Category: Windows 11

There will soon be a new button in the Windows 11 taskbar for opening Windows Studio Effects. The latter is a suite of AI-powered audio and video effects that are applied in real time. Windows 11 Insider Build 22635.3276 (Beta) is the first release to contain it, but is currently hidden from prying eyes.

Major browser makers are moving away from third-party cookie support, as they are actively used to track users' activity. They mostly lack transparency in how users' data is collected and shared. Microsoft has introduced a new Privacy-Preserving Ads API as part of this initiative.

Microsoft is bringing Copilot to OneDrive. Besides, the latest update to Copilot on Windows 11 now supports plugins for Suno, Adobe Express, and Spotify, all of which are available for free. Users can now easily activate one or more plugins directly within the Copilot window.

Microsoft is set to unveil the highly anticipated Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 this month, bringing strong competition to the iPad Pro and MacBook Pro in terms of performance and energy efficiency. These new devices will be the first from Microsoft to support cutting-edge AI features found in the Windows 11 update coming this fall.

Windows Subsystem for Android, or simply WSA, didn't stay long with us. Being introduced in Windows 11, it already becomes deprecated. Microsoft is ending support for it beginning March 5, 2025.

There are two relatively simple tricks one can use to speed up File Explorer on Windows 11. The app is know to be slow, especially when you browse a folder like Downloads. Typically it contains plenty of files of different types, including archives, media files, executable files and installers, PDS, and more. File Explorer is sluggish when browsing folders like that. But here are the workarounds.

One of the lesser known features of Windows 11's Out-of-Box-Experience are hotkeys. Perhaps everyone knows that pressing Shift + F10. But only a few people know that there are more of them. In Windows 11, there are keyboard shortcuts to open hidden secret Autopilot information and Developer Console screens.

The Redmond firm has officially announced a new feature in Windows 11: The ability to use your smartphone's Camera as a webcam in desktop apps.  Being part of the most recent "Moment 5" update, it is gradually coming to Insiders on all channels.