App Tour: Channel 9 Universal Windows Platform (UWP) App Update

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

January 30, 2017

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App Tour: Channel 9 Universal Windows Platform (UWP) App Update

 

Microsoft's Channel 9 is one of the best resources for learning more about the entire Microsoft ecosystem.

You will find video content about Microsoft technologies by the actual software engineers and program managers whom are building and working with that software or service plus, there is video coverage of nearly every event Microsoft conducts both online and at various venues around the world.

This new UWP app, which is available for PC, Mobile and Surface Hub has improved search, integrated sharing plus the ability to browse through various videos and place them in your queue for later viewing.

If you want watch videos while you are offline there is also an option to download videos from Channel 9 for that very purpose. You can minimize the files size by selecting between low, medium, or high quality versions of the videos.

When you are viewing a video there are also options to cast that video to a compatible device so you can view it on a large screen such as a conference room TV or similar setup. In addition, if you use your Microsoft Account to sign into the app then any videos you add to your viewing queue on one device will sync to your other devices running the Channel 9 UWP app.

Since the app is based on the Universal Windows Platform you will see in this galleries screenshots that the experience is going to be nearly the same on each device you use the app whether it is desktop or mobile based.

Link to Channel 9 in the Store https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9wzdncrfjbqh

 

About the Author

Richard Hay

Senior Content Producer, IT Pro Today (Informa Tech)

I served for 29 plus years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer in November 2011. My work background in the Navy was telecommunications related so my hobby of computers fit well with what I did for the Navy. I consider myself a tech geek and enjoy most things in that arena.

My first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then I used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and WindowsObserver.com is the result of the work I have done on that site since 1995.

In January 2010 my community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when I received my first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the Windows Operating System. Since then I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP each subsequent year since that initial award. I am also a member of the inaugural group of Windows Insider MVPs which began in 2016.

I previously hosted the Observed Tech PODCAST for 10 years and 317 episodes and now host a new podcast called Faith, Tech, and Space. 

I began contributing to Penton Technology websites in January 2015 and in April 2017 I was hired as the Senior Content Producer for Penton Technology which is now Informa Tech. In that role, I contribute to ITPro Today and cover operating systems, enterprise technology, and productivity.

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