Microsoft seems to be working on new Workspaces features for its PowerToys suite of Windows add-ons that will launch a collection of apps and automatically arrange and snap them into a custom layout on their monitor.
PowerToys Workspaces will enable users to create app layouts that can be saved to a shortcut so that users can automatically launch all their apps and place them on their screens. It supports multiple monitors, and users can create multiple app layouts on their screens. It supports multiple monitors, and users can create app layouts for different tasks.
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New Feature To Be Useful For Power Users
“The goal of app layouts is really to allow you, as a developer, to get into your workspaces and your workflows easier with just one click and get your desktop all set up with just one click,” explains Microsoft product manager Connor Plante in a YouTube demo.
The new feature will be coming with the PwoerToys 0.84 update soon and it seems like it will be particularly useful for power users of Windows that manage a variety of apps across multiple monitors.
Microsoft has been steadily adding a variety of tools to its PowerToys in recent years, including a new AI-powered copy and paste feature that can paste as plain text, markdown, or even summarized or translated text thanks to OpenAI API integration.
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Microsoft Could Be Developing Its Apple Vision Pro Rival
There have been several posts popping up on X suggesting that Microsoft has signed a development and supply contract with Samsung Display for micro-OLED displays. The information comes from a Korean tech website, The Elec, which claims that the company wants “hundreds of thousands” of these displays for an XR device built for gaming and media consumption.
Simply put, Microsoft is working on an Apple Vision Pro rival. Sony, Samsung, Google, and Meta have already dipped their hats in this circle, partnering with each other and other firms like Qualcomm and LG, and it now seems like we can add Microsoft to that list as well.
This isn’t the first time Microsoft has made news in the headset segment, having made both VR gaming headsets in the past and the work-enhancing AR headset HoloLens. Whether the HoloLens 3 project is still alive but its future is uncertain, though the company definitely hasn’t officially called it quits on the project yet.
Either way, not much has been happening on the XR front at Microsoft for quite some time, so the prospect of a new device is good news. The Korean report, citing industry sources, said the Microsoft XR device could arrive as early as 2026.