We have already mentioned a few features that can be considered important in Windows 8.1Not being the only ones that exist, but rather, we should start exploring everything that Microsoft has announced in different news on its forums.
If you have a tablet with Windows 8.1, perhaps the information that we offer you below is of interest to you, since we will try to describe what Microsoft considers the 10 most important qualities offered in this update for their mobile devices.
1. The Home Screen and its famous tiles
Once we start this Windows 8.1 operating system on a tablet, The first thing we will be able to admire is the Home Screen; This environment is not only decorative as many people might imagine, but rather it is informative. Each one of the tiles has life, since they will show certain characteristics that concern it; but that's not all, as these Home Screen Tiles can be easily customizable by your users.
Just to give a small example, someone could choose the weather tile and there, configure it so that it will show climatic data of the place where the user lives, or of some place they plan to visit during the weekend; These small rectangular elements are not the only ones that can exist there, since the user can integrate a few more as he installs more applications in this operating system.
2. Categories in Windows 8.1 settings
Those who have a tablet with Windows 8.1 will benefit the most before those users with a computer with a conventional keyboard and mouse; the fact of use the touch screen to enter the PC Settings (from the tablet) is a very easy task to perform. We will only have to touch the upper right corner and later, and until the end of the screen to find this function.
Microsoft has decided to place the most important functions there so that they are handled by an ordinary user, all distributed at the category level, having a logical order that will help us to more easily configure the work environment on this mobile device.
3. Share multiple applications on the same screen
Despite the fact that this function has been working since Windows 7, in that operating system only 2 different applications could be shared on the screen, each one occupying half the space present there.
In Windows 8.1 this feature has been improved, since the user can place more than 2 applications on the screen, just as if they were customizable columns, being able to change the order of each one of them according to the need of work in said applications.
4. Improvements in touch applications
Microsoft wants everyone to migrate to Windows 8.1, which is why to "improved" the way of working in each of the applications proposed by them; just to give a small example, we could mention to the email that now, it has a design that adapts perfectly to the new interface of this operating system. According to Microsoft, it is now easier to manage contacts, emails in our inbox, Skype and a few other functions.
Its Internet Explorer browser has also been mentioned, which has the possibility of working with more than 10 tabs open at the same time, also having a very large improvement in its download manager, a preview of the content of the web page that we are visiting among many other functions.
5. New touch applications in Windows 8.1
In addition to the applications that can be installed on this operating system, or those that you could download from its store, Microsoft natively offers a few touch tools that we will surely use at all times.
The calculator, alarm, health, sound recorder and much more become part of the new touch applications that we will handle on a daily basis. Due to the design and the way of use proposed by Microsoft, beyond being a simple operation for many people it is a fun aspect.
6. Better search system in Windows 8.1
If in the past there were many complaints from those who carried out a local search or on the Internet (in the first case for the indexing of files), this situation has come to change drastically in the new Microsoft operating system.
Any topic you want to consult can be written in the search area; if it refers to a file then the results will be displayed locally on the device. But if this search involves an informative and research aspect, we will immediately see results from the Internet, the Windows store, Bing, Wikipedia, Xbox Music, among a few other environments.
7. Big improvements to the touch keyboard
The operation on a touch keyboard that is presented on the screen of the mobile device can be a trauma for a few users of different models, something that for Microsoft, in Windows 8.1 has been greatly improved for the benefit of the user.
Not only is it the fact of the layout of the keys but also, many have hidden characters and options in the background; In order to discover any of these special features, the user only has to hold down the key so that later additional typing options appear to choose from.
8. Hands-free to use the different functions of Windows 8.1
It could be said that Bill Gates' dream has come to fruition in this new version of Windows 8.1, because a long time ago this important Microsoft executive came to mention that one of his most cherished wishes was being able to admire a device that can be controlled only with gestures and signals provided by its users.
This new function could be reviewed on the tablet with Windows 8.1, where we will only have to activate both the camera and the respective function, so that the team follows the movement of our hands. In this way, without touching the screen, if we move our hand from right to left (or vice versa), we will be navigating through the tiles on the Start Screen of this operating system.
9. Take photos or record video with the computer locked
For Microsoft this is also another of the most important features proposed in Windows 8.1, where the user only has to close the session (or enter lockdown mode) and nothing else. Subsequently you should only place your finger at the top of the screen and drag it down for the camera to activate. With this we could get to take sporadic or fast photographs, being able to also record video, all this without us being inside the operating system. In other words, our mobile device has become a conventional camera since it does not rely (in this mode) on the execution of the operating system.
10. Enhanced Help in Windows 8.1
According to Microsoft, the help that was offered in versions prior to Windows 8 had flaws, where its users could have had many problems in the execution of one or another function of the operating system; This situation has now changed, since in the case of encountering some kind of problem in the handling of specialized functions, the user can go to the «Help and Tips» area.
This area has the objective of helping users to adapt more quickly to the use of Windows 8.1, tutorials that mainly focus on the correct and proper handling of the Home Screen, the applications integrated natively, the different functions to navigate the operating system, the correct way to customize the settings and many other aspects.
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