Don't want forced updates for your Windows 11 apps? Microsoft Store no longer gives you a choice in the matter.

Until now, it was always possible to disable automatic app updates in the Microsoft Store permanently and without exception. It was convenient for users who wanted to stay on older versions of apps.

A recent change to the Microsoft Store app has disabled the ability to turn off automatic updates. Now, you can only pause ...

Previously, you could indefinitely delay an app update. Now you have up to five weeks. The Microsoft Store previously allowed you to indefinitely pause app updates until you were ready to download ...

The Microsoft Store will soon be able to update apps that aren't hosted on Microsoft's store servers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Editor's take: Microsoft has spent years trying to make its official app store the default gateway for Windows software. The effort has mostly flopped, but the company keeps nudging the store toward ...

Microsoft’s Windows updates over the last couple of years have mostly been focused on adding generative AI features to the operating system, including multiple versions of the Copilot assistant.

There's finally one gaming app to rule them all, or so Microsoft hopes, thanks to a new Xbox app update on Windows 11. From today, the Xbox app now shows you all of your installed games, no matter ...

Earlier this week, we reported on a messy Windows 11 update that caused Microsoft’s Copilot app to be uninstalled from some devices and unpinned from the taskbar. That same update wreaked all kinds of ...