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One of the new features Apple added in iOS 9 two years ago to boost multi-tasking on the iPad is a picture-in-picture mode, which lets users, say, watch a video in a smaller window at the corner while they continue to use the rest of the tablet’s screen for another task. It’s a great feature that Microsoft, who harbors the ambition of one OS across all platforms, should pick up but didn’t. Until now.
Come April, Windows 10 users who’ve installed the Creators Update will be getting this multi-tasking feature. Microsoft calls it a “Compact Overlay” window, but this is unmistakably a picture-in-picture mode. Available now for testing in the latest Windows 10 build for PC (15031), this only applies to Universal Windows apps. Built-in apps like the Movies & TV app and Skype will be a couple of the first apps to gain this functionality, but third-party developers can also add support for this mode in their UWA apps.
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Also new in build 15031 is Dynamic Lock (codenamed Windows Goodbye), a feature that automatically locks your Windows 10 PC when you’re not around based on the proximity of a Bluetooth-paired phone. It’s interesting to note that, unlike Windows Hello, Dynamic Lock doesn’t use the webcam to detect your presence. But I can posit that’s because not everybody has a webcam.
Lastly, Microsoft has finalized the feature set for the Windows 10 Creators Update. Between now and its April public release, it’s all about hunting and getting rid of as many bugs as possible.
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