Brings the application is no longer a tasteless
Windows 8 built-in application function is a bit simple, this is the view of many people (including me) after using it. It is for this reason that we usually choose third-party open applications instead of them until the last application upgrade. After Microsoft upgraded the built-in applications in turn, their functions were significantly enhanced, and the usability was naturally improved.
The applications that have been upgraded in this wave update include: news, weather, and several other Bing-related apps that have improved in functionality and user experience after the upgrade.
Win8 Information Application
Windows 8 Information Application
Information Application is the key care item for this upgrade and update. After the upgrade, the information allows users to customize the content section, support reading RSS feeds and offline reading. new function.
Win8 Weather Application
Win8 Map Application
The map application mainly adds traffic information display, driving/walking route query function, and can also add certain locations to the collection for easy viewing.
Sports, Tourism, Finance and Economics
Sports applications add 29 (now 65) sports/match leagues, covering football, American football, basketball, rugby, cricket, tennis, motor sports, baseball , ice hockey and golf, and allow users to follow their favorite team and keep an eye on the information about this team.
Travel App Now you can book flights and hotels, view destinations, HD photos of hotels, and even support 3D panoramas.
Financial applications have improved the watchlist and kept track of the stock movements.
Information application supports RSS feeds
If your display resolution reaches 1920x1080 or higher, you will find a piece of content on the right side of the focus news when you open the new version of the news. Here you can see two new features: “Add Resources” and “Customize Your Information”.
New features after information upgrade
Add resources
Besides the built-in resource list, the most exciting thing is that it can add any RSS source address, which means we have a sense of choice. Interested content.
Support all kinds of RSS feeds!
Enter the information source address you are interested in, then click the search icon next to it, the search result below will display the tile of the RSS feed, click to add it .
Adding a resource
After successful addition, the tile will appear on the information navigation bar and enter the list of information that can be viewed.
view the added news sources
with RSS support, Win8 applicability suddenly wide application of information a lot, I believe that with the gradual upgrade, RSS function will be more powerful, perhaps It may be a substitute for Google Reader in the future.
Information Application Other New Features
Custom Information Content
If you are not interested in some of the content that the app displays by default, you can remove them by custom function and rearrange them according to the level of interest.
Customize the information content
Enter the custom interface, see the red cross button in the upper right corner of each section content? Do not want the content to disappear, want to see entertainment and sports information first? No problem, just drag the two pieces of content to the front position.
If you accidentally delete something and want to recover it, click on the left side <;Manage category", you can add the deleted content back to it
Restore the default content
Offline reading< Br> When launching or refreshing the application, the update time and download progress will be prompted in the lower left corner of the screen. After the completion, the current content can be read offline. After
start the application will first download the article
summary on the home page:
after this update, including information, including these Windows 8 built-in application practical value has increased significantly, perhaps Compared with some more professional third-party applications, there are still some shortcomings, but at least they can be used. “No? I believe that the development team will continue to upgrade these applications, bring better experience and more. Features. If you haven't upgraded these apps yet, log in to the Windows Store to update them.