Windows 11 will restore previously installed apps from the Microsoft Store to a new PC.
This feature should make it much easier for Windows 11 users to set up a new Windows PC. Instead of having to search for each application in the library and then reinstall it, it will now be possible in one click to choose to restore all the applications to the new device. According to Microsoft, this feature will be tested soon in a Windows Insider channel.
“In order to make the transition to a new PC easier, quickly and seamlessly, we will soon be testing a new feature in the Windows Insider Channel that will help users automatically restore their previously installed apps from the Microsoft Store to their new Windows device. says Giorgio Sardo, General Manager of the Microsoft Store, on the Windows Developer Blog.
How it works ?
Beyond the users, this solution also suits the developers: they will no longer need to remind their users to download their application again.
The new option will be available on the Microsoft Store. It will appear as a list of application icons installed on an existing Windows PC. Users will then have the option to select Restore Allor select the apps you want and then restore them to the new device.
With this novelty, the software giant hopes to push the discovery of applications in the Microsoft Store, and thus enlist more developers. As a reminder, the app store didn’t even offer Microsoft Teams until this month.
The Microsoft Store is expanding
Microsoft revamped the Microsoft Store when it launched Windows 11 in October, promising at the time that Adobe Creative Cloud, Disney+, TikTok, Zoom, Teams, Visual Studio, Notepad and Paint would be available.
Microsoft Store today includes ACDSee Gemstone, Adobe Express, Audacity, Canva, Course Hero, Discord, Drawboard PDF, Epic Games, Firefox, Luminar Neo, Luminar AI, Mailchimp, Meitu XiuXiu, Microsoft Teams, OpenOffice, Paramount+, PuTTY , WinZip and Zoom, lists Giorgio Sardo.
In February, as regulators considered Microsoft’s massive acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Microsoft released its principles for the Open App Store, which include the rule that developers are not required to use its payment system. for in-app purchases and a commitment not to favor its own apps over third-party rivals. Microsoft will continue to allow apps to be downloaded from the internet.
New for developers
At the Build 2022 conference last week, Microsoft removed the Microsoft Store waitlist for Win32 app developers, allowing app developers in .NET, C++, Electron, Flutter, Qt, Rust , etc. to immediately submit their apps for distribution in its app store.
Win32 app developers can limit app visibility on the Microsoft Store for pre-release beta testing. Developers benefit from new analytics dashboards to see how users are acquired, app usage, telemetry data, and install analytics. Developers will also be able to respond to reviews of Win32 apps.
Microsoft has released several new tools for Progressive Web App (PWA) developers, including a new Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension that lets you build, package, and publish PWAs to the Microsoft Store from within Visual Studio.
Microsoft Store Ads
To further appeal to developers, Microsoft today announced the launch of Microsoft Store Ads, which serves to serve ads to users based on their interests, such as music.
“In the coming months, developers will be able to create ad campaigns in the Microsoft Store using Microsoft Advertising. Only developers who have published content on the Store will be able to launch advertising campaigns, which ensures that the ads are contextual for customers,” explains Giorgio Sardo.
Finally, Microsoft is expanding the preview of the Amazon Appstore – the only place from which Android apps for Windows 11’s Android subsystem can be installed – from the US only to France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the UK. This will be done by the end of the year.
Source: ZDNet.com