WW 937: Vexed by Perturbations - What just happened to Windows Hello!?
Windows Weekly (Audio)
Leo Laporte
4.4 • 928 Ratings
🗓️ 18 June 2025
⏱️ 165 minutes
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Summary
No, it's not you. Windows Hello doesn't work in the dark anymore. For reasons. Say "Hello" to the Windows Hello controversy of the month!
Windows
- AI agent in Settings and Recall export experience in Dev/Beta channels - plus the old clock is back, baby
- July Patch Tuesday preview: App defaults (EEA only), Share images with visual preview, and some fixes for Windows 11 (The first one is coming to Windows 10 too - tied to the DMA news from last week.)
- Commentary: What Apple gets right in macOS 26 (and otherwise)
Surface
- One year with Surface Laptop 7
- Microsoft issues its first firmware updates for Surface Pro 11 and Surface Laptop 7 in several months, sort of
Microsoft 365
- BBB complains about how Microsoft promotes Microsoft 365; Microsoft disagrees but will change the way it communicates about these features
AI
- OpenAI, Microsoft, and... the nuclear option??
- The Open AI Files provides an insider view of the company and finds it lacking
- Copilot Vision is GA in the United States - It's also free to try on mobile
- The Browser Company starts explaining Dia, finally
Xbox and Games
- Microsoft announces (extends?) partnership with AMD on future Xbox hardware - a one minute video with plenty to parse
- Next-gen hardware
- Multi-year partnership with AMD on Xbox consoles and gaming handhelds
- Compatibility with existing game libraries
- Working closely with the Windows team, ensure Windows is the number one games platform
- Microsoft shares Xbox Ally details with devs, a hint at the coming Windows-based Xbox platform requirements?
- More Game Pass titles for June, including an old favorite
- Minecraft gets three great updates
- Steam will run natively on Apple Silicon soon. Unlike all the games.
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Don't give in
- App pick of the week: Camtasia online
- RunAs Radio this week: SQL Server 2025 with Bob Ward
- Brown liquor pick of the week: The Macallan 18 Sherry Oak Cask
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Windows Weekly. Paul Therrott's here. |
| 0:02.8 | So is Richard Campbell. |
| 0:03.9 | We've got Hello Gate, the Windows Hello Controversy of Month. |
| 0:06.9 | No, it's not you. |
| 0:08.6 | It's them. |
| 0:09.6 | I'll also talk about some big new games for Xbox, |
| 0:13.5 | and is Richard going to buy a new laptop? |
| 0:15.7 | Find out. |
| 0:16.7 | Next on Windows Weekly. |
| 0:21.0 | Podcasts you love. |
| 0:22.8 | From people you trust. |
| 0:25.3 | This is Twit. |
| 0:31.0 | This is Windows Weekly with Paul Therat and Richard Campbell, episode 937, recorded Wednesday, June 18th, 2025, vexed by perturbations. |
| 0:45.1 | It's time, yes, you winners and dozers, you came to the right place at the right time, probably because you downloaded it and you already knew. |
| 0:51.8 | It's Windows Weekly time, time and here ladies and gentlemen |
| 0:54.7 | the stars of our show mr paul therat of therot dot com who keeps frazzled you are frazzled what do you mean |
| 1:02.2 | he's frazzled he keeps he keeps changing his settings just to see what happens i wish that's why i was doing it |
| 1:08.2 | but uh he is in beautiful Pennsylvania. |
| 1:13.1 | Lovely McCongy Township, Mungi Township. |
| 1:17.2 | Maconage Township. |
| 1:19.2 | Also with us from beautiful British Columbia, Richard Campbell of Renner's Radio finally. |
| 1:24.6 | Home at last. |
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