Welcome to the first full episode of the Neowin Podcast, where Rich Woods and João Carrasqueira talk about all the latest news from the past week. And it"s been a busy one, with both Microsoft and Google hosting their developer-oriented events, Build and I/O. The Redmond company had a lot of news for the new Chromium-based Edge, as well as improvements to Cortana and Microsoft 365. Google announced its mid-range Pixel 3a and 3a XL phones, released new Android Q betas for more devices, and more.
Before you jump into the podcast, be sure to check all the news from the past week for some context. We recommend you check the tags for Build 2019 and I/O 2019 to check all the news for each event, but here are some more articles we discuss in this episode:
- Edge Dev and Canary for macOS leak; Edge Beta for Windows also leaks
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Edge Dev build 76.0.152.0 is now available with spellcheck and a ton of changes
- Microsoft wants to stop separating UWP from Win32 (by ZDNet"s Mary Jo Foley)
- Windows 10 Insider Preview build 18894 released to the Fast ring with new File Explorer search, breaks Your Phone (be sure to check out build 18895, which was released after this episode was recorded and fixed this issue)
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The first Windows 10 SDK Preview build for 20H1 is now available with some actual changes
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Google finally updates Android usage share; Pie on 10.4% of Google Play devices
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Intel to begin shipping Ice Lake this June, 7nm products coming in 2021
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Time codes:
- 00:23 - OneNote dark mode
- 02:20 - Build 2019
- 02:31 - Edge
- 03:13 - IE mode, privacy features, and Collections
- 05:30 - macOS
- 07:50 - Maybe coming to Linux
- 09:15 - Roadmap
- 11:32 - Leaks
- 13:06 - New Edge Dev build
- 15:52 - Windows apps
- 20:08 - Cortana improvements
- 24:47 - Terminal and WSL 2
- 27:26 - Fluid Framework
- 28:07 - Ideas for Word
- 02:31 - Edge
- 30:08 - Build 18894
- 31:37 - New SDK Preview
- 34:57 - Google I/O
- 35:08 - Pixel 3a
- 39:45 - Android Q
- 40:18 - New features
- 46:42 - New beta released
- 47:00 - New devices
- 53:46 - Android usage
- 58:36 - Intel Ice Lake shipping in June
Let us know what you think of this episode in the comments, and stay tuned next week for a new one with more exciting news!