During The Game Awards show, Google made a truly surprising announcement: Google Play Games are officially coming soon to Windows 11 and Windows 10. The ad giant wants to bring Android games to Windows computers somewhere in 2022.
DirectX 12: Microsoft improves video encoding with a new API
Microsoft has announced a video encoding API designed to efficiently encode video in H264 and HEVC codecs using a GPU in accordance with DirectX 12 standards. The API is built into Windows 11 and is already available to developers in the DirectX 12 Agility SDK (1.700.10 preview or newer).
How to Enable Voice Access in Windows 11
Here are the ways to enable Voice Access in Windows 11. Voice Access is a new feature that allows the user to manage his computer with voice commands. It extends the speech recognition platform with new capabilities.
Windows 11 finally allows using stunning Spotlight images as your desktop wallpaper
Windows 11 users may soon get Windows Spotlight working as a dynamic desktop wallpaper on their PCs. In the latest preview build of Windows 11, Microsoft is now testing a new feature that will rotate breathtaking shots on the desktop, managed via a permanent shortcut.
Windows 11 brings back the weather forecast to the taskbar
One of the things users do not like about the new taskbar in Windows 11 is the deserted space to the left from the Start button. With the Start button and apps in the center and the system tray to the right, the left corner of the screen in Windows 11 looks awkward and empty. After receiving huge amounts of feedback and complaints, Microsoft is finally addressing the problem of the blank taskbar. The latest preview update of Windows 11 tries to fill the void with a weather forecast button.
How to Remove Weather from Taskbar in Windows 11
Here's how to remove weather from the taskbar in Windows 11 if you don't like this change. By default, recent builds of the OS display a weather forecast in the left corner of the taskbar.
Microsoft makes changing input language in Windows 11 less frustrating
The keyboard layout indicator that pops on the screen when you press Win + Spacebar in Windows 11 is a victim of fancy animations and improved UI with bad optimization. Unlike Windows 10 and 8, where the indicator appears on the screen instantly, Windows 11 suffers from atrocious UI delays and bugs.
How to Set Spotlight as Desktop Background in Windows 11
Thanks to recent changes, you can now set Spotlight as your Desktop background in Windows 11. After that, the OS will automatically download new beautiful images from Microsoft servers and apply them as your desktop wallpaper.
Pantone Color of the Year 2022 theme adds more color variations to default Windows 11 wallpaper
Microsoft has released one more theme to Windows 11 users. Named 'Pantone Color of the Year 2022', the themepack includes a number of recolored Windows 11 wallpapers.
Windows 11 Build 22518: Weather forecast in taskbar, Spotlight as desktop background
The Redmond software giant pushed out Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22518 to the Dev Channel with the following new features:
- The ability to set Spotlight as your desktop background
- A new weather forecast button at the left corner of the taskbar.
- Voice Access - a new feature that allows managing Windows 11 with voice commands.
- The keyboard layout switcher now has touches of Fluent Design.
- The option to show the clock on all displays and secondary taskbars are now available to all Insiders.
