A Apple atualizou hoje os apps Pages, Numbers e Keynote com novidades voltadas principalmente aos assinantes do Apple Creator Studio.
Entre os destaques estão um assistente inteligente baseado em linguagem natural, novos conteúdos premium e, no caso do Keynote, suporte à importação e exportação de apresentações em um novo formato de arquivo aberto.
Além disso, os três agora podem aproveitar o maior espaço da tela aberta do iPhone Duo.
Assistente inteligente
Nos três aplicativos, o assistente inteligente — ainda em fase beta e apenas em inglês — permite executar tarefas por meio de comandos em linguagem natural, levando em consideração o conteúdo do documento, da planilha ou da apresentação em que o usuário está trabalhando.
No Pages, a ferramenta pode ajudar a iniciar e revisar textos, reorganizar conteúdos, ajustar o tom da escrita e gerar imagens e formas. Também é possível solicitar informações atualizadas sobre determinado assunto e incorporá-las ao documento.
Já o Numbers utiliza o recurso para ajudar a interpretar dados, criar tabelas, sugerir gráficos e elaborar fórmulas, além de pesquisar informações que possam ser incorporadas às planilhas.
No Keynote, o assistente pode gerar slides, criar notas para apresentações, produzir imagens e formas e ajudar a aprimorar o conteúdo e as animações. Assim como nos outros apps, também é possível pesquisar informações atualizadas para enriquecer o material.
Conteúdos premium
Os três aplicativos ganharam ainda novas coleções de conteúdos premium, incluindo modelos profissionais para documentos e planilhas e temas para apresentações. Os usuários também podem explorar o Content Hub, que reúne vídeos selecionados para adicionar elementos visuais e movimento aos seus projetos.
Novo formato de arquivo aberto
Uma novidade exclusiva do Keynote é o suporte, também ainda em versão beta, à importação e exportação de arquivos no formato KEYX. Trata-se de um formato aberto de intercâmbio que busca facilitar o uso de apresentações e de seus conteúdos fora do aplicativo da Apple.
Suporte ao iPhone Duo
Para completar, embora não tenha mencionado isso nas notas de versão, a Apple implementou suporte ao iPhone Duo nos três aplicativos, como notou o MacRumors.
Vale reforçar que o assistente inteligente — além de estar disponível apenas em inglês e exigir um dispositivo compatível com a Apple Intelligence — e os novos conteúdos premium são exclusivos para assinantes do Apple Creator Studio.
Para quem não é assinante, os updates incluem apenas melhorias gerais, correções de bugs e aprimoramentos de desempenho.
A Austrália é o mais novo país a ir atrás do controle que a Apple tem sobre a distribuição de apps no iOS e da forma como desenvolvedores processam transações em seus softwares.
Hoje, o Tribunal Federal da Austráliaordenou que a companhia abra seu sistema operacional para lojas de apps e sistemas de pagamento concorrentes, além de permitir que usuários baixem e atualizem softwares de maneira direta (como por meio de páginas na web).
A Justiça australiana ainda deixa claro que isso deve ser feito sem qualquer penalização aos desenvolvedores que optarem por plataformas de terceiros. Eles também precisam ter acesso às mesmas ferramentas disponibilizadas aos criadores que estão na App Store, além de estarem sujeitos aos mesmos termos.
Quanto aos sistemas de pagamento, a Maçã está proibida de obrigar desenvolvedores a listarem a plataforma de processamento da App Store ao lado de outros sistemas ou fazê-los informar suas vendas à Apple. A empresa também não pode impedi-los de oferecer seus apps por preços menores caso sejam adquiridos com ferramentas de terceiros, bem como condicionar a distribuição alternativa ao fato de os desenvolvedores oferecerem conteúdo comprado em outros locais pelo sistema de pagamento proprietário da Apple.
O Tribunal também se adiantou e barrou algumas das manobras adotadas pela Apple em outros mercados para continuar cobrando uma comissão sobre apps distribuídos fora da App Store. Segundo a ordem, a Maçã não pode cobrar taxas sobre compras feitas por meio de serviços de pagamento alternativos ou sites em aplicativos distribuídos fora da App Store. No caso dos apps disponibilizados via App Store, as taxas são limitadas a um valor equivalente ao cobrado por bens ou serviços físicos, com a adição de outros “custos razoáveis” que a Apple possa ter ao processar essas compras.
