Despite shipping a completely redesigned taskbar in Windows 11, Microsoft is about to bring to it some of its predecessor's features. Sadly, it is still not the ability to ungroup icons or text labels. This time it is the search box which you could seen in Windows 10 for long. It is already available in Windows 11 on the Dev channel. Here's how to enable it.
Category: Windows 11
Windows 11 Beta Channel is updated to Builds 22621.598 and 22622.598
Microsoft today released two new builds to Insiders in the Beta channel. Traditionally, one of them (22622.598), is designed to ship new features, while the other one (22621.598) comes with general fixes and improvements.
Windows 11 build 25197 official ISO images are available for download
Here's a bit of good news for those who need to install Windows 11 from scratch directly to the Dev channel. Microsoft today released official ISO files for the most recent build 25197.
The new system tray in Windows 11 has a neat icon animation
With release of Windows 11 Build 25197, Microsoft revamped the appearance of the system tray. It now has touches of WinUI and plays well with the appearance of the OS. It features rounder corners of the icon selection, and tooltips of the Fluent Design style. It also features a hidden secret animation that makes the appearance of icons much nicer.
Microsoft is working on a new search for the Windows 11 Start menu
Microsoft is internally testing a new behavior for the search feature in the Start menu. It currently includes a search box which redirects you to a dedicated search pane once you click it. It looks like the software giant isn't happy with this inconsistency, and is working on improving this experience.
Here’s how to enable New Windows Spotlight UI in Windows 11
Starting in Windows 11 Build 25197, the operating system includes a new user interface for the desktop Spotlight. When you click the "Learn more about this picture", it opens a pop-up at the bottom of the screen with details about the image. Besides, it allows switching the wallpaper, and even use Bing to find similarly looking desktop backgrounds. As it is a hidden feature, we will learn how to enable it.
Windows 11 Build 25197 (Dev) features Tablet-optimized taskbar, new system tray, and more
Microsoft has released a new Dev channel Build 25197 to Windows 11 Insiders. The key changes in this build are the return of the Tablet-optimized taskbar, the updated appearance of the system tray. Also, there are more fancier animations in the Settings app, and improvements made to the built-in apps.
A bug may prevent you from signing in to Windows 11
Microsoft has confirmed one more bug in Windows 11. It affects the stable version of the OS, and may prevent the user from signing in to a newly added Microsoft Account. Fortunately, the company already mitigated the issue.
Microsoft Adds New Mica Alt Visual Effect to Windows 11
Microsoft has quietly add a new "surface" for the Windows 11 UI, which is a more strongly colored version of the widely used "Mica". The new effect is called Mica Alt.
Windows 11 Build 22940 from the “Moments” update has been spotted in PowerShell repo
It is now a known fact that Windows releases will become available once every 3 years. However, between the major releases, Microsoft will continue to update current versions of the OS with new features and improvements using the new the "Moments" program. Windows 11 Build 22940, references to which have been spotted in the PowerShell repository on GitHub, represents the "Moment 2" update.
