Today we are excited to release Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16251
for PC to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring! The same build will be
available for Insiders who opted in to Skip Ahead.
We are also releasing Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview Build 15235 to
Insiders in the Fast ring. We won’t have a new Windows Server Insider
Preview build for Windows Insiders this week.
What’s New in Build 16251 For PC
Windows lets you link your phone and PC
Windows lets you link your phone and PC
You may remember at Build we talked about PCs and phones working better
together. With Build 16251, we are introducing the first set of features
that enable “linking” your phone to your PC. This build’s scenario is
focused on cross-device web-browsing. Today, we’re asking for you
Windows Insiders to help us test this experience out using your Android
phones. Support for iPhone is coming very soon, stay tuned.
To get started, after installing today’s new build on your PC, go to Settings > Phone and link your phone. Having you link your phone ensures that your sessions from your phone are continued only on to the PC that you’ve chosen. After adding your phone to be linked, you will receive an SMS from us directing you to install a test application called “Microsoft Apps” for Android that completes the link between your phone and PC and enables one of our first cross device browsing scenarios.
To get started, after installing today’s new build on your PC, go to Settings > Phone and link your phone. Having you link your phone ensures that your sessions from your phone are continued only on to the PC that you’ve chosen. After adding your phone to be linked, you will receive an SMS from us directing you to install a test application called “Microsoft Apps” for Android that completes the link between your phone and PC and enables one of our first cross device browsing scenarios.
After you’ve linked your phone, just go to your phone and start browsing
the web. When you are at a website you want to view on your PC, simply
invoke the native share experience on your phone and share the website
to the “Continue on PC” option. You might need to click the “…” or more
to add this test app to your share menu. Once invoked, it will first
ask you to sign in with your Microsoft Account. It is important you use
the same account you are using on your PC. Next it will ask you if you
want to “Continue now” or “Continue later”. If you choose “Continue
now”, the website will magically open on the linked PC. If you choose
to “Continue later”, the website will show up under Action Center for
you to get to later when you’re ready. Try it out and let us to know of
any issues you run into!
Get web search results in Cortana without opening your browser
Now you can view the results that Cortana has for you without launching
the web browser. For some questions, the Cortana pane will expand
automatically, quickly showing you exactly what you need to know. It
works with movies, celebrities, stock prices, weather, flight status –
you name it! If Cortana doesn’t have a quick answer for your query, the
pane won’t automatically expand. No worries! Just click the arrow next
to the relevant web suggestion (or press the right arrow key) to see
what the web has for you. We look forward to hearing your feedback,
which you can file using the in-Cortana feedback button.
Use Cortana voice commands to lock, sign-out, shutdown, or turn off your PC
We have now enabled the ability for you to use Cortana to turn off,
restart, lock, or sign-out of Windows. While previously announced, we
haven’t fully enabled it via the cloud until now. So, in case your hands
are busy at the moment, you don’t have to stop what you’re doing to
turn off or lock your PC. Instead, you can say “Hey Cortana, turn off my
PC” and Cortana will take care of it. In a similar fashion, you can use
Cortana to restart your computer, sign-out, or lock your PC. Just use
your voice and try out the following commands:
- “Hey Cortana, restart PC.”
- “Hey Cortana, turn off PC.”
- “Hey Cortana, sign out.”
- “Hey Cortana, lock PC.”
For some of these voice commands, such as the one for turning off your
PC, Cortana may ask you for a verbal confirmation. You’ll have to
respond to Cortana with a “Yes” for Cortana to complete the voice
command.
In addition, you can also ask Cortana to execute the commands above on the Lock screen, but first you should enable Cortana on the Lock screen if you have not done so already.
In addition, you can also ask Cortana to execute the commands above on the Lock screen, but first you should enable Cortana on the Lock screen if you have not done so already.
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