A Apple, por outro lado, ainda poderá realizar verificações de segurança e privacidade em apps distribuídos fora da App Store, bem como manter seu tradicional sistema de notarização — mas sem impor restrições ou obstáculos para a instalação de apps por meios alternativos. A fabricante do iPhone também terá o poder de remover ou desativar apps distribuídos fora da App Store caso ela detecte conteúdo impróprio, riscos de segurança ou receba uma ordem legal.
Por fim, a Apple não poderá impedir que lojas alternativas sejam pré-instaladas em iPhones, mas não será obrigada a permitir que plataformas concorrentes sejam distribuídas pela própria App Store.
Epic Games comenta ordem
À Reuters, a desenvolvedora de Fortnite — uma das maiores interessadas na abertura do iOS — disse que seu battle royale retornará à App Store australiana “ainda hoje” como consequência dessas mudanças.
Ainda de acordo com o Tribunal, essas regras começarão a valer em 1º de março do ano que vem. Embora possa pedir uma prorrogação judicial no início de fevereiro (o que levaria o prazo para 3 de maio), a Apple disse ao veículo que apelará da decisão, citando seus direitos de propriedade intelectual e a segurança da App Store.
Se você é daqueles usuários que não costumam deixar seus aplicativos do Mac abertos continuamente e têm uma rotina de abertura e fechamento bem definida, então o Cybokron Dock Groups pode ser uma mão na roda no seu workflow.
De código aberto, o app mora na barra de menus do sistema e permite, como seu próprio nome bem indica, agrupar programas para abri-los, ocultá-los e encerrá-los todos de uma vez — algo bem simples, rápido e prático.
Caso você tenha aplicativos que costuma abrir sempre que começa o trabalho e fechar no final do expediente, basta um clique no grupo correspondente para realizar uma ação. Inclusive, cada grupo pode ter seu próprio ícone no Dock.
Nesta quarta-feira, economize com nossa tradicional seleção de promoções na App Store!
O Retro Widget 3: Classic Snake é uma proposta que resgata a nostalgia dos celulares clássicos ao levar o jogo da cobrinha diretamente para os widgets do iPhone.
O visual, inspirado nos dispositivos dos anos 2000, reforça a sensação de nostalgia e agrada quem guarda boas lembranças daquela época. Além do clássico jogo, o app se destaca pela personalização dos widgets, que transformam a Tela de Início em um espaço divertido.
Aproveite a oferta e boa viagem no tempo! 🐍
Abaixo outros jogos/apps que, juntos, somam mais de R$70 em descontos:
Jogos
Encontre os emojis.
Gerencie sua equipe de corrida.
Boliche.
Puzzles.
Aplicativos
Fotos estelares.
Adesivos para o iMessage.
Aproveite as ofertas e até amanhã! Lembrando que elas são sempre por tempo limitado, então é bom correr. 🚀
Hosts are threatening to leave the platform after Airbnb says that they can no longer require guests to strip beds or do other time-consuming cleaning chores.
Checking out of your next Airbnb might be less of a hassle now that the company is banning hosts from including time-consuming chores in their house rules. Airbnb's updated house rules policy, which starts with reservations booked on or after November 20th, says hosts can't ask guests to "complete tasks that require significant effort or time, or would typically be performed by a cleaner." According to Airbnb, that includes:
Dishes: Guests shouldn't be asked to wash and put away dishes, but you can ask them to put used dishes in the sink.
Laundry: Guests shouldn't be asked to remove sheets from the bed or start a load of laundry, but yo …
Wikipedia went down for many users around the world today, according to Downdetector — but the issues now seem to be resolved.
The problems started at around 10.51am ET / 3.51pm BST, when a large spike in reports appeared on the outage-tracking website — the reports peaked at just over 2,000 in the US and 850 in the UK.
It appears that some 'emergency maintenance' from Wikimedia was the culprit and appears to have now finished — but you can follow what happened in our liveblog below...
A sharp spike in reports
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Wikipedia is working okay for me here in the UK, but it isn't for thousands of users right now — the reports graph on Downdetector is now over 3,000 in the US, and it's climbing in the UK too.
