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What's cool in Windows 10

Whether you build with or for Windows, enhance your apps with the new features in the Windows 10 May 2020 Update.

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WinUI 2.4

The latest official release of the Windows UI Library – WinUI 2.4 – provides new XAML controls to aid the intuitive display of information in your Windows app. WinUI APIs run on earlier versions of Windows 10, so you don’t have to include version checks or conditional XAML to supports users who aren’t on the latest OS.

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RadialGradientBrush

The RadialGradientBrush lets you create an ellipse, with a color gradient originating at the center and ending at a specified X and Y radius.

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ProgressRing

The ProgressRing control can indicate that users are blocked from interacting with your app until an operation completes.

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XAML Controls Gallery

The XAML Controls Gallery app lets you get a hands-on preview with every WinUI control, including those new in WinUI 2.4.

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Windows Subsystem for Linux

Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2) is a new version of WSL, which features significantly faster file IO performance and full system call capability.

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Install WSL 2

Want to get started? Follow these steps to install WSL 2 on your computer.

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New in WSL 2

Learn more about the new features in WSL 2, and how its changes affect your workflow.

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Docker in WSL

Docker is now supported on WSL 2. Learn how to install the preview, and integrate it with VS Code.

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Windows AI

Integrate machine learning models into your apps with Windows ML. Use automatic code generation and new APIs for hardware accelerated, local evaluation of trained models on your Windows 10 devices. Among other updates, Windows ML now supports ONNX version 1.4 (opset 9).

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MSIX and the Application Model

MSIX is the Windows app package format that provides a modern packaging experience to all Windows apps. The open-source MSIX format preserves the functionality of existing packages, while enabling modern packaging and deployment features.

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Packaging with Services

MSIX and the MSIX Packaging Tool now support app packages that contain services.

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Sparse Packages

If your app isn’t packaged with MSIX, you can now enable it to use Windows features that require a package identity.

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Hosted Apps

You can now create Hosted Apps, which share the same executable and definition as a parent app, but behave like a separate app.

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XAML Islands

XAML Islands allows you to host UWP controls in your Windows Desktop applications. Using new NuGet packages, it’s now possible to even host custom UWP controls in your WPF, Windows Forms, or C++ Win32 applications.

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.NET Standard 2.0

Share more code between UWP, Android, iOS, ASP.NET, Windows Forms, and WPF applications by using .NET Standard 2.0 class libraries.

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Visual Studio 2019

Visual Studio 2019 makes it easier than ever to start a new project, and debug your existing apps. Code faster. Work smarter. Create the future.

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Mixed Reality

Build apps for immersive headsets that merge the physical and virtual worlds.

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