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Next month they'll quietly add these "features" as background services under a generic name.
As part of a security update!
Another task for "Feedback Hub."
“Windows Personal Assistant Control (WPA Supplicant)” - don’t forget you need the WPA supplicant enabled to connect to the network!
WPA stands for "WiFi Protected Access".
I know. I was making a joke that they would purposely obfuscate an existing acronym to try to confuse people into using it.