{"id":195352,"date":"2017-01-20T15:15:22","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T13:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=195352"},"modified":"2017-01-20T15:18:07","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T13:18:07","slug":"new-power-slider-for-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/195352-new-power-slider-for-windows-10.html","title":{"rendered":"New power slider for Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/windowsexperience\/2017\/01\/19\/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-15014-for-pc-and-mobile-hello-windows-insiders-today-we-are-excited-to-be-releasing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-15014-for-pc-and-mobile\/#UEDpjFPF4gJOe4rc.97\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Microsoft is adding<\/strong><\/a> a power slider to select Windows 10 devices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are conducting experiments on features which help improve battery life for Windows devices,\u201d said Microsoft engineer Dona Sarkar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a continuation of our battery life work for the Windows 10 Creators Update, some of you will start seeing a new slider in the power flyout on the Taskbar in this build.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sarkar said the slider does not set new power or performance configurations currently. At this stage, it is only part of the UI.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this Insider build, we\u2019re just looking to get your feedback on this UI.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft will work with OEMs to determine the best settings for their customers, so that they can ship those on new Windows 10 PCs.<\/p>\n<p>Here is what users can currently expect from this UI:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some of you will see the UI while others will not.<\/li>\n<li>If you turn the slider all the way to the left &#8211; when on battery power &#8211; it will turn Battery Saver on.<\/li>\n<li>None of the other slider positions \u2013 from \u201cRecommended\u201d through \u201cBest Performance\u201d \u2013 will affect performance or battery life at all.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cWhile this is just one piece of UI, we\u2019ll be talking more about battery life investments in the Windows 10 Creators Update in a few weeks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/194862-windows-7-is-outdated-technology-microsoft.html\" target=\"_blank\">Windows 7 is outdated technology \u2013 Microsoft<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft is adding a power slider to select Windows 10 devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":193098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[123,40764,26970],"class_list":["post-195352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-microsoft","tag-power-slider","tag-windows-10"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195352"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195352"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":195364,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195352\/revisions\/195364"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}