What's new in Windows 11?

Microsoft made?Windows 11 available on Oct. 5. People always says, "The newer, The better". Before you?decide whether or not to install the new OS, let's check the minimum requirements and who can get the update.

What are the minimum requirements?

The list of compatible PCs is frankly a little narrower than I would have expected. The base requirements are a 64-bit processor, 4GB of memory, 64GB of storage, UEFI secure boot and?TPM (trusted platform module) 2.0. It's that last one that gets tricky for some people, especially on cheaper laptops. If you've got a CPU older than a seventh-gen Intel Core series (we're up to 11th-gen now), you might be in trouble. If you want to check,?use the Microsoft PC Health Check app. ?

How do you get Windows 11?

Windows 11 is available on a rolling basis as a free upgrade to most Windows 10 users. If you have Windows 8,?you'll have to get the free upgrade to Windows 10 first, then download Windows 11. There are workarounds for installing Windows 11 anyway, but proceed with those at your own risk.

PROS

• Beautiful, more consistent new design
• Great window layout options
• New video game options
• Better multi-monitor functionality
• New performance-improving features
• Planned support for Android apps

?CONS

• Requires a recent CPU
• Some interface changes may take getting used to
• Some useful tools going away, like Timeline and certain tablet gestures?

Windows 11 integrates Microsoft Teams chat directly into the Taskbar, which is designed to let you text and video call friends just as seamlessly as you would using iMessage and FaceTime on a Mac. There are just two problems: The integration isn’t quite as neat as Apple’s version, and, well…it’s Microsoft Teams.

What’s new for Developers:

According to Microsoft blog, Five key areas has been improved in Windows 11:?

• The new Microsoft Store;
• Improvements in end-to-end Web development;
• New features coming for native Windows apps;
• The Fluent design system and WinUI; and
• What’s new for game developers.

Among them, let’s focus on “Dev tools to improve Web and native Windows app development”.

With Windows 11, with the new?PWABuilder3, you can build a?PWA?from your web app in minutes. The evergreen?WebView2?runtime is also included with Windows 11 making it easier to take advantage of its web platform as a performant and secure way to build hybrid web apps. Of course, you can continue to use powerful developer offerings like Windows Terminal and the new?Microsoft Edge DevTools?as they are now in-box.

The?Windows App SDK, formerly known as Project Reunion, will make it easier for you to integrate Windows 11 features into your apps while still enabling you to reach more than 1B users on Windows 10. You can use the Windows App SDK 0.8 Stable release (still called Project Reunion in the NuGet package and Visual Studio Marketplace). In this release you will find stability updates for WinUI3 and support for developing for Visual Studio 16.10. The Windows App SDK 1.0 will be released later this year.

You can also build apps that run natively on Windows on ARM with the new ARM64 Emulation Compatible ABI. Using the ARM64EC, you can mix native ARM and emulated x64 code in the same process or module. This interoperability means you can optimize your app to run on Windows on ARM even if your app has x64 dependencies or loads x64 plugins you don’t control.

What are advantages for gamers:

According to TomsGuide, there are certain advantages for gamers.

Windows 11 means deeper Xbox integration

Integration is the first main feature, as Windows 11 will ship with a built-in Xbox app that will let you jump right into your Xbox Game Pass (for PC) games. Xbox head Phil Spencer has spoken about Xbox as a platform or service in the past and integrating Xbox directly into Windows 11 goes a long way to living up to that philosophy.?

Faster loading times from SSD

Both Xbox Series systems feature ultra-fast load times thanks to the way they're designed to pull data from their NVMe M.2 SSDs, and Windows 11 will include a similar feature. Its DirectStorage API will allow for quicker game load times on PC, provided your rig has an SSD installed. Some PCs already enjoy snappy load times, so this feature might be negligible for certain users. But the fact Microsoft wants its Windows gaming experience to be on par with Xbox benefits everyone.

Better, easier HDR

Auto-HDR isn’t a flashy feature like DirectStorage or Xbox Game Pass integration, but its inclusion in Windows 11 will eliminate the frustration caused by trying to use HDR on Windows 10. HDR isn’t a universal feature in games, meaning you have to manually enable it for HDR-compatible titles. You could theoretically leave HDR on, but Windows 10 appears washed out when it’s enabled outside of gaming. Games lacking HDR are also less than appealing with the feature enabled. This is why auto-HDR is such a welcome feature. Once you enable it, it will automatically (via AI) improve the color range of non-HDR games to make it look like they're running in HDR.

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