Microsoft News bulks up with even more Live Tiles, new 'Video Hub'

Now the topics you care about are just a click (or tap) away.

What you need to know


The Microsoft News app for Windows 10 received a major update this week.
There's a new Video Hub, along with the option to pin topic Live Tiles to your Start menu.
Coming soon, you'll be able to use a compact view to see headlines at a glance.


Microsoft News isn't one of those apps that gets big updates often, but when it does, it does it with a bang. This week, the app received a major update on Windows 10 that brings some helpful new features, whether you want to cruise through some video content or better keep up with specific topics.

The first major addition is a new "Video Hub," accessible from the sidebar menu. The Video Hub serves up news clips from a variety of networks, autoplaying through them by default. Below the main feed, you'll see a lengthy list of videos from news networks on other topics that you can easily add to your queue.

You can also quickly browse video content for speci...