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PowerToys 0.58 update prepares native ARM64 version and brings more improve
PowerToys 0.58 update prepares native ARM64 version and brings more improvements
Microsoft has once again updated the PowerToys suite of tools for Windows, bringing it to version 0.58. This new update doesn’t add any new user-facing features per se, but it does make some important under-the-hood changes, including preparing for an upcoming ARM64 version of the app. Currently, PowerToys is only designed for x64 processors, meaning that to run on ARM devices like the Surface Pro X, it needs to use emulation, which affects performance. Many of the required components for PowerToys to run on ARM64 are now included in the package, so hopefully, we don’t have long to wait now. That’s not all that’s changed with this update, however. The team has done some work under the hood to bring PowerToys up to more modern standards. For one thing, it’s no longer using the old WebBrowser control for web content, and has switched to WebView2, powered by the Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser. Similarly, PowerToys 0.58 drops all uses of .NET Core 3.1 and transitions fully to .NET 6, so it’s more current. And on a final note on the development side, the PowerToys Settings window now runs on WinUI 3, the latest version of Microsoft’s UI framework. Previously, it was using XAML Islands to incorporate UWP-style design in a Win32 app, but WinUI 3 brings all those elements together as well and it’s newer. The team says this transition should solve some bugs related to the use of XAML Islands, so things should work better overall. Aside from that, there are a ton of smaller fixes and tweaks in PowerToys 0.58, improving the experience overall. You can read the full list of changes below if you want to see everything that’s been improved. PowerToys 0.58 changelog General
The past couple of updates for PowerToys have focused mostly on quality improvements rather than new features, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. These under-the-hood changes should also make it easier to maintain the app going forward. Recently, we saw a new PowerToys feature called Peek is in development, though it isn’t available yet. It’s essentially a Windows version of macOS’ Quick Look, allowing you to quickly view files without opening them in their respective app. If you’re interested, you can download PowerToys 0.58 from GitHub today, or check for updates within the app if you have it already. The post PowerToys 0.58 update prepares native ARM64 version and brings more improvements appeared first on XDA. More... |
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