Heres the best new stuff we saw.
The Anniversary update includes a ton of improvements and new features, which well go through one by one.
Now, Windows 10 will allow developers to integrate that same authentication in their own apps and websites.
In the Anniversary Update, Windows 10 will get more support for pen tools.
Microsoft is also offering new APIs for developers to add pen-related features to their apps.
Any lines drawn along the edge of the ruler will be kept perfectly straight.
This should make stylus-friendly apps much easier to come by.
Bash Is Coming to Windows
What even is life.
Now, Microsoft has partnered with Canonicalthe company that maintains Ubuntuto bring the Bash shell to Windows.
For developers, tweakers, and people who use multiple platforms, this ishuge.
Microsoft points out that thisisnt an emulator or virtualized app, but Bash is runningnativelydirectly in Windows.
Now, Microsofts making that much easier with a simple app converter.
Developers can run old win32 apps to make them compatible with the Windows Store very quickly.
This app was the same one thats available on Steam, just run through the converter.
That was the only step necessary to make it a modern app, compatible with the Windows Store.
This applies to not just games, but any universal Windows app.
The Windows Store is quickly setting itself up as a Steam competitor thats not just for games.
Cortana is also getting smarter, integrating everything it knows about you across all of Microsofts products.
Developers wont receive information about you that Cortana has collected unless you allow it, of course.
Microsofts AI Tools Help Developers Build Powerful Chat Bots
Microsofts artificial intelligence plans dont end with Cortana.
The company also introduced tools that let developers build powerful chat bots.
These chat bots can also talk with Cortana.
For example, one app called Cups and Cakes notified Cortana that it has a delivery.
Cortana then asks the user if shes okay with sharing her location.
The location isnt shared with the third-party app until the user gives Cortana permission to share it.
In the same conversation, Microsoft demoed how booking an event could work.
First, they told Cortana to add an event to their calendar.
The user can then confirm or deny this request.
There are likely more new things hiding under the surface for the new Windows 10 update.
