Microsoft news recap: GTA V arrives on Xbox Game Pass, Google may have blocked Stadia on Microsoft Edge, and more

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Published on January 3, 2020

published on January 3, 2020

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Microsoft news recap is a weekly feature highlighting the top Microsoft news stories of the past week. Sit back, grab some coffee, and enjoy the read!

Grand Theft Auto V is the first new Xbox Game Pass title of 2020

Taking some by surprise, it has been announced that Grand Theft Auto V is the first game to be added to Xbox Game Pass in 2020.

Google has apparently blocked its Stadia cloud gaming service on the Chromium-based Microsoft Edge

Google’s subscription-based, cloud gaming service Stadia apparently doesn’t work on Microsoft’s new Chromium-based Edge browser because Google has blocked it.

Google’s blocking again. If you try and use Stadia with Microsoft’s Chromium Edge browser then Google blocks the UA string. Switch the string to Chrome Windows and it works just fine. 2020 needs to be the year this nonsense ends ???? pic.twitter.com/fAoxv9bNHQ

— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) January 1, 2020

Microsoft Outlook takes aim at Google’s Gmail and hits the 100 million install mark on the Google Play Store

Another of Microsoft’s apps on Android has reached a new milestone, with Outlook crossing the 100 million install mark via the Google Play Store.

New Microsoft Edge icon appears on latest Android beta

The latest update to the Microsoft Edge beta app on Android has delivered a new icon for the web browser.

That’s it for this week. We’ll be back next week with more Microsoft news.

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time). For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web. Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they're looking for.