Top 9 Features of upcoming version windows 8.1

Top 9 Features of upcoming version windows 8.1

Microsoft had announced regarding an update to its latest Operating System Windows 8.1 Codenamed as Windows Blue, Windows 8.1 is more than an update and will include many changes. Microsoft is expected to place out this free update on 26th of this month. Take a look at these following 9 features.

#1 Desktop mode
 With this update, users can launch the Operating System in desktop mode, which resembles the same set up as the older versions. The Operating system’s start screen features different tiles which could be rearranged easily. Windows 8.1 now gets with more colors and backgrounds for the start screen. 
#2 The Start button is back

The start button was not presented in the Windows 8 version of the OS. But the new version is believed to contain it on the screen and when clicked, you would find the start screen popping out with the wallpapers behind it, developing the modern UI more like an overlay.


#3   New search technology

Windows 8.1 is also uses Microsoft’s Bing search technology. As in the case with the previous version, users could find the search bar from the right side of a display screen. Instead of searching for applications or files in the form of categories, Windows 8.1 allows the possibility to search about anything on the computer in a single go!

#4  Get connected to SkyDrive

To keep your photos, files and important documents, Windows 8.1 gives you with a built in connection to SkyDrive.
Files can be saved directly on SkyDrive even when offline, the SkyDrive app will get a new update so that files are accessible to the owners.
#5 Internet Explorer 11

The new OS will present its users with IE 11. With better performance this time, users can find faster page load times and several other new enhanced feature to taste with.  One can change the overlook of modern IE11, to always display the address bar.

#6 Photo frame on desktop
This version features a lock-up screen that will display a slideshow of a user’s frequent pictures.

You can switch on your PC  into a picture frame by changing your Lock screen a slide show of your pictures. There is a option to take pictures with built-in camera right from the Lock screen without having to log in.
#7 Moving applications become easier
Users can now find it easier way to move applications on the start screen and change the size of each app on screen file.
One can now select multiple applications all at once, re-size them, uninstall and rearrange them. Just by swiping on a button, you can view all applications and they can also be filtered according to name, date installed, most used or by category.

#8 Two applications can run simultaneously

Windows 8 allowed people to run two applications side by side, but it was more limited on how one could configure the screen. Windows 8.1 offers users more options to determine how much of the screen each app occupies while showing up to four different programs.


#9 Outlook app

The Outlook email application is for free with a light weight Windows version, called Windows RT made for tablets.