Windows 8.1 leaked build video shows off new features and tweaks
Windows 8.1 leaked build video shows off new features and tweaks
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A video of the leaked build of Windows 8.1
has been airlifted and dropped on to the World Wide Web. This time
around, a host of new features and tweaks to the OS are being showed
off. Much to the disappointment of the rumour mongers, no start button is returning with Windows 8.1, or at least that is what the video indicates.
The tweaks Windows 8.1 supposedly brings include better SkyDrive
integration, a new apps list and tweaks to searching on the start
screen. Other changes include a new option to connect to a wireless
display, new touchpad options in settings, detailed Ease of Access
settings, and a 'Save Files to SkyDrive by default' setting for the
documents.
Finally, we see better SkyDrive integration within the operating system, the lack of which
had us fairly flummoxed till now. It appears that Windows 8.1 will add a
Files app that will let you access all files on the local storage as
well as on SkyDrive. Surely, this will make uploading and syncing a lot
smoother.
The new apps list can now be accessed by
a new button that sits on the bottom left of the start screen. Windows 8
had received fair criticism for how apps were allowed to be searched,
and why all apps didn’t show in the apps list. This will hopefully solve
that problem in Windows 8.1. Apps can now be listed in the most used,
date installed or alphabetical order.
Sync has now added more options that can
be backed up for your account online – start screen layout, browser
settings, mouse/touchpad settings and even file explorer settings.
We must specify that Windows Blue,
a.k.a. Windows 8.1 is still under development, and any and all features
you see here are bound to still get tweaks. This is by no means what
the final OS update may look like. But then again, who doesn’t like a
good rumour to start the day?
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