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Microsoft expected to update its full suite of built-in Windows 8 apps.
By Mary Jo Foley for All About Microsoft | March 22, 2013 -- 15:19 GMT (08:19 PDT)
On March 22, Windows SuperSite editor Paul Thurrott discovered a stack of updates that are "installation ready" for Windows 8.
These include:
- Microsoft.BingTravel
- Microsoft.Camera
- Microsoft.Bing
- Microsoft.Reader
- Microsoft.BingNews
- microsoft.windowsphotos (Photos)
- Microsoft.BingFinance
- microsoft.microsoftskydrive
- Microsoft.XboxLIVEGames
- Microsoft.ZuneVideo
- Microsoft.BingWeather
- Microsoft.ZuneMusic (Xbox Music)
- microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps (Mail, Calendar, People, Messaging)
- Microsoft.BingMaps
- Microsoft.BingSports
Microsoft officials have acknowledged publicly that the Windows team is aware that the first-party apps on Windows 8 and Windows RT have room for improvement. Many users have been especially disappointed in the Mail and Music apps for the product, claiming they feel more like betas than full, featured, polished products. Even though they're free, many of us Windows 8/Windows RT users feel that these apps, developed by the Windows team, just aren't very good. (The Windows 8/Windows RT apps built by the Bing AppEx team, on the other hand, have been quite solid and usable.)
Microsoft is expected to deliver another set of major updates to all its core apps when it rolls out the Blue update for Windows 8 and Windows RT late this summer.