Besides the officially announced changes, Windows 11 build 25201 includes a number of hidden gems. Being hidden from the eye of the user, there are new Rename this PC and date-time editor dialog boxes with touches of the new Windows 11 design. Let's review how to enable them.
Category: Windows 11
How to Enable Full-screen Widgets in Windows 11 Build 25201
One of the changes in Windows 11 build 25201 is the updated Widgets pane which you can expand full-screen. However, this change, like many others that recently became available in Dev builds, is visible to a small group of Insiders. If you want to test it right now but it doesn't appear for you, here are the steps to enable it.
Windows Subsystem for Android September 2022 update comes with WebView 104, performance improvements
This month's WSA update for Windows 11 comes with several improvements. It includes Chromium WebView version 104 and changes made to the subsystem, so it performs faster. Besides, there are several quality of life and reliability improvements.
Windows 11 Build 22000.1041 (KB5017383) improves widgets and adds WebAuthn passwordless authentication
Microsoft has released a new patch for Windows 11. KB5017383, currently in preview, raises the OS Build number to 22000.1041. Since it is a preview update, you must install it from the optional updates section in the Settings app. Here are the changes it comes with.
Windows 11 Build 25201 allows making widgets pane full-screen
A new Dev channel build is out today to Insiders. Besides traditional portion of fixes, including a memory leak fix, Windows 11 Build 25201 allows expanding the Widgets pane full-screen. So it reminds of the Start screen of Windows 8. There are also improvements made to the Game Pass widget.
Cumulative Updates for Windows 11 and 10, September 2022
Microsoft has released a set of cumulative updates for all supported Windows versions. These include Windows 11, and actual/supported Windows 10 releases, 21H2, 21H1, 20H2, and 1809.
Taskbar search box is back to Windows 11, here’s how to enable it
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.
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.