The cause is so far unclear, as there are no current issues at the major cloud providers like AWS, Google Cloud or Cloudflare. I'll be digging into this and reporting back shortly...
Please try again later...
THAT’S A FIRST, I HAVE NEVER SEEN WIKIPEDIA GO DOWN LIKE THIS?everything but the index page fails to load… huhhh??? https://t.co/5DtJ51QIkiOctober 21, 2026
This is what Wikipedia and Wikimedia currently look like for many users — an "error" page with a "please try again later" message. I've also never seen it go down like that, although it's working fine for me in the UK.
Strangely, there are a few other outages running concurrently right now, including Asana and the Internet Archive. It isn't yet clear if they're related, but they did start at very similar times (around 10am ET / 3pm BST). Wikipedia is certainly the worst-hit, though.
'Emergency maintenance'
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This probably explains today's Wikipedia issues — the Wikimedia Foundation status page says 'emergency maintenance' is in progress.
The foundation hasn't explained how long the maintenance will last or what it's for, but that should hopefully mean it's pretty short-lived...
Phew, it's back
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Good news, it looks like the Wikipedia outage was indeed short-lived — or at least only lasted an hour.
The Downdetector reports have plummeted back down to zero, which suggests that 'emergency maintenance' is now finished.
Microsoft just announced an overhauled Photos app for Windows 11, but that's for viewing images and videos. If you're interested in capturing content, you'll want to catch up on everything new in the Camera app.
A wave of changes to the Camera app recently shipped to Windows Insiders. They include several small improvements as well as some quality-of-life changes.
The Camera app can now zoom digitally when hardware zoom is unavailable. Microsoft has focused on the zoom experience in several updates this year. In June, the company started testing expanded support for more cameras.
Microsoft lists all the changes that are available for Windows Insiders:
Improved the camera zoom experience and added support for software zoom when hardware zoom is unavailable. Software zoom isn't available for Living Images, scanning, panorama, spherical preview, or other specialized modes.
Improved support for copying to your clipboard with Ctrl+C after capture.
Added a new Copy path action after capturing a photo or video, allowing you to easily copy the file path.
Delayed capture now shows the remaining seconds inside the timer ring.
Recorded video playback now shows the remaining time beside the seek bar.
Camera is more responsive and accurate when starting video.
Fixed an issue where a white flash would sometimes appear when opening the app with Windows in light theme.
While changes to software zoom are the headline additions, some users may appreciate the new Copy path option and improved clipboard support more. Both features make it easier to move captured images and videos into apps and documents.
Those improvements first entered testing for Insiders in the Experimental, Experimental (26H1), and Experimental (Future Platforms) channels on October 2. They have since shipped to Beta and Release Preview Insiders as well.
With the feature progressing through Windows Insider channels, it should make its way to general users in the near future.
The Camera app improvements arrive for Windows Insiders shortly after Microsoft announced a major redesign of the Photos app. Together, the updates show Microsoft's commitment to improving Windows 11's built-in apps.
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PowerToys just added several new utilities and added new features for existing tools.
Two of the new utilities improve mouse use. Mouse Button Lock allows you to press and hold your mouse button down for a moment and then have your PC treat the input as if you've kept that button down. The tool improves accessibility for those who struggle to hold a mouse button down as they drag an item across the screen.
CursorHide is a smaller utility that hides the mouse pointer on your screen after a brief period of inactivity.
The quick-access shelf in Command Palette is an optional feature that shows pins below the search box.
This collection of utilities includes a large library of features to enhance the Windows experience. PowerToys is designed with power users in mind, but it has handy features for people who just use their PC for everyday computing too.
Here are the highlights from the latest build of PowerToys, as shared by Microsoft:
Mouse Button Lock and CursorHide
Holding a mouse button down during a long drag or selection can be tiring. With Mouse Button Lock, press and hold a button for a moment, then let go. Windows keeps treating it as held, so you can continue dragging or selecting until you click any button. This is especially useful for gaming, working in professional applications that require extensive dragging and selection, and improving accessibility for users who find it difficult to hold down a mouse button for extended periods.
CursorHide is the second new mouse utility. It hides the mouse pointer while you type, after a period of inactivity, or both, and shows it again as soon as you move the mouse.
