Windows Weekly 945

Patch Tuesday was yesterday, so find out what's new! Plus, two of the best-ever Doom engine games are now available in remastered form (4K/120 FPS, new episodes, cross-play, multiplayer, more) on Game Pass, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox PC (Windows), PS4, PS5, Switch, Steam, GOG, and various cloud streaming services. It's a free update if you already own either game. Also, if you have a local library,  you should use it. If only for Libby by Overdrive free audiobooks and free access to periodicals. But then be surprised by all the services they offer!

Windows 11

• Copilot+ PCs: Recall comes to the EU, Recall Reset, Click to Do improvements, AI agent in Settings
• All: Quick Machine Recovery, black screen of death, Snap layouts improvements, Gamepad layout for Windows Touch Keyboard
• Blender is now native on Windows 11 on Arm
• Search settings consolidation in Canary
• Mobile device companion sidebar for Start gets a new layout in Dev
• More Control Panel settings move to Settings app in Dev and Beta

Windows 10

• Consumer ESU licenses will support up to 10 PCs
• Microsoft will support Edge on Windows 10 through October 2028 (as expected)

AI

• OpenAI releases GPT-5 but not everyone loves it
• Quickly brought back GPT-4o
• And now the model picker is back, for now
• Microsoft is adding it everywhere, of course, and Apple says it will add to Apple Intelligence - And Bing just added support for GPT-4o image creation
• Perplexity makes unsolicited $34.5 billion bid for Google Chrome
• Comet - New tab page with Chat, can choose a Google Search as you type, Assistant in a sidebar, Summarize webpage/document, voice dictation, voice mode, big feature is website interactivity
• Microsoft Edge in Copilot Mode - most evolutionary update, new New Tab page, Quick assist with Copilot button location change, Simple task handoff (which needs work), Voice navigation
• But some bigger UI changes are on the way
• Dia (Mac only for now) - Also, there’s a Pro subscription - New Tab page with chat and an attempt at orchestration, @mentions for tabs, Skills (built-in, can edit, can make you’re own), and personalization
• Next up: Opera Neon  - And what is Google doing with Chrome?
• Copilot 3D can turn images into 3D models - It’s a “Creators Update”!
• Microsoft is EOLing the Lens app - use Microsoft Copilot 365 app instead

Microsoft/Surface

• GitHub CEO is leaving, Microsoft is rolling GitHub into its Core AI organization
• Surface Laptop 7 and Surface Pro 11 get firmware update to add battery charging modes

Xbox and games

• Sony sold 2.5 million PS5s in quarter, now over 80 million cumulatively
• Microsoft rumored to have sold only 21 to 29 million Xbox Series X|S consoles
• Big Windows 11 on Arm updates!
• Game downloading is coming to Xbox app on Windows 11 on Arm
• Epic Games and Qualcomm bring Easy Anti-Cheat to Windows 11 on Arm/Snapdragon X
• Apple and Google have illegal mobile app store monopolies in Australia, so Fortnite is coming back to the iPhone there via Epic Games Store
• Microsoft is updating Xbox Dashboard and app to show game trials and demos in “Free with Xbox” section
• Microsoft has paused the production of Contraband
• Steam for Chromebooks Beta will never leave beta, discontinuing in January instead

Tips & Picks

• Tip of the week: Go to the library
• App pick of the week: Heretic and Hexen Remasters!
• RunAs Radio this week: The Power of the Graph with Tony Redmond
• Brown liquor pick of the week: Union Horse Rivalist

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• Transcripts: Windows Weekly 945 transcript

Links

• Microsoft Releases August 2025 Patch Tuesday Updates
• Qualcomm-Powered PCs Can Now Download PC Games from the Xbox App
• Blender is Native on Windows 11 on Arm
• New Windows 11 Insider Builds Are Available for Canary, Dev, and Beta Testers
• Windows 10 Consumer ESU Program Licenses Will Support 10 PCs
• Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 to Be Supported Until October 2028
• OpenAI Unleashes GPT-5 and Microsoft Adopts It Immediately
• OpenAI Brings Back its GPT-4o Model to ChatGPT Following GPT-5 Criticism
• ChatGPT’s Model Picker Brings Back 4o Model Alongside New GPT-5 Controls
• Bing Image Creator Adds GPT-4o Image Generation
• Apple Intelligence’s ChatGPT Integration Will Leverage GPT-5 on iOS 26
• Perplexity Offers to Buy Chrome from Google for $34.5 Billion
• Perplexity Comet and the AI-Powered Future of Web Browsing (Premium)
• What Edge Copilot Mode Says About the AI-Powered Future of Web Browsing (Premium)
• “Olympia” windows in the latest Edge Canary build
• What Dia Says About the AI-Powered Future of Web Browsing (Premium)
• Microsoft’s New Copilot 3D Turn Images Into 3D Models
• Microsoft Lens is Losing its Job to AI
• GitHub to Join Microsoft’s CoreAI Organization as Its CEO Departs Later This Year
• Surface Laptop 7, Surface Pro 11 Get August 2025 Firmware Updates
• Sony Revenues Up 2 Percent to $17.8 Billion, 2.5 Million PS5s Sold
• Epic Games Brings Easy Anti-Cheat to Windows 11 on Arm
• Fortnite is Coming Back to iOS Users in Australia via the Epic Games Store
• Xbox Game Trials and Demos Will Soon Appear in New “Free With Xbox” Section
• Microsoft Reportedly Paused Production for Xbox Exclusive Game Contraband
• Steam for Chromebook Beta Will Be Discontinued in January 2026
• Raven Releases Remastered Versions of Heretic and Hexen
• The Power of the Graph with Tony Redmond
• RIVALIST AMERICAN SINGLE MALT WHISKEY