Most of all, Cortana notifications are now cross platform, so it doesn’t matter if you are using Android or iPhone you can see your notifications on all your devices. It can now easily identify flier numbers, shipping details, and other key information. Moreover, Cortana has also improved its tracking abilities. With this you can do basic stuff like controlling music, getting weather updates, etc., without actually unlocking your system.
With this update Cortana is now on your lock screen along with the taskbar. The Windows 10 virtual assistant Cortana has been improved to offer better services. Depending on your PC, you can customize up to fifteen different quick actions in the action center. Finally, you can now add, remove, or rearrange the quick actions in the action center. Moreover, you can set priorities for each app that send you the notifications in the Settings panel. The notification icon also displays the app badges with the number of unread notifications. The placement also makes it easy to click. For compatible apps, you can reply to messages directly from the notifications. The Notification icon on the taskbar has also been moved to the rightmost corner so that it is easy to differentiate from all the other icons. All the notifications you see in the Action center are now grouped according to the apps. In the Anniversary update the Action center received some much-needed attention and can now display content-rich notifications rather than generic text notifications. This new feature allows you to run bash shell and almost any other commands and/or binaries that you run on Ubuntu.
With this update the Windows Subsystem for Linux is now built into your Windows system.
In the past you had to enable the Developer option to install it. Linux Subsystem in Windowsīash on Ubuntu on Windows is one of the biggest features in the Anniversary update. Some other notable improvements include, but are not limited to, web notifications, click to play for Adobe flash content, the Paste and Go feature, and better bookmark organization. Hopefully we will see more extensions ported to the Edge browser. The good thing about Edge extensions are that they are quite similar to the Chrome extensions, which means that the Chrome developer can easily port their extensions over. Some of these extensions include Lastpass, Adblock, Evernote Web clipper and Amazon Assistant. There are currently a few extensions you can try. You can install the extensions directly from the Windows Store.
The Edge browser now has support for extensions. If you are using the Start Menu in full-screen mode, only then will you see a dedicated button to switch from the Windows 8 style Start menu to All Apps view. Instead, all your installed apps are now in a scrollable list right below the “Recently used” and “Most used” section. Also, there is no more “All Apps” button in the Start menu. You can add a few select folders to this menu from the Start Menu settings. The Start Menu now has a hamburger menu that houses all the quick access buttons like Settings, File Explorer, Power, etc., to the left. The first change you will notice is the slightly redesigned Start Menu.