Yet another improvement is set to be making its way to the new Windows Store in Windows 10 for phones. The beta named Store Beta has a new visual design and if you’ve been using the Store Beta on PC, it should feel familiar since it’s the built using the new Universal Windows Platform code. As a beta, there are a couple of known issues to be aware of with this Store app. Both the app selection and markets where the Store Beta is available are limited in this release. You can browse and search, as well as download apps. You can pay for those apps and games with options such as international credit card, gift cards and PayPal. However, carrier billing is not enabled yet. At Build, we announced that all Windows 10 devices (not just phones), will be able to support carrier billing. That means that the growing number of carrier billing connections we have today may be used by Windows 10 customers to purchase all Store content. We’re also adding music, movies and TV shows into the Store for you to purchase and access across all your devices. Movies & TV page is functional. Music is not available in this build but will be coming soon. And just like on PC, the current Windows Store remains available in this build.
Universal Office apps: Now that the Store Beta is included in this build, you can download the office and OneNote preview apps.
The Xbox app for Windows 10 is also now available for phones in the Store Beta. With the Xbox app on your phone – you can access your activity feed, achievements, friends list, activity alerts, messages, watch Game DVR clips, and connect to your Xbox One. You can now access music collection and play music from OneDrive. Now Playing makes it easy to swipe between songs and it looks great. In future, app updates will be delivered through the Store Beta including a Live Tile showing what’s currently playing, pinning favorites to Start screen, exploring the full catalog and listening to Radio with an Xbox Music Pass, support for Kids Corner, the ability to shop for music in the Store Beta, and more.
There are also added features on video playback whereby users can browse and play video files (including MKV files!) on their devices. Try out filtering and sorting your collection and adding a folder of videos to include in your collection. You can also browse and play movies and TV shows you’ve purchased and rented from Xbox Video. All you need to do is purchase a video on your PC or Xbox and pick up playback right where you left off on your phone. In a future app update, you will be able to download movies and TV shows for offline playback, new device management so you can manage your offline downloads on the devices you care about, improved search results, movie reviews and cast info, and more!
To try out the out the new camera app for Win 10 go to Settings > System > Photos & Camera (or pin it to your Start screen). Note that high-end Lumia devices (1520, 1020, 930, 830, 640, and 640XL) have some features not supported by the new Camera app. For these devices, the new app will work but to get the full functionality from the devices you will need to use the Lumia Camera app. More will be available in coming weeks and updated versions of camera apps to superset all features. Here are a few things to try: try out HDR (click the magic wand button), video stabilization for video and look for face-based autofocus in camera preview window.
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