Command Palette gets a quick-access shelf
Compact mode in 0.101 kept Command Palette out of the way until you needed results. Now your favorite commands can be one keystroke away too. Turn on the quick-access shelf in Settings > Appearance > Compact mode to show your pins below the search box while the palette is collapsed. Press Alt+1 through Alt+9 to launch them, or Alt+Shift+number to select one without running it. Drag to reorder, right-click for more actions, and optionally show recent commands and apps next to your pins.
The shelf is just one part of a big Command Palette update:
Settings search: Fuzzy search finds options, extensions, commands, aliases, and assigned shortcuts, then takes you straight to them.
Keyboard-first Dock: Press Win+Alt+J to focus the dock and move between its items from the keyboard.
Copilot key support: Choose Command Palette as the Copilot key app in Windows Settings, and press the key again to toggle the palette.
Multiple clocks: Pin several dock clocks, each with its own time zone and format.
Language and links: Pick an app language for Command Palette, and copy links that open a page, run a command, or jump to a specific setting.
Polish: Sharper app icons, faster grid and gallery browsing, results that keep loading at the end of a list, and clearer nested menus.
ZoomIt adds snip dictation
ZoomIt can now capture what you say along with what you snip. Turn on Snip with dictation in the ZoomIt settings, then press Space while you drag out a snip and describe what you're capturing. ZoomIt transcribes your speech on your device, and a single paste delivers both the screenshot and your text. Dictation uses the microphone selected under Record.
ZoomIt also gets smooth zoom transitions, better audio pacing in recordings, and a fix for silent recordings on multichannel and spatial-audio devices.
New command-line tools
More of PowerToys can now be scripted from the terminal:
Advanced Paste: Run built-in and custom actions without opening the UI, using files, stdin/stdout, or the clipboard. AI actions use your configured providers and policies.
Light Switch: Check status, set or toggle the theme, and manage schedules, with JSON output.
Settings: See which utilities are enabled, and turn them on or off even while PowerToys isn't running.
Peek: Preview multiple files and folders from the command line.
PowerDisplay: JSON Lines output makes results and errors easy to consume from scripts.
On your PATH: FancyZones, Image Resizer, File Locksmith, and PowerDisplay commands now work from any terminal folder.
Keyboard Manager adds tap-alone remaps and easier editing
Keyboard Manager now supports tap-alone remaps. Tap a key by itself to trigger a different action, while the key keeps working normally in shortcuts and mouse combinations. Large remapping lists are easier to manage too, with search, modifier and app filters, and bulk deletion.
The new editor also gets a searchable key picker, so you can select any key, including media keys or keys your keyboard doesn't have, and build a full shortcut with just the mouse. Recording now only listens while the editor is in focus, and Tab moves you out of the recording field. IT admins can also deploy and export remapping profiles with DSC v3.
Other notable changes
Color Picker and Text Extractor: Both move to WinUI 3, with a new overlay, editor, and magnifier for Color Picker. Your existing shortcuts and settings carry over.
FancyZones: Scroll the mouse wheel while dragging a window to switch layouts, with an optional indicator showing the selected layout's name.
Peek: Added read-only SQLite previews, file and subfolder counts with scanning progress for folders, a plain-text fallback, and Alt+Left/Alt+Right navigation between files.
Screen Ruler: Measure in device-independent pixels to account for each monitor's scaling, with improved edge detection.
Environment Variables: A new Remove duplicates action cleans up PATH while keeping the original order.
Quick Accent: A searchable character reference in Settings lets you browse language sets and copy characters directly.
Grab and Move: Exclude specific apps so they keep their normal modifier-key behavior.
Shortcut Guide: Added shortcuts for Claude Desktop and Ableton Live, and made indexing more resilient to malformed manifests.
Workspaces: Now asks for confirmation before launching an unverified app configured to run as administrator.
Awake: Windows can now turn off the display while the PC is locked, without ending your keep-awake session.
New+: Fixed a File Explorer memory leak and improved long-path handling.
Settings: Added an interactive animated welcome scene, fixed a memory leak when switching pages, and kept module on/off preferences when a utility fails to load.
PowerToys has been one of my favorite Windows apps for a long time, and it is also a favorite of several members of our team at Windows Central. The app has a massive library of utilities that can be enabled or disabled, making it a great choice for casual PC users and power users.
