Microsoft releases a major update for HoloLens 2 with several new features
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Microsoft today announced the release of Windows Holographic, version 20H2, a new major update for HoloLens 2 users. This new update comes with several new features like Auto Eye Positioning, improved Kiosk Mode functionality, Research mode and more. Microsoft is releasing this build as a monthly update to version 2004. The major build number will remain the same and Windows Update will indicate a monthly release to version 2004 (build 19041).
Find the full change log below.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Auto Eye Position Support | Actively computes eye positions without users going through active calibration. |
| Certificate Manager | Allows new simpler methods to install and remove certificates from the Settings app. |
| Auto-launch provisioning from USB | Provisioning packages on USB drives automatically prompt the provisioning page in OOBE. |
| Auto-confirm provisioning packages in OOBE | Provisioning packages are automatically applied during OOBE from the provisioning page. |
| Automatic provisioning without using UI | How to combine the provisioning auto-launch and auto-confirm together. |
| Using Autopilot with Wi-Fi connection | Use autopilot from device Wi-Fi without need for ethernet adapter. |
| Tenantlockdown CSP and Autopilot | After tenant enrollment and the policy is applied, the device can only be enrolled in that tenant any time the device is reset or re-flashed. |
| Global Assigned Access | New configuration method for multiple app kiosk mode which applies the kiosk at the system level, making it applicable to all. |
| Auto-launch an app in multi-app kiosk | Sets an application to launch automatically when signing into a multiple-app kiosk mode. |
| Kiosk mode behavior changes for handling of failures | Kiosk mode failure now has restrictive fallback. |
| HoloLens Policies | New policies for HoloLens. |
| Cache AAD Group membership for offline Kiosk | New policy allows users to uses group membership cache to use Kiosk mode offline for set number of days. |
| New device restriction policies for HoloLens 2 | Device management policies enabled newly enabled for HoloLens 2. |
| New power policies for HoloLens 2 | Newly supported policies for power timeout settings. |
| Update Policies | Newly enabled policies allowing control of updates. |
| Enabled Settings page visibility for HoloLens 2 | Policy to pick which pages are seen in Settings app. |
| Research mode | Using Research mode on HoloLens 2. |
| Recording length increased | MRC recordings no longer capped to 5 minutes. |
| Improvements and fixes in the update | Additional fixes in the update. |
You can read about the above new features in detail from the link below.
Source: Microsoft
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