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PowerToys for Windows 10 gets improved multi-monitor support and more with latest update

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Published onDecember 2, 2020

published onDecember 2, 2020

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Microsoft has released a fresh update for its PowerToys suite of tools, bringing it to version 0.27. This update is mostly focused on multi-monitor support improvements in FancyZones and brings a new look for built-in tools such as Image Resizer and Color Picker.

Today we shipped#powerToys0.27.0. We have done a lot of accessibility improvements, drastically improved multi-mon support in FancyZones, a more powerful Color Picker and wrapped up about 100 issues too.https://t.co/E5SUA21l2C

— Clint Rutkas (@ClintRutkas)December 1, 2020

The company noted that it skipped version 0.26 for “higher priority work,” and the much-awaited Video Conference Mute utility is expected to launch next week with the experimental v0.26.

“This will be coming in about a week’s time. We need additional work done here to ship this out. It will be 0.28 Experimental and will be 0.27 + The video conference utility. We skipped 0.26’s release for higher priority work,” the company explained.

Here is the full changelog for PowerToys version 0.27:

General

Color Picker

FancyZones

Image Resizer

PowerToys Run

PowerRename

As usual, the new PowerToys version is available to download from the officialGithub page. If you’re interested, you can also check out our separate post to learn more about themulti-monitor improvementsmade to FancyZones.

Radu Tyrsina

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