By Mayank Parmar
Publication Date: 2025-12-08 23:15:00
Microsoft wants to bring all your third-party app updates to one page under Settings > Apps > App updates on Windows 11. While we already have Library or Downloads in the Microsoft Store, it does not cover your other third-party apps, such as Microsoft Edge, Visual Studio, or any app that you can’t find in the Store or that has its own updater.
On Windows 11, you can get app updates via the Microsoft Store, or you can also use winget. For example, look at the screenshot below. I’ve dozens of updates for apps installed on my PC, and these are handled by the Microsoft Store server, as an individual updater is not provided by the developer.
However, most popular third-party apps, such as Edge, Chrome, and Visual Studio, have their own updater. Microsoft does not want to replace the built-in updater supplied by developers, but it wants to show all those updates on a single page. Right now, you don’t know if there’s an update available for a…
