If you’re holding out on upgrading to Windows 8.1, don’t. It’s free and doesn’t require users to pay Microsoft anything extra.
Microsoft began updated Windows 8 users to Windows 8.1 around year ago. Of course, before we begin you’ll need Windows 8.1. Here’s how to update apps downloaded from the Windows Store in Windows 8.1. With Windows 8.1, Microsoft made these app upgrades into something that happens in the background – usually without users noticing until they open the app that’s been updated.įor those who don’t want app updates to just randomly happen, this could be a bad thing and so Microsoft also allows users to manually update their apps. Every time users needed to update their app Microsoft would surface an app update on its Windows Store live tile but leave users to do the heavy lifting on their own. With Windows 8, apps needed to be updated manually. In improving the app experience in Windows 8.1 Microsoft rectified one of its biggest Windows Store app mistakes. Many apps even sync information between multiple devices. Because Microsoft ties Windows app purchases to user’s accounts, apps they buy through the Windows Store are available on any device they log into with their Microsoft Account. App and games are available in the Windows Store and users can rest assured that each has been checked to ensure that it doesn’t harm user’s devices in any way.
It’s not hard to imagine that the biggest change of all were Windows Store apps and how they’re updated.ĭebuting with Windows 8, Windows Store apps were a way for users to easily download safe solutions for all of their problems. The free update from Microsoft added new customization options for the Start Screen and options to kill off the Charms Bar so that they didn’t intrude on the Desktop at all.
If Windows 8 changed a lot of things for longtime Microsoft users than Windows 8.1 made those changes easier to swallow.
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