By Simon Batt
Publication Date: 2026-10-16 04:29:00
Summary
- Project Odeon makes Settings a Microsoft Store app so Microsoft can update it outside Windows Update.
- Found in an Insider branch as a Store entry; it coexists with the current Settings app for now.
- Store-based Settings could speed moving Control Panel features into Settings without holding up Windows Update.
Microsoft has quite a few projects going right now. The biggest one is Windows K2, which sounds like a brand-new version of the operating system, but it’s actually a major revamp of Windows 11 to tweak users’ biggest pain points. There’s also Project Helix, which will define the next generation of Xbox consoles
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