched as «Windows
App Previews program».
Not exact matches
With the NBC Nightly News iPad
app, teachers can
preview and share news stories from the previous night's
program.
To download the new technical
preview, you'll need to grab it through the Windows Insider
app after signing up for the Windows Insider
preview program.
Now through the Windows
App Preview Program, Insiders in any ring can opt - in to
preview individual
apps.
To join the
Preview Program, open the Google Home
app on your phone, and go to Settings, where you'll find the option to join and await the next
preview release.
Use the
app's
program guide to
preview all your upcoming shows, all with no subscription or monthly fees.
The
app also includes a
program guide to
preview upcoming shows and movies, as well as pause and rewind live TV for up to an hour.
Getting into the
program requires that users of the phone visit the local Play Store and download the LG OS
preview app.
Amazon today also opened up the Alexa Skills Skill to developers who want to build voice
apps for the region, and invited hardware developers working with Alexa Voice Services to join a developer
preview program.
And finally, lest you fear that providing feedback via the Windows Insider
preview program is relative to shouting into the void, take note: During Build, Microsoft announced that it will be moving UI elements for its core Outlook Mail and Calendar
apps back to the bottom of the screen on Windows Phone.
Applying to join the
program is fairly easy and can be done in just a handful of steps, beginning first with turning on any device you have a Chromecast plugged into, then going into the Google Cast
app and tapping on the devices tab, then device settings, and finally on «
preview program,» which should be listed unless Google is no longer accepting new members.
According to Windows Central, the company is now working out a method for users to
preview app updates without the need to sign up for the Insider
Program.
Here's a quick overview of how to manage your games and
apps using the Windows 10 Anniversary Update version of the Xbox One, currently available in the Xbox
preview program.
The
preview version of Windows 10 can be installed on a supported device through an
app called Windows Insider after joining the Insider
program and logging with Microsoft credentials on the phone.
Windows
App Preview program is however available for Insiders only, all you need to do is join the insiders testing program and enroll into any ring, and you can receive the app updates without having to install new preview versions of the operating syst
App Preview program is however available for Insiders only, all you need to do is join the insiders testing
program and enroll into any ring, and you can receive the
app updates without having to install new preview versions of the operating syst
app updates without having to install new
preview versions of the operating system.
During a development cycle, inbox
apps - the
apps that come pre-installed on Windows 10 - usually target the upcoming feature update, so if you opt into one of these
programs, you still won't get the same
preview app on a production build of Windows as you would on the Fast ring.
Now through the Windows
App Preview Program, Insiders in any ring can opt - in to
preview individual
apps,» Microsoft's Dona Sarkar and Brandon LeBlanc explained.
To register for the Nougat
preview on the Galaxy S7 or S7 edge, you'll need an active Samsung Account, and you'll also have to download the Galaxy Beta
Program app from the Galaxy
Apps store, or the Samsung Members
app, which is available from Galaxy
Apps or via the Google Play store.
The new
program — information about which leaked over this past weekend — allows Windows Insider testers to opt in to
preview individual
apps, rather than having to be part of the «Skip Ahead» ring to get the latest
app updates.
In fact, Microsoft was so fond of the word «
preview», it decided to create such a
program for individual
apps.
App updates will be frozen, and Insiders can opt into
preview programs for individual
apps to keep receiving those updates.
Although the
preview program option is not yet live in the Google Cast application, we expect that there will soon be either a server - side update or perhaps a full
app update to allow enrollment.
According to the support page, you will be able to use the Google Cast
app to enroll in the
preview program by following the steps below:
With the Windows
App Preview Program, Microsoft will make it easier for everyone to beta test
apps, this means Windows Insider rolled in any ring can opt - in to
preview new version of the applications.
Microsoft has quietly announced a
preview program for
apps such as Windows Camera, in other words, anyone interested in Windows Camera can enroll into its beta
program and test the new
app versions before everyone else.
If you're on the Xbox One
preview program, you are now able to send voice messages in the messages
app.
The major change to the
app is the name to Windows Insider, matching the name of the desktop
preview program.
Windows Phone users enrolled in the
App Studio or Developer
program can now download the Windows Phone 8.1 GDR1
preview (also known as Update 1).
At least that's the word from Thurrott.com, which spotted that there is a new
preview program available for the Camera, Photos, Alarm & Clock, Feedback Hub, Tips, and some other integrated Windows 10
apps.
Thurrott spotted that several inbox Windows 10
apps now have the option to
preview new features, even if the user isn't part of the Insider
Program.
However, these
apps are initially available through a
preview program, just as their Android tablet versions.
Members of the Xbox One
preview program that are also using Windows 10 will get to check out some new features on both the console and the Xbox beta
app sometime next week.
The first
preview version of the new
app will be released to those on the Windows Insider
Program «in the coming weeks», and will include these features: