Modernize your UWP app with preview UWP support for .NET 9 and Native AOT

Microsoft Will Let Developers Update Legacy UWP Apps to .NET 9

Microsoft Officially Deprecates UWP 

Project Reunion: An End to Microsoft’s UI Madness? 

Today we will unveil Project Reunion: our vision for unifying and evolving the Windows developer platform to make it easier to build great apps that work across all the Windows 10 versions and devices people use. 

Microsoft is “Unifying” Win32 and UWP 

• Terminal for PowerShell, CMD, WSL or custom shells
• Built-in support for SSH and Mosh connections
• Supports tabs and multiple windows 

XAML Islands enable .NET and native Win32 applications to host UWP XAML controls. You can enhance the experience and functionality of your existing desktop applications with the latest UI innovations previously only available for UWP apps.  

WhatsApp for Windows Phone is one of the few apps on Windows 10 Mobile today that continues to receive frequent updates from its developer. Unfortunately, the app itself is one based on Silverlight, which is what apps built for Windows Phone 8.1 used back in 2014. This means the app isn't a Universal Windows Platform app (UWP,) and as such doesn't run across all the different Windows 10 platforms and devices available today.