{"id":5433,"date":"2020-07-22T18:31:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T18:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/blog\/microsofts-latest-windows-beta-connects-with-eye-contact\/"},"modified":"2020-07-22T18:31:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T18:31:00","slug":"microsofts-latest-windows-beta-connects-with-eye-contact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/microsofts-latest-windows-beta-connects-with-eye-contact\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft’s latest Windows beta connects with Eye Contact"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Microsoft’s latest Windows beta connects with Eye Contact<\/h2>\n

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Microsoft\u2019s latest Windows 10 Insider build reanimates the often passed-over Surface app, adding a new capability: a way to use AI so that your eyes appear to meet the gaze of those you\u2019re speaking to on video chats.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Microsoft\u2019s Windows 10 Insider build 20175 for the Dev Channel also takes the Alt+Tab functionality that it introduced at the beginning of July, and expands upon it. Now, in addition to the ability to cycle through various Microsoft Edge tabs using ALT+Tab, users can now pin active tabs to the taskbar, with improved preview features.<\/p>\n

Microsoft\u2019s Dev Channel has been repurposed for testing new code of all types, not necessarily specific to an upcoming feature release. It\u2019s not possible to say whether any of the new features being released will ever arrive in a \u201cstable\u201d build used by the majority of Windows users.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s probably fair to say, though, that even a majority of\u00a0Surface<\/em> users don\u2019t routinely use the Surface app. While the app does pull in functionality found elsewhere, such as Surface Pen controls, it\u2019s generally a basic summary of your Surface\u2019s key features, including the warranty status. Now, Microsoft\u2019s adding a control that might attract more day-to-day users.<\/p>\n

Eye Contact, unfortunately, is not specific to all Surface users\u2014just those who own the Surface Pro X. But the app promises to make it look like you\u2019re looking directly at whoever you\u2019re talking to via a video chat, through the magic of AI. It works with every app, Microsoft says, and not just Skype or Teams. Of course, Eye Contact will be more appealing once it rolls out to all Surface devices.<\/p>\n

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Here is the new Eye Contact functionality that\u2019s been added to the Surface app.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Unfortunately, the new Edge feature will also be available to just a subset of users, too\u2014even if you subscribe to the Dev Channel Insider builds, Microsoft\u2019s simply choosing a small sample set of devices to try this new feature.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what\u2019s new: If you pin an Edge tab to your taskbar, Windows will show you where that tab resides in just one of your open Edge windows. It\u2019s designed to work with the new, optional Alt+Tab experience, which debuted with a subset of Insider Preview build 20175, also in the Dev Channel. (In that build, you can go into\u00a0Settings<\/em> > System<\/em> > Multitasking<\/em> to cycle though Edge tabs in addition to your other Windows apps. This can be configured so that Alt+Tab cycles through your most recently used tabs, and not all of them.)<\/p>\n

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When open Edge tabs are pinned to the Taskbar, you\u2019ll be able to see previews of each, as well as where they are in open windows.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The new build also allows you to reboot UWP apps like Mail via PowerShell, using the following command:<\/p>\n