If, like me, you’ve missed the taskbar time and date on a number of displays in Windows 11, you’ll be happy to listen to it’s returning. Microsoft is lastly bringing this performance again after delivery Windows 11 final 12 months with out the flexibility to see the time or date on secondary shows.

“We added the clock and date to the taskbars of other monitors when you connect other monitors to your device,” reads the release notes for a brand new Windows 11 construct that has simply been launched to Release Preview testers. It’s good to see one of many many lacking taskbar options returning to Windows 11, however there are nonetheless loads extra that Microsoft wants to deal with.

Microsoft already promised a bigger than standard replace to Windows 11 in February, and it appears prefer it’s now near rolling out to everybody. The replace additionally features a public preview of Android apps for Windows 11, redesigned Notepad and Media Player apps, and a variety of different taskbar enhancements. The climate widget will return to the taskbar on this replace, and a brand new mute / unmute characteristic within the taskbar can be obtainable for Microsoft Teams calls. You’ll additionally have the ability to shortly display share a selected app or window from the taskbar instantly right into a Microsoft Teams name.

Microsoft hasn’t revealed precisely when this newest Windows 11 replace can be obtainable for everybody, however given it’s in Release Preview, it ought to be a matter of days earlier than it rolls out extra broadly. Microsoft is now planning to check new experimental Windows 11 options all through 2022.