The Microsoft Retailer on Home windows is utilized by over 250 million customers every month – and we take the accountability now we have to you, our clients, critically. We use the suggestions you ship to make sure we’re specializing in crucial issues our clients care about. Final December, we introduced a wide range of product high quality enhancements, and in February, we shared how we’re evolving our Retailer into an AI market. And we’re excited to maintain the momentum going, with many extra updates deliberate for this 12 months.
At the moment, we’re excited to announce a wide range of newly obtainable options that we imagine will stage up your Retailer expertise.
Let’s bounce in!
House web page, curated for you
The Microsoft Retailer homepage will now be personalised for you. Whether or not you’re a gamer chasing the following massive hit, a productiveness fanatic on the lookout for time-hacks or a developer seeking instruments, the newly redesigned homepage will elevate the content material most significant to you. Within the coming weeks, you’ll see contemporary suggestions primarily based on latest actions, what’s trending in your area and the latest offers. Customized suggestions are managed by your Retailer settings.
Discover what you’re on the lookout for, quicker
We’re making 4 massive enhancements that can assist you to seek for and uncover new content material quicker. First, search in Retailer simply received a complete lot smarter. We have now rearchitected how search works – it’s now extra intent-aware, leverages alerts like app updates and scores extra diligently for rating and addresses language-specific nuances. This interprets to outcomes which can be extra related to what you’re on the lookout for – attempt it out right this moment!
Second, for customers in the US, Copilot is now obtainable within the backside proper nook to reply questions when you’re looking product pages. You’ll be able to open it as much as ask questions in regards to the web page you’re viewing or choose two merchandise for comparisons.
Third, once you’re looking product pages, you’ll now see a brand new “Uncover Extra” part that features associated content material that you could be be curious about. And fourth, now we have added product web page badges that can assist you simply inform which apps have AI options, and which apps are nice for Copilot+ PCs.
Deeper Home windows integration
One of many superpowers of Retailer apps is their capability to combine into the remainder of Home windows – so listed below are two new methods we’re making an attempt to satisfy you the place you’re. First, when you’re like us and use Home windows search to search for most issues in your PC, now we have thrilling information! You’ll now be capable to launch Home windows search, seek for an app or recreation from the Retailer and set up it shortly1.
Second, we’re experimenting with providing app solutions to open choose file extensions, which is especially useful when you don’t have an app for that extension, or haven’t chosen a default app. If you happen to’re a Home windows Insider within the U.S. or China areas, you’ll quickly be capable to do this out by utilizing the context menu to pick an app to “Open With” and looking our suggestions. If you happen to’ve already chosen a default app, that can present up first.
Extra fixes underneath the hood
The Retailer is getting quicker. After rigorous efficiency investments, the Retailer launches two instances quicker than it did six months in the past2. We have now additionally considerably improved set up reliability and pace during the last six months. To be sure to see the newest enhancements, please guarantee you have got the newest Home windows replace.
Different goodies in Retailer
There’s a protracted checklist of match and end enhancements so that you can go attempt, together with: a brand new functionality that permits you to set up particular person parts for video games; quicker in-apps ranking dialogs for once you need to share your suggestions with builders; and a brand new area on product pages to let you realize when an app or recreation was final up to date.
And we’d be remiss if we didn’t acknowledge the significance of our Retailer builders. Since final December, we’ve welcomed new companions like Notion, Perplexity, Docker and Day One. And extra are on the way in which – together with Manus, an autonomous AI agent (productiveness software) designed to carry out and ship complicated duties for information staff throughout numerous domains – so please preserve checking for brand spanking new releases.
Constructed with care and examined with precision, the Microsoft Retailer on Home windows is right here that can assist you discover what you’re on the lookout for. As all the time, we’re listening to your suggestions, so please submit by way of Suggestions Hub (WIN + F) underneath Microsoft Retailer. We nonetheless have much more within the pipeline, so go to the “What’s New” part within the Retailer to remain related on new releases.
1Characteristic availability varies by market.
2 Knowledge primarily based on inner testing and topic to components comparable to gadget, location, Home windows and Retailer app variations.
