On June 24, 2021, Microsoft officially announced the much talked about Windows 11. A year ago, the product was presented as the safest and fastest operating system in the brand’s history.
With a minimalist look, the software attracted a lot of attention with its more modern aesthetic and was inspired by the Windows 10X instinct. The world’s most popular operating system also brought performance features and much more integration with other systems.
A year after the announcement, what’s the best news Windows 11 has to offer so far? HE TecMundo below, we remind you of the operating system’s most interesting features and what it promises for the future.
new widgets
The new Windows 11 widgets are more dynamic, more diverse and contain a number of different settings. You can pin, pin, edit, resize and customize content cards for news, weather, traffic, quotes, calculator and more.
And one of the good news in this regard was the possibility of using third-party widgets announced by Microsoft last month. According to the technology giant, the integration will take place in 2022.
focus mode
Windows 11 won Focus Mode, which is good news. Configuration found in operating systems like iOS 15 helps the user focus on important activities.
Feature that minimizes distractions, provides on-screen focus timer, turns on Do Not Disturb, prevents flashing taskbar apps, disables badge notifications on taskbar apps, and more.
Focus also integrates with Clock with features like focus timer and music integration.
player characteristics
At the Windows 11 announcement event, Microsoft used part of the presentation to talk about how the operating system was developed with gamers in mind. To prove it, the company announced that it is introducing the same technology of the Xbox Velocity architecture found in the Xbox Series in software.
The functionality offered by DirectStorage allows Windows 11 to decompress game resources by the GPU without needing to overload the processor, resulting in a huge performance gain and lower load times for games.
On the gamer side of the operating system, Auto HDR (automatically applies High Dynamic Range improvements) and Xbox Game Pass service are integrated.
central start menu
Visually, one of the biggest new features of Windows 11 is the Start Menu. It attracted attention as it was configured natively in the middle of the screen, without much change in functionality, just like its rival Linux.
Microsoft defended the change, saying that leaving the software’s main menu in the middle makes it more practical to use and much more agile. The Windows Lastest website has even revealed that the brand is sending emails to users saying that users are centralizing Start due to feedback and requests from them.
Android apps
If the issue of centralizing the Start Menu is controversial, there is no discussion about this innovation as many people prefer to turn the menu to the left. The revelation that Windows 11 will have native access to the Android platform has delighted many people with the possibilities.
Microsoft’s latest operating system allows people to run Android platform apps available on Amazon Appstore directly from the new Windows Store.
To make this little gambiarra, Windows 11 uses Intel Bridge technology. It enables the language of applications developed on the Google platform to be translated into x86 architecture.
Future: Windows 11 22H2
Although it has been a year since its announcement and has been available to users for almost 9 months, Windows 11 still has a long way to go. One of the most anticipated news is the 22H2 update, which is promised to arrive in the second half of this year.
While the update is already in testing phase and not all features have been fully revealed, it is already possible to know about some of the new features. The 22h2 update should introduce features such as the new smart clipboard, deleting Notification Area icons, desktop improvements, newly appearing File Explorer and Task Manager tabs, as well as bug fixes and optimizations.
Source: Tec Mundo
