- Microsoft Store now mechanically updates apps on Windows 11
- This transfer was made with none announcement from Microsoft.
- It might have been rolling out for a while and is designed to maintain Windows 11 PCs safer.
Windows 11 customers will now discover that software program updates from the Microsoft Store are actually obligatory and that they will solely delay them for a brief time period earlier than they’re utilized mechanically.
Windows Central observed that Microsoft has eliminated the choice to mechanically replace functions from its retailer; they’ll, no matter their preferences, sooner or later.
This was finished with none announcement, though the Microsoft Store gives an choice to delay updates: you possibly can pause them for as much as 5 weeks.
This makes Microsoft Store app updates the identical as Windows 11 updates, at the least for Windows 11 Home customers, who can solely delay a cumulative replace (month-to-month) for a time earlier than it’s forcibly utilized. (Windows 11 Pro customers have extra choices on this regard.)
Analysis: a protected mantra for Microsoft
This transfer might have began rolling out a month or two in the past (there are mentions of this taking place on Reddit), and I’m assuming it is rolling out extra extensively now.
The motive patches are being handed round with out giving the Windows 11 PC proprietor any selection is to make sure safety. Obviously, patching particular person items of software program is not as vital as ensuring Windows 11 has all identified vulnerabilities sealed towards potential assaults (and even Windows 10, a extra urgent matter today), nevertheless it’s nonetheless a priority.
Because many individuals have a tendency to easily overlook about software program updates, Microsoft has little doubt determined that the most secure plan of action is to activate them mechanically. And this concept has its advantage by way of retaining the Windows 11 person base as protected as potential.
That stated, I’m not too satisfied about not having any choices if I do not need to improve. You might not need updates to run should you’re out and about along with your Windows 11 laptop computer, on a cell connection, for instance. Or there could also be a particular motive why you need to keep on an older model of an app (maybe a deprecated characteristic that is not within the newest model) and in these eventualities, should you actually need to keep the place you might be, it might be good to have that choice.
We might nonetheless have automated updates, however with some form of override characteristic for individuals who want it in particular instances, full with warnings about the way it could also be compromising your safety. However, the fact is that having an outdated app in your PC in all probability poses a minimal safety threat (though that type of assertion may very well be filed within the “well-known final phrases” drawer, after all).
“Security first” just isn’t a nasty mantra for Microsoft to use to its Windows ecosystem. And you possibly can nonetheless keep away from the principle hazard of being an early adopter of software program patches (the chance of struggling a spectacular bug) by pausing updates for a month (giving the developer time to repair stated drawback).
Also keep in mind that solely apps from the Microsoft Store obtain these automated updates. Anything you’ve got put in from elsewhere will nonetheless require a guide replace (or obtain updates despatched by the developer throughout the software program itself).
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