Live tiles, along with the ability to choose between two sizes, and a selection of Start screen backgrounds are already available in Windows 8. Version 8.1 seems to add a little more which is nice.

You first need to open and potentially set up the app for which you want to see a live tile. Among the apps in the new Windows 8 Release Preview that can tap into this feature are Mail, People ...

At the Windows Phone 8 launch, Microsoft officials are talking up not just live tiles, but also live apps. Written by Mary Jo Foley, Senior Contributing Editor Oct. 29, 2012 at 10:32 a.m. PT ...

Here’s how to make room for more Live Tiles in Windows 8.1 Most apps hope to be so useful that they’re pinned here by users. Files too […] How to Add More Space for Live Tiles in Windows 8.1 ...

A new feature in Windows 8 is tiles on the Start Screen called Live Tiles that can display a constantly updating stream of new information related to that particular app. This allows you to have ...

Microsoft's ill-fated Windows 8 operating system was well ahead of its time, and Windows 11 could learn a thing or two about ...

8.1 HD Tiles is a Windows Phone 8.1 app that will let you add transparent Live Tiles to your Start Screen. The app not only offers transparent tiles for two hundred apps but 8.1 HD Tiles also ...

Flipboard is launching on Windows 8.1 today. We got an early look at the app during Nokia World in Abu Dhabi last month, but the final version will be available in the Windows Store shortly. If ...

Hey Windows users, if you are looking for a quick way to connect to GeekWire’s latest news, check out our new live tile for Windows 8.1. If you are using Windows 8.1/IE 11, when you visit “pin ...

The latest entry on the official Windows 8 app developer blog has Microsoft offering some hints to Metro app makers on how to create and update their app's live tiles.

Windows 8 Live Tiles offer an entirely new way for applications to interact with end-users on the Start Screen. The ability to update Tiles allows running apps to deliver relevant information to the ...

Microsoft's live tile feature in Windows 10 hasn't been updated in a long while, which begs the question, are live tiles dead? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...