What's new

New apps and big updates

Every new Metre2 app and every big update, newest first. Updates reach the Microsoft Store apps and the browser editions automatically.

November 2026

New app9 Nov Print Imposition Booklets, signatures and n-up, imposed for press New app9 Nov Sprinkler Design Lay out, calculate and price sprinkler systems New app9 Nov Programme Studio Construction programmes in your browser, scheduled like P6, with P6 and MS Project files. Free for up to 50 activities. New app9 Nov Drainage Design Foul, surface water and SuDS drainage design with auto-design and adoption checks, on Windows and in your browser. Version 1.56 Nov BIM Explorer Real quantities from the model, a quantity check, BCF issues, the UK IDS pack and floor plans. Version 1.16 Nov Calendar A year view, timesheets and invoices, calendar subscriptions and backup. Version 2.16 Nov Map Colour by column, paste from Excel and poster maps, plus Map Pro for drive times, routes and territories. Version 1.25 Nov Mail A new look, Microsoft 365 accounts, .pst import, pins, categories, rules and on-device AI summaries. Version 1.15 Nov Desktop Publishing Opens Publisher .pub files, with tables, a calendar maker and booklets. New app2 Nov Desktop Publishing Flyers, newsletters, posters and cards on real pages, with linked text and text effects. New app2 Nov Rich Text Editor A modern replacement for WordPad: open and save .rtf, Word .docx, .odt and .txt files. New app2 Nov Step Recorder Record a task and every click becomes a step with a screenshot. The Windows Steps Recorder replacement. New app2 Nov Photo Viewer The fast, classic photo viewer for Windows, with iPhone HEIC photos included. New app1 Nov Mail Email for Windows, the way Windows Mail did it: Gmail, Outlook.com, iCloud and any IMAP or POP3 account. New app1 Nov Scanner Flatbed or document feeder, both sides, straightened and cropped into one PDF. The Windows Fax and Scan alternative. New app1 Nov Lamplight Dominoes Fives & Threes, All Fives, Draw, Block and Mexican Train in a lamplit 3D room. New app1 Nov Lamplight Dice Yacht, Farkle, Liar's Dice and Shut the Box, with fair dice rolled in the open. New app1 Nov Lamplight Draughts English draughts, plus Reversi, Four in a Row and Nine Men's Morris, in a lamplit 3D parlour. Version 1.21 Nov Kingside Chess The Club: twelve named opponents to beat, a daily puzzle, clocks, two players and Chess960. Version 1.21 Nov PDF Flatten Flatten from the Explorer right-click menu, page ranges and password-protected PDFs. Version 1.11 Nov Lamplight Cue Club A bar billiards table, English billiards, replays and a free camera.

October 2026