The Microsoft Store is ready to make updating Windows apps even easier

Microsoft has a new update in the works for the Microsoft Store that will allow the software store to automatically update third-party apps that aren’t stored on Microsoft’s own servers, reports Windows Central.

Such third-party apps will be labeled as “provided and updated by” their respective developers or publishers, and these apps will appear in the general update list that appears in the Microsoft Store when you select Get updates. Prior to this, only apps that were hosted on Microsoft’s system could be updated in this fashion.

Note that this new update process does not work with apps that were downloaded outside the Microsoft Store, such as from a product page or on GitHub. It only applies to apps that are listed in the Microsoft Store but configured to download from a third-party source.

The new Microsoft Store third-party app update feature is currently only available to Windows Insiders. It’s unknown when it will appear in the stable version of the operating system.

Further reading: Why you should become a Windows Insider