PowerToys is also interesting to follow because it inspires the development of Windows 11. The newly announced Search experience for Windows 11 clearly takes some cues from PowerToys run and Command Palette.
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During its OneDrive and Copilot event, Microsoft announced a massive number of changes to its cloud storage platform. Many of the improvements center around using Copilot to find items and generate new content, but there is also a feature for sharing OneDrive links.
Now, when you share a file in OneDrive, you can continue to use the same link even after you change access or permissions to that file. Previously, you'd need to create a new link after changing those settings. Old links would continue to work, but over time you'd accumulate a bunch of different links to the same file.
With so many different links to the same file, it would be easy to accidentally share one with the wrong permissions. The new method of sharing, which relies on "hero links," can update access and permission settings while retaining the same link.
Support for hero links is rolling out now. In the future, Microsoft will add support for expiring hero links. With those, you can set an organization's hero links to expire automatically on a schedule.
Copilot and OneDrive
It may not have received the fanfare of the Windows and Surface event held earlier this month, Microsoft just held a OneDrive and Copilot event. The event highlighted several new capabilities to Copilot, such as analyzing files, organizing projects, and turning files into interactive HTML reports.
Custom skills in Copilot let you capture a process and save that process as a Markdown file, which helps ensure Copilot runs the same way every time when performing that process.
Copilot also makes it possible to use natural language to find a photo in OneDrive.
Microsoft also highlighted its refreshed Photos app for Windows. That app shocked me due to its responsiveness and quick loading times. It also has several new features, such as Map View that lets you browse photos based on their geographic location.
Microsoft's blog post about Copilot and OneDrive is almost 3,500 words, so I won't rehash all of it here. The change that I'm most excited about is the addition of hero links. I share a lot of files through OneDrive and send links across several group chats. Reducing that clutter will reduce my stress immensely when it comes to sorting access and permissions.
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Explore o potencial das câmaras do seu iPhone com o ProCamera. Esta app dá acesso a controlos manuais, captura em RAW e ProRAW e vídeo em 4K com ProRes. O download é gratuito, mas passado os período de teste, exige subscrição ou compra única.
iPhone Preview brings everyday PDF tasks into one built-in app, from rearranging pages to preparing a smaller attachment. Introduced with iOS 26, it remains available in iOS 27, whose user guide provides the instructions used here.
Apple’s Preview app can open PDFs directly, reorganize their pages, rotate or crop individual sheets, delete unwanted pages, insert new ones, complete forms, add signatures, protect documents with passwords and export smaller copies for sharing.
It can also scan paper documents directly into a PDF and combine multiple pages into one file.
That makes Preview surprisingly capable for common workflows such as signing a contract, cleaning up a scanned document, reducing an attachment before emailing it or rearranging pages in a report.
Start with the task your document requires. Rearranging pages, adding a signature and preparing an attachment are different from rewriting an existing paragraph or meeting a publisher’s production requirements. Preview’s documented tools cover many routine changes, while more specialized work may require a separate editor.
Image Credit: AppleMagazine
iPhone Preview Lets You Reorder, Delete and Crop PDF Pages
Page management is particularly useful for scanned documents. A report may contain a sideways sheet, an attachment in the wrong position or an empty page that needs removing before the file is shared.
Open a document in Preview and tap the page count to reveal its thumbnail view.
From there, a page can be moved simply by touching and holding its thumbnail and dragging it above or below another page.
That makes fixing a scanned contract or report straightforward when pages were captured in the wrong order.
To reorganize a document:
Preview > open PDF > tap page count > touch and hold a page thumbnail > drag it into position
The same thumbnail menu can delete a page entirely.
Touch and hold the unwanted thumbnail, then choose Delete Page.
Preview can also insert material into an existing document. The thumbnail menu offers options to add a blank page, import a PDF or image from Files, or scan additional paper pages with the iPhone camera.
That means a form missing one attachment can be repaired without recreating the complete PDF.
Rotation is equally direct.
Open the relevant page, tap the More button and choose Rotate Left or Rotate Right.
Cropping works on a page-by-page basis:
Preview > open PDF > select page > Crop > adjust the blue handles > Crop
This is particularly useful for scanned pages with oversized borders, desk surfaces or other material around the document.
