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- [Zach] Hey there guys,
Zach here for Windows Central
and welcome back to another video.
Now, today we're taking a look
at the Windows 10 Mobile Creators Update.
This is a minor update rolling out
for Windows 10 Mobile users in the coming weeks
that's packing a number of new features
and enhancements over the last major version
of Windows 10 Mobile, which was the anniversary update
back in August of last year.
So, as I said, this is a minor update.
So the new features and enhancements aren't huge.
They are much smaller compared to the desktop
Creators Update and much smaller in comparison
to the anniversary update for Windows 10 Mobile.
So diving straight in,
the first noteworthy changes are with the sounds,
more specifically the default sound in Windows 10 Mobile
has been changed to something slightly different.
So if we go in here and jump down to Messaging,
you'll see that this sound hear (phone chimes),
is the new default for sound all apps in Windows 10 Mobile.
So if you're not somebody who customizes
their notifications sounds,
that's the noise you'll hear from now on
when receiving notifications through apps,
which some of you may like, other may not.
You can always change it back if you'd like.
Moving on to the next noteworthy change.
Some of the stock apps can now be uninstalled,
such as Calculator.
You see, I'm gonna uninstall that if I like.
There's also, let's see,
Groove Music can now be uninstalled.
You can also uninstall things like Tips and so on.
So a select amount of stock apps can now be uninstalled,
not all of them so you can't uninstall the Store app,
for obvious reasons.
But a lot of these stock apps can now be uninstalled
along with a lot of the third party apps as well,
which is very nice indeed.
Moving right along, the next noteworthy changes
are with AutoCorrect.
Now you can add and remove words
from the Autocorrect dictionary quite easily.
So for example, if I'm trying to spell
becase rather than because,
usually Windows would try to correct that to because
but if I didn't actually want to spell that,
I can add becase to my dictionary here.
So next time I spell becase,
it will not correct it to because.
However, if I accidentally added becase
to my auto dictionary and I don't want it there,
I can select that word, and you'll see
that there's now a negative or minus sort of icon
next to the word becase.
If I select that, Windows will no longer try to correct it
to becase every time I spell because
or try to spell becase.
So now, becase is now a wrong word in the dictionary
and I can no select it to because.
So it's one of the nicer changes to Windows 10 Mobile
if you're a big user of the AutoCorrect and Word Flow
and you know, suggestions bar and what not.
Moving right along, Microsoft Edge has received
a new thing, basically.
Books, you can download and read books
directly on your phone if you're in the Unites States.
This should roll out to more countries in the future
but as of right now, it's available in the United States.
And tapping on 'Get Books' will take me to the Windows Store
where I can now download books.
So, there's a whole sort of area here
in the Windows Store now, Books area,
just like on you know, Amazon, Kindle Books store
and the IOS bookstore.
There's now a Windows bookstore
and I can you know, read books here.
So, women in business, if I tap on that,
I can see all the books that are in here and download one.
Girl Code, that sounds awesome.
So if we go in here, I can download it or buy if
I wanted to and the I could read it within Microsoft Edge
and they would save into this area in Edge
and I can tap on it and read it
much like any other reading experience
which is incredibly fancy
and something many readers would enjoy.
So moving right along, the next noteworthy changes
are with the Settings app.
The Settings app has received a number
of needed changes and improvements with the Creators Update.
For example, the Wi-Fi area is now the same Wi-Fi experience
you'll find on the desktop.
You get the same design and the experience
is basically the same as you find on the desktop.
So I can manage Known Networks down here,
I can remove this one
and so I can just show you what it's like
when adding a network.
So I tap on this here, I can now type my password
and there we go, I'm now connected
and the experience is a lot more streamlined
and much more faster.
There's now some additional settings here as well,
which are very nice indeed
and you can take a look at that.
So there Hotspot 2.0 networks, Wi-Fi Services and whatnot.
So Wi-Fi Sense and all that stuff has been sort of merged
into this Wi-Fi experience here, which is very nice.
Data usage has also received some updates.
There's this new overview area up here
which gives you a more detailed sort of look
at what's using Internet on your device,
which is very nice indeed.
You can also set a limit.
And you can also change some options down here
such as restricting background access
and changing whether you should use your cellular connection
when Wi-Fi is poor.
