Microsoft knows when it needs to push and please its users with changes that help the Windows 11 experience take a step forward. That’s why the company has promised that it will fix the problems that have plagued some of its apps and improve speed. To what extent and what can we expect from this?
With an operating system like Windows 11, which isn’t exactly new, having been around for a few years, you expect good performance. Above all, you want its first-party apps to run well. After all, this is Microsoft, and the company is supposed to have enough material to polish its product. But the company’s transition from UWP apps to the Windows app SDK isn’t going too well.
Errors with different programs and apps
The fact that an app like Windows 11 Photos is having issues says a lot about how Microsoft is out of control when it comes to its apps, because this tool should be one of the simplest. And the situation they must be in has probably generated more bad reactions than expected, since, otherwise, the company would surely not have promised anything. But, instead, they promise that they are working on fixing the problems and getting their apps to work faster.
For the moment, it seems that they are on the right track, as the latest beta version of Windows App SDK, update 1.6, has introduced important changes. One of them has led to applications loading times being reduced by 50%. This is confirmed by experts from the Windows community who have published their impressions of this update on Windows Latest. With these comments in mind, it is most likely that we are at the end of the road of the problems that Microsoft applications have been dragging along.
Reducing application weight
If we continue reading the impressions published in the source that we have linked to at the end of the news, although they say that Microsoft has presented the improvement of the apps in an extreme way, we can read a certain pessimism. Partly because they mention that, at least for the moment, the results that are being achieved with this speed improvement of up to 50% vary greatly between the different users and developers who have had the opportunity to test it. Thus, they recognize that, although in some cases it is noticeable, in others no modification is appreciated.
In any case, we should give Microsoft a vote of confidence and remember that this is a beta version and that they are probably still making changes. The important thing is that they are on the right track. In addition to what was mentioned about speed, they have also introduced the possibility of reducing the size of Windows 11 applications. According to the test data, it is mentioned that, thanks to the reduction in the size of the files, they become eight times lighter, so a significant amount of space will be freed up. This will be great news for all those people who do not usually have a lot of free hard drive and who are looking for new ways to optimize, especially with regard to internal Windows files.
Some of the most problematic apps today, whether due to slowdowns, poor speed or various problems, include the aforementioned photo tool or the Phone Link service. One of the errors, as it is said, is the excessive use of RAM memory that they make even though they are applications that, in theory, should not need so much capacity.
But, as we indicated, Microsoft is determined to fix everything so that users can enjoy more convenient performance. Everything will depend, on the developers and Microsoft itself, who will have to adjust their applications with the final version of WinAppSDK 1.6 so that their applications offer better performance. From there, the improvement in speed and the lower use of RAM will be two advantages that we will all end up taking advantage of. In short, good for Microsoft for getting to work on a clear and necessary improvement for Windows 11.