Apple also provides Undo through the More menu, making these edits less intimidating when working on an original file. For documents that cannot easily be replaced, creating a duplicate first remains the safer approach.
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Fill Forms, Add Signatures and Lock the Finished PDF
Preview also consolidates several document tasks that iPhone users may already recognize from Markup.
Fillable PDF forms can be completed directly inside the app. Text fields, checkboxes and other supported form elements can be selected and edited without converting the file into another format.
Signatures use Apple’s familiar Markup system.
Open the document’s signature controls and choose Add Signature. When using Markup, tap the Add (+) button first, then select Add Signature. Choose a saved signature or draw a new one with your finger; rotating the iPhone gives you more room.
A saved signature can then be positioned and resized on the document.
For recurring paperwork, that makes Preview useful for forms that arrive through Mail or Files and need to be returned quickly.
Preview > open PDF > Actions menu beside filename > Lock
Enter the same password in the Password and Verify fields, then confirm the change.
Apple automatically enables the password requirement when the file is locked.
This protection prevents someone without the password from opening the PDF normally and helps protect completed work from unauthorized access.
There is an important practical step before doing this: duplicate the document if you want to preserve an unprotected copy.
Preview > Actions menu > Duplicate
A password-protected PDF is only useful if the password itself can be recovered later. Losing it can make the document inaccessible, so the credential should be stored somewhere secure.
Preview Can Compress a PDF Before You Send It
Large PDFs are another problem Preview addresses without requiring a separate compression website.
Open the document, tap the Actions menu beside its filename and choose Export.
When PDF is selected as the output format, iOS 27 offers several options that can reduce file size.
Optimize Images for Screen lowers image resolution for documents intended primarily for display rather than high-quality printing.
Save Images as JPEG can reduce the size of embedded images further by using JPEG compression.
Two other export options serve different purposes. Create Linearized PDF optimizes a document for faster web loading, while Embed Text applies optical character recognition, or OCR, to make image-based content searchable.
Choose those options for loading behavior or searchability, rather than assuming they will produce the smallest attachment. For file-size reduction, the image optimization settings are the relevant controls.
The practical workflow for a smaller email attachment is:
Preview > open PDF > Actions menu > Export > PDF > Optimize Images for Screen > Save
Adding Save Images as JPEG can shrink image-heavy files further when maximum image fidelity is unnecessary.
These image-reduction options can sacrifice detail. Lowering resolution or using JPEG compression may affect small text, fine lines and photographs, so compare the exported copy with the original before sending it.
A document containing mostly text may shrink only modestly. A scan filled with high-resolution photographs can show a much larger reduction.
Preview also exports files into formats including HEIC, JPEG, PNG and TIFF when a PDF needs to become an image instead.
When exporting a PDF to an image format, resolution can be selected manually, giving users additional control over the balance between detail and file size.
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Where Preview Still Falls Short of Adobe Acrobat
Reopen the exported file before sending it. Check the page order, orientation, completed fields and signature placement. Zoom in on small text and diagrams, especially if you reduced image resolution. The useful result is a document that remains readable and complete, not simply the smallest file you can create.
Keep the original under a different filename so you can produce another version if needed. A copy prepared for email may not be the best version for printing or archiving. Names such as “Application — Original” and “Application — Email Copy” help distinguish the files when they appear together in Recents.
If the task involves changing existing document text or satisfying a specific submission requirement, confirm that your chosen tool supports it before proceeding. For routine page organization, form completion and sharing, a checked Preview export may be all you need.
ShareX has been around for almost two decades, but in its 19 years as a screen capture app, it has never received an update as large as the one that just shipped to testers. ShareX version 22.0.0 brings a massive number of changes to a completely overhauled app.
The update adds native screen recording, a new screen recorder bar, and support for recording content at 120 FPS. It also brings a number of quality-of-life changes, such as a restart button for screen recordings and the option to show or hide the screen recorder timer and recording button labels.
Screenshot functionality has also expanded. Several preexisting tools have been redesigned, and new tools have been added as well.
Added an always on top toggle to the main window title bar.
Added a theme toggle to the main window title bar. ShareX
Added cursor centered zoom support to image viewer with Ctrl + Mouse wheel.
Reset image viewer zoom with Middle click.
Added PNG compression level option.
