Microsoft has just released the latest version of its Windows App SDK development tool. The new version number is 1.6 and includes quite a few new features. In a post on the official Windows blog , Microsoft says Windows App SDK 1.6 adds native support for Ahead Of Time AOT compilation. AOT apps are compiled ahead of time hence the name to native code before they are published. This should allow the app to start faster and also use less memory. Microsoft even shows a demo of how a native AOT