WW 971: Texas English - Where Does Xbox Go Next?

About this episode

The episode discusses potential updates to Windows 11, Xbox gaming news, and various tech industry developments.

Microsoft might finally give power users what they've been demanding: the ability to move the Windows 11 taskbar wherever they want. Plus, 3 major new chapters in Paul's next book, and a strange pick that solves his big issue with Windows Spotlight. Windows 11 Potentially good news for the 13 people who want to move the Taskbar to a different screen side Beta (but not Dev) with one new "feature" Release Preview for 24H2/25H2 with emoji 16.0, QMR improvements, network speed test, pan and tilt controls for compatible cameras, widgets improvements, more Lenovo revenues up 18% to $22.2 billion AI/Dev Google announces 30-second audio generation Google sets a date for I/O 2026, but where in the Carmen Diego is Build 2026? Android 17 Beta is here with an even shorter runway With '26.3 out, Apple releases '26.4 Beta 1s Xbox and gaming Phil Spencer is always in the spotlight, but he's been on the down-low for months Some hints for the future coming GDC 2026 Kingdom Come Deliverance II, Witcher 3 , more coming to Xbox Game Pass Avowed comes to the PlayStation 5 along with the Anniversary Update Microsoft is retiring user-created Xbox social clubs NVIDIA GeForce Now comes to Amazon Fire TV…

People in this episode

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, Richard Campbell

Topics covered

• Windows 11 updates
• Xbox gaming news
• AI developments
• Tech industry insights
• Productivity tips

Keywords

• Windows 11
• Xbox
• AI
• gaming
• Microsoft
• Lenovo
• Google
• NVIDIA
• Bing Wallpaper

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Microsoft, Lenovo, Google, NVIDIA

Products: Windows 11, Xbox Game Pass, Bing Wallpaper, Lot 40 100% Pot Still Rye

Books & works: Kingdom Come Deliverance II, Witcher 3, Avowed

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