Microsoft is bringing again its climate widget on the Windows 11 taskbar. It’s a function that initially debuted in Windows 10, offering reside climate situations and fast entry to the broader