Microsoft Launches New Photos App in Windows 11

Microsoft recently pushed out an update for the Photos app in Windows 11, one that brings some major changes under the hood, and it could also produce a noticeable change in terms of how the app runs on your PC. The crux of the matter is that the Photos app has been migrated from Microsoft's UWP (Universal Windows Platform) to Windows App SDK, meaning that the app has been redeveloped using a different framework making it better suited for newer versions of Windows. Additionally, the new Photos app could use more of your PCs resources, especially when using the new web-based functions of the client. For example, when youre editing a pic, the Photos app is rendering web-based image editing (WebView2) within the apps native interface. Another useful change is the previous multiple processes the Photos app consisted of being combined into a single process clearly labeled as Photos, making it easier to hunt out and force-close the Photos app in Task Manager. Source: Qatar News Agency