Microsoft makes good on promise to speed up Windows 11 apps

Over the past few years, Microsoft has been pushing to migrate UWP (Universal Windows Platform) apps to the newer Windows App SDK. The transition hasn’t been completely smooth, though, and the company has been catching flak for it.

Most recently, we saw the Photos app causing performance issues after it was switched over from UWP to Windows App SDK. This seems to be a growing trend for Windows 11 apps — and Microsoft is aware.

That’s why Microsoft has now promised that these issues will be fixed soon. In the latest beta version of Windows App SDK 1.6, app loading times have been reduced by 50 percent, according to Windows Latest.

The new version of Windows App SDK also makes it possible to significantly reduce the overall file size of apps, something that will be appreciated by many users who don’t have ample storage space.

Windows App SDK, which was previously known as Project Reunion, provides a unified API that simplifies the development of apps meant to run on both Windows 10 and Windows 11. Once it’s fully up to speed, it should make it easier for developers to create modern apps that run well across platforms, without being bogged down by UWP’s downsides.

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