The new Microsoft Store leaves the testing phase: the redesign, new functions and more apps can now be tested on the Dev Channel

Microsoft continues to tweak its applications before Windows 11 arrives. The objective is to try to adapt the aesthetics to the new operating system and that everything, as far as possible, provide greater consistency. AND now it’s the turn of the app store.

And it is that after a few months in which the Microsoft Store has been in the testing phase, the time has come when it leaves the beta phase and any user that is part of the Windows 11 Dev Channel you can access it. A version of the app store that you can already try if you download the latest version.

Redesign, new features and more apps

Specifically, the version that provides the improvement comes associated with the number 22109.1401.24.0. A review that offers changes to the interface, but it also adds new functions and a new policy that has allowed new applications to reach the Microsoft Store.

Now the Microsoft app store win with the presence of new applications like Reddit, TikTok, VLC, Prime Video … apps that can now be downloaded directly from the Microsoft Store. Remember that companies like Amazon and Epic they will have their space in the Microsoft Store.

For now only those who are part of the Windows Insider Program on the Dev Channel will have access to the new MicrosoftLeaving out those that make up the Beta Channel for Windows 11 tests. Remember that this channel focuses on the improvements that will arrive on October 5 when Windows 11 is released.

To be able to test the latest version of the application store, it is enough to follow the normal process by which we update any application and what happens by entering the app “Microsoft Store”, look in the lower left area for the shortcut to “Library” and then click on “Get updates” in the upper right area of ​​the screen.

Via | WBI

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