Installing Windows apps used to feel exciting. A tiny, 5 MB installer could give you a blazing-fast music player, a rock-solid text editor, a powerful image viewer that opens instantly, and barely ...

Windows 11's in-box apps and system interfaces are currently a mishmash of native and web-based interfaces, but it sounds like that might soon be changing.

Rudy Huyn is building a new Windows team focused on native apps, aiming to improve performance, UI consistency, and user experience.