Have Windows 8.1? Pin the Windows Phone Central Live Tile to your Start screen!

If y'all're similar us, y'all've spent a adept chunk of the day updating your PCs, tablets and Ultrabooks to the brand spanking new (and spectacular) Windows eight.1 OS. If you lot did, pat yourself on the dorsum because nosotros have a small, but absurd, bonus for yous troopers: The Windows Phone Central Live Tile.

Sure, information technology's not our official RT app, which is still in the works (you can issues Jay about it), just as runner up yous can employ the new Cyberspace Explorer xi "pin to start" feature, which will give you four Tile sizes: small, medium, big or broad. The tile is also Live, pulling directly from our site—call up of information technology as another cool manner to keep up to date on your favorite Windows Telephone and Microsoft news.

The Tile volition update every 30 minutes, giving you a peek at what's new on the site!

Instructions

1. Make sure IE11 is set as the default browser—at least to pin, yous tin can always switch it after. To choose your default browser, just type in "default programs" on the Start screen and launch the settings.
2. Launch IE11 in Metro mode (not desktop) and caput to www.wpcentral.com
3. Tap the Star icon (for favorites)
4. Hit the Pin button
5. Rename the Tile or simply proceed 'WPCentral'
6. Cull Tile size (yous can e'er modify information technology later on)

And that'south it!

The tile should refresh with our direct news feed and depending on the size you chose, it will take a slightly different layout. Oh, and  if you're a fan of our other sites on Mobile Nations, including Android Central, iMore or CrackBerry, those besides volition be getting this feature soon!

Enjoy, from the Windows Phone Primal squad!

*If you've already been using the Alive Tile, you should unpin and re-pivot today as nosotros switched from a slow RSS feed to a direct feed to our site

1. Striking the Favorites/Star button, then Pin icon

2. Select Title and Tile size

3. Motility Tile to desired location, information technology should update with site feed every 30 mins

4. You can always resize the Tile later on

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Source: https://www.windowscentral.com/pin-windows-phone-central-live-tile-your-start-screen

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