Now these are features that were in the anniversary update,
I believe.
They've just been redesigned and re-categorized
in the Setting app with the Creators Update,
which is much needed, in my opinion.
Bluetooth is also another area
that received some UI changes.
The experience is slightly different
when adding Bluetooth devices now.
I can press this button here
and it will take me to this window or page
which allows me to add Bluetooth mice, keyboards, screens
and whatnot, which is great.
And there's also a contextual area down here
where you'll different sort of options
depending on the page in settings that you're in.
If we just into this Personalization in Glance,
you'll see there's now a new option
to always show Glance screen when charging.
Well, this was a big feature request return
for Windows 10 Mobile.
This was a feature with Windows Phone 8.1.
But the Windows 10 Mobile and the Lumia 950 series,
Microsoft got rid of the option
for showing Glance when charging.
But now with the Creator update, it's back,
which is pretty exciting.
There's a whole new category called Apps here
which just kind of puts all of the apps settings and stuff
into these Settings app, in it's own specific area.
And there's now the ability to reset apps.
So if an app isn't working for you,
such at it won't launch or some saved data is corrupt,
you can come into here and say,
for the Alarms & Clock app, for example,
I go into advanced options and I can press on 'Reset'
although that app specifically cannot be reset.
Let's try another one.
Let's try
Audible.
Yes, I can reset this app.
And it says, "This will permanently delete
"the app's data on this device,
"including your preference and sign-in details."
I can tap reset and that will reset the app
back to as if it was a newly installed app,
which is fantastic.
So, up next is Windows Update.
Windows Update now has a new option
for giving you more notifications before it does a restart.
So this is great for those of you
who need your phones on constantly
and were kind of taken by surprise when Windows Update
would try to restart to install an update.
Now you can switch this on
and if there is an update pending,
Windows will let you know several times throughout the day
that there is an update pending
and you know, give you warning.
So you will be prepared when an update is ready
to restart your device.
Also active hours has changed.
You can now make active hours last up to 18 hours
which is great for those of you, again,
who need to use your devices more often than not.
Now if we jump into personalize here,
you'll see that the lock screen area
now has new options for Continuum.
Now you can lock your device when using Continuum finally
which basically allows you
to turn off the screen on the phone
and continue using a Continuum experience.
And you can change
how long the external screen times out after.
So by default, it's five minutes
but you can change it up to 30 minutes
and even never, which is great indeed.
Now Windows Hello is another area,
with the Creators Update, that has received some updates.
Now, it's not particularly faster
but it does work from further away now.
No longer do you have to hold the phone up to your face
for Windows Hello to actually see your iris and log you in.
You can hold it at a more natural distance
and Windows Hello should log you in absolutely fine
as you can see there.
And I wasn't even holding it up to my face.
I know you can't see me, just believe me.
It's much needed improvement to Windows Hello
and one that actually kind of catches you off guard
every so often because more often than not,
I will find that the new Windows Hello
will catch me and log me in
without me actually wanting it to
which was never the case before.
So much needed improvements there, very nice indeed.
And finally, Cortana is just a little bit more smarter.
So you can do things such as change your volume of voice,
you can look for radio stations
depending on apps you've got, so iHeartRadio for example.
And she's even got a new function
called pick up where I left off which will allow you to sync
sort of tabs and apps between Windows 10 PC's and whatnot.
Let's scroll here.
Oh, it's not here because I changed that something,
give me just a sec.
So if we jump into notebook here,
you'll see that there's a pick up where I left off button.
And basically what this allows you to do
is when you have multiple Windows 10 PC's,
if I'm browsing the web on one of them,
I can see exactly what the PC's dong here
and pick up where I left off, hence the name
which is absolutely fantastic.
But apart from that, that's pretty much it
for the Windows 10 Mobile Creators Update.
It's a lot more snappy,
works better on low-end devices as well.
So if you're using a Lumia 550 or 650
or even older, such as the 930 or 830 series,
this update should work a little bit more fluidly
on that device.
But hey, there you have it guys.
That's a very quick look
at the Windows 10 Mobile Creators Update.
Thanks so much for watching
and I shall see you in the next one.
Bye-bye.