Release Preview channel of Windows 11 allows you can now to start testing Android apps on your PC. Microsoft is preparing to roll out the feature to all Windows 11 users next month.
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Release Preview channel of Windows 11 allows you can now to start testing Android apps on your PC. Microsoft is preparing to roll out the feature to all Windows 11 users next month.
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Google today is rolling out a limited beta test of its newly announced Google Play Games for PC product. The beta program is available in Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan. The Google Play Games PC application, which was announced last month during The Game Awards event, allows people to play Google Play games on Windows PCs, in addition to currently supported platforms like mobile, tablet, and ChromeOS. The new PC support will include both laptops and desktops, Google said, and players will be able to pick up from where they left off when switching from another device, like their Android phone, over to their computer.
New "SysJoker" cross-platform exploit now can infect machines with different OSes.
Interestingly, this exploit uses Universal Binary allowing it to run on Intel and Apple Silicon Macs. Code is signed with ad-hoc certificate. New certificates could be used in the future.
The files and directories created by SysJoker include:
AppleInsider/Library/MacOsServices
/Library/MacOsServices/updateMacOs
/Library/SystemNetwork
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.update.plist
The persistence code is under the pathLibraryLaunchAgents/com.apple.update.plist
. If the files are found on a Mac, it is advised to kill off all related processes and delete the files.
Reference: macOS, Windows, Linux all targeted by new cross-platform exploit
Apple releases iCloud for Windows 13 with support for ProRAW, ProRes, strong password generation.
Update also allows to share files using iCloud Drive.
Documentation for the Windows Subsystem for Android was spotted on Microsoft’s website and the company has now officially announced that Android apps are now available on Windows 11 if you’re a Windows Insider. You need to be enrolled in the Beta channel, in order to access the initial preview for Android apps on Windows 11. Another requirement, at least for now, is that your PC’s region is set to the United States, and to access the Amazon Appstore, you’ll also need to US-based Amazon account.
Parallels announced support for macOS Monterey and Windows 11 in new update. If your development depends on these OSes, you can now use Parallels Desktop 17.1. It also supports Apple Silicon for macOS virtualization.
Microsoft made a comment on the future of ARM Windows on Apple Silicon Macs both on running natively and virtualized.
We asked Microsoft whether running Windows 11 on an M1 Mac in Parallels is supported, and were told it's an unsupported scenario. Running the OS directly on the hardware isn't supported, either.
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Parallels though still provides hints on how to run Windows on M1 Macs.
Microsoft announced Windows 11 previously this year. According 9to5Mac CPU requirements changes make future of Windows 11 running on Macs unclear.
Apple releases iCloud for Windows 12.5. Notable updates include support for iCloud Keychain.
Parallels Desktop 17 is released with native support for Windows 11 and macOS Monterey on both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs.