Tips For all Problems: April 2016

Sunday, 24 April 2016

General user experience

Added the ability to reset the data of an app in case of corruption
Cortana
Cortana will inform users on PC if their Cortana-enabled mobile device is low on battery
Cortana can share map directions from a Cortana-enabled mobile device to a PC, and vice-versa

General user experience

App update notifications have returned
Cortana and keyboard voice input are now available in Mexican Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and Canadian French
Skype integration in Microsoft Messaging has been removed
"Messaging everywhere" feature which enables users to send and receive text messages from a PC with the same Microsoft account
Swipe left to delete text messages and an "undo" button to recover accidentally removed messages
Wi-Fi Hotspot 2.0 which allows users to move between hotspots without requiring them to re-authenticate every time
Users can now abort an auto correction by tapping on the word that is to be autocorrected
Windows Insider app is no longer required. User may switch builds from a new page in the Settings app

Bug fixes

Fixed an issue where a phone's screen would become unresponsive
Fixed an issue where Windows Hello stopped working
Fixed an issue that caused the "space" and "enter" keys to cease working on the keyboard
Fixed an issue which prevented many apps from launching from the Start or All Apps screen in the previous preview build
Glance screen will now reflect text scaling settings set by Ease of Access
Fixed an issue where various emoji couldn't be removed from the text box of an interactive notification
Fixed an issue where tethering over Bluetooth didn't work if Bluetooth had never been turned on before
Fixed an issue where a sample image couldn't be selected as the lock screen background

General user experience

Updated emoji design
Camera button replaces the back button on the Lock screen
Media controls are now shown on the top portion of the lock screen
USB Ethernet adapter Support with Continuum
Ability to comment in the Feedback Hub
Action Center improvements
Visual changes to Action Center and notifications
Updated Cortana notifications
Priority levels can now be set for app notifications in the Action Center
Quick Actions can be better customized now
Settings app
Icons for individual settings pages
New "Navigation Bar" settings page
New "Glance Screen" settings page
Battery usage and battery saver are now on a "Battery" Settings page, with extended features for managing individual apps
Windows Update now has an "Active hours" setting that prevents automatic restarts during the set time
Cortana improvements
Ability to add reminders from photos and UWP content
Microsoft Edge improvements
Users no longer need to open the context menu for copy/paste operations
Tabs opened by other apps now close with the back button

Bug fixes

Fixed an issue that caused screen flickering while watching a full screen video or when the user first launched Windows Camera
Tuned the volume ramp up for alarms
Updated the reminder and alert notification logic during calls
Fixed an issue where pressing the hardware volume controls crashed Netflix
Fixed issues where Chinese Input Method Editor and the Chinese 12-key keyboard
Fixed an issue where swiping from Start to the All apps list would get stuck after exiting Continuum
Fix for a problem that caused music playback to get occasionally interrupted
Fixed an issue where the keyboard would get dismissed when the user tapped the first key after having interacted with the app bar
Fixed an issue where a auto-correction revert would get auto-corrected again
Fixed an issue with locking and unlocking which caused the Start Screen to get stuck at "Resuming..."
Fixed an issue where the keyboard would show all black above the Lock screen when responding to a notification
Bing images on the lock screen now appear correctly
Task Switcher now has a Windows logo for the Start Screen
Fixed an issue where calls stopped ringing if an SMS notification arrived
Fixed an issue with the app name getting truncated on the Start Screen
Volume control will no longer incorrectly show controls for headphones after they are removed
Notification text in banners and Action center will now follow the “Text Scaling” setting

Bug fixes

Reliability, performance and stability improvements.
Support for Visual Voicemail on Dual SIM phones.
Improvements for Bluetooth connectivity, including the reliability of connecting to and staying connected with Bluetooth devices.
Fix for a problem that caused audio playback to get occasionally interrupted in Groove Music and other music apps when phone display was turned off.
Improvements for Microsoft Edge browser, including support for configuring a prompt before a file download occurs, support for background downloads, and a fix for a problem where opening a link from an another app wouldn’t load the web page.
Reliability improvements for Cortana reading text messages aloud and usability improvements for Quiet Hours feature.
Improvements for Store reliability, including a fix for a problem that prevented some apps from being updated and installed.
Fix for a problem that occasionally caused some apps to show blank tiles after upgrading from Windows Phone 8.1.
Improvements for PC connectivity via USB on some phones that were upgraded from Windows Phone 8.1.

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