Microsoft is launching its biggest change to the Windows taskbar in years. A new weather and news taskbar widget will begin today in Windows 10, providing weather information directly in the weather taskbar. The widget also expands to include a feed of news, stocks, sports and weather information.
The content’s mini-feed is only visible when you activate the widget, and it can be completely personalized with the latest sports news, headlines and weather information. Microsoft is using its Microsoft News Network to surface news and content from over 4,500 sources, and when you dismiss or like stories in the feed, the company will use AI to find out how the news What is relevant to you.
If you don’t care about this new widget, it’s easy to deactivate it, or you can just keep the weather information visible in the taskbar. This new widget will start rolling out from today to those who opt for the April 2021 cumulative update preview for Windows 10, and wide availability will be in place over the next few weeks, as May Windows security updates begin to roll out. gives.
Microsoft has been testing this taskbar widget since January, and it is surprising to see that the company’s planned 21H1 and 21H2 updates will appear next to Windows 10 this year. Microsoft is in the final stages of testing for the 21H1 update, which is expected to launch next month, but this new taskbar widget will be available for Windows 10 users at version 1909 or higher.
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