Added PNG filter option.
Added JPEG chroma subsampling option.
Added adaptive quantizer GIF quality option.
Added BMP bit depth option.
If you've only used the Snipping Tool on Windows 11, you may be a bit overwhelmed by all of the options within ShareX. But the defaults in ShareX make it easy to start using the app. I've been using CTRL+Print Screen all morning to grab screenshots.
The revamped ShareX is impressive, but the main reason I love the app is that it lets you save screenshots as a JPEG. That's a small feature that's been around for ages, but it still remains unavailable in Snipping Tool.
I've only had ShareX version 22.0.0 for a few hours, but in that time the app has performed quickly. It's so snappy that it feels native to Windows 11. If you take a few minutes to customize ShareX's settings and shortcuts, it can become a powerful tool that justifies running at startup.
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A mais recente versão beta da aplicação de mensagens mostra novas opções de visualização do mapa nas conversas, mas a Google ainda não confirmou se, nem quando, a novidade chegará a todos os utilizadores.
Microsoft's Photos app is about to get a major upgrade. Microsoft recently highlighted how the app is faster, more efficient, and full of new features. The upgraded Photos app will feature a new Gallery, Editor, and Viewer.
Details about the new Photos app were shared in a Microsoft blog post, but images and videos have since shown off the level of improvement we can expect.
Based on early impressions of the app, the new Photos experience could be a go-to way to view and edit images on Windows 11 rather than an app you scroll past after right-clicking and selecting "Open with."
New features
The three main additions to the Photos app are the new Gallery, Editor, and Viewer. Those experiences are designed to, "help you rediscover and organize your collection, give you more capable tools for your favorite shots, and make the everyday experience faster," according to Microsoft.
The new Gallery gathers together photos from your PC, OneDrive, and iCloud into a single space. You can then search for images using text, filter photos to see specific people, or browse Moments created by the app or albums you've organized.
You can use natural language to find images in your gallery, such as searching "sunset at the beach." That saves you the hassle of searching for specific file names.
The new Editor loads 25 percent faster, according to Microsoft. It includes tools to crop, enhance, repair, and stylize photos.
Super excited to ship the new Photo Viewer and Editor! Faster launch times, nearly 50% less RAM used by the Editor, and tons of new features!One detail worth showing off: Photo Viewer is now edge-to-edge. Zoom into a photo and watch it take over the entire window! https://t.co/5mKMO87PVlOctober 15, 2026
Microsoft rebuilt the new Editor from the ground up with WinUI 3, which is the modern framework used to create apps. Notably, only certain parts of the new Photos app are built with WinUI 3.
On top of the normal features you'd expect from an editor, such as cropping an image, the new Photos app has some advanced features like Relight. With that tool, you can add up to three light sources to an image and dynamically adjust lighting in the photo.
Microsoft added support for editing and saving HEIC and WebP images as well as the ability to preserve the color and contrast of HDR photos throughout the editing process.
The new Viewer in the Photos app is also called "native" by Microsoft, though the blog post does not specify that it is built with WinUI 3. It now has better support for HDR viewing and supports more file types, including SVG files.
Speed improvements
I'm excited to try the new features in the Photos app, but the speed of the app is what has stood out to me the most. Diego Baca, Microsoft's Vice President of Design for Windows, shared a video showing the new gallery.
Baca scrolls within the Photos gallery and hundreds of photo previews load instantly. Even when pausing the video, there is only one instance of stuttering or the app having to take a moment to load images.
Photos gallery super fast 👀 🖼️ https://t.co/g4k9W9yhG6October 16, 2026
I thought for a moment I may have been judging the old Photos gallery too harshly, but a quick test put that concern to rest. Scrolling through my gallery on my main PC, which does not have the improved Photos app yet, I can watch thumbnails load one at a time. It's like switching from dial-up internet to broadband.
If I scroll through the old Photos app quickly, I can get an entire page of unloaded thumbnails. (Image credit: Future)
Several parts of the app have been sped up, such as Viewer launching 15 percent faster on average and up to 30 percent faster for HEIC images.
Earlier this year, we covered Microsoft's Rudy Huyn assembling a team to work on Windows apps. We've seen some of the fruits of that team already, but the new Photos app is by far the biggest improvement connected to them.
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