<p>Ahead of Microsoft Ignite 2025, Windows boss Pavan Davuluri tweeted an innocuous post about nothing, and all hell broke loose. We are broken as a community and it's time to cull the herd.</p> <p>Ignite 2025</p><ul> <li>Fun aside: Google could have announced Gemini 3 at any time, but they chose the opening day of Ignite. Who's dancing now?</li> <li>No Satya and suddenly the keynote is watchable again</li> <li>Microsoft brings Anthropic models to Foundry along with Nvidia architecture</li> <li>MCP comes to Windows 11 in public preview for developers</li> <li>New Microsoft 365 Copilot agents for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint</li> <li>Agent 365 is the obvious name of an AI agent management service</li> <li>Windows 11 is getting agents on the Taskbar because it isn't annoying enough already</li></ul> <p>Windows 11</p><ul> <li>Two new Release Preview builds, a new Canary build, and the first release of Copilot Actions</li> <li>The RP builds are a preview of Patch Tuesday in December, it's bigger than expected</li> <li>Dev/Beta build with experimental AI agent capabilities, more</li></ul> <p>AI</p><ul> <li>OpenAI released ChatGPT 5.1 and it's like no one noticed</li> <li>Mozilla announces AI window for Firefox, with immediate backlash</li></ul> <p>Xbox and gaming</p><ul> <li>Qualcomm JUST announced a new control panel for Snapdragon X gaming</li> <li>Hands-on with the Xbox Full Screen Experience (FSE) for Windows 11</li> <li>FSE Transforms a gaming handheld PC into a device-like experience</li> <li>Frame rates see a dramatic jump in FSE <em>Call of Duty,</em> which was surprising</li> <li><em>Fortnite </em>is coming to the Xbox app in Windows, adding Xbox Play Anywhere support</li> <li>Xbox announces a new set of titles coming to Game Pass across platforms</li> <li>Xbox Partner Preview event is set for November 20</li> <li>As predicted, Steam Machine is the "Xbox Microsoft wanted to make." Yes, it's a good idea now that someone else is doing it</li></ul> <p>Tips and picks</p><ul> <li>Tip of the week: Tiny11 Builder, again</li> <li>Hardware pick of the week: Lenovo Legion Go 2</li> <li>RunAs Radio this week: Azure SRE Agents with Deepthi Chelupati</li> <li>Brown liquor pick of the week: Jameson Rarest Vintage Reserve 2007</li></ul> <p><strong>Hosts:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a>, <a href="https://twit.tv/people/paul-thurrott">Paul Thurrott</a>, and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/richard-campbell">Richard Campbell</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to <em>Windows Weekly</em> at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly">https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly</a></p> <p>Check out Paul's blog at <a href="https://www.thurrott.com/" target="_blank">thurrott.com</a></p> <p>The <em>Windows Weekly</em> theme music is courtesy of <a href="https://twitter.com/carlfranklin" target="_blank">Carl Franklin</a>.</p> <p><strong>Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!</strong><br /> Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: <a href="https://twit.tv/clubtwit" rel="payment">https://twit.tv/clubtwit</a></p> <p><strong>Sponsors:</strong><ul> <li><a href="http://ventionteams.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">ventionteams.com/twit</a></li> <li><a href="http://helixsleep.com/windows" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">helixsleep.com/windows</a></li> <li><a href="http://framer.com/design" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">framer.com/design promo code WW</a></li> </ul></p>
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Published: 2025-11-19 11:45:19