Windows news recap: Phone Link gains new features, WebView2 comes to Windows 10 consumer PCs, and more

Jack Wilkinson

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Welcome back to our Windows news recap, where we go over the top stories of the past week in the world of Microsoft’s flagship operating system.

Windows 11’s market share grows by bigger margin in latest AdDuplex report

According to AdDuplex data, Windows 11’s market share has grown by a bigger margin this time around, with the OS having a 23.1% share in June, up from 19.7% in April.

Windows 11's market share grows by bigger margin in latest AdDuplex report - OnMSFT.com - June 30, 2022

Some useful new Phone Link messaging features are now rolling out on Windows

New features for Phone Link have started rolling out on Windows, improving the messaging functionality. Improvements include collapsible notification pane and anew ability to search messages.

Some useful new Phone Link messaging features are now rolling out on Windows - OnMSFT.com - June 29, 2022

Chromium-based WebView2 runtime comes to Windows 10 consumer PCs

This week saw Microsoft announce that it is readying to release the Chromium-based WebView2 runtime to Windows 10 consumer PCs, which allows users to embed web content in applications.

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That’s it for this week. We will be back next week with more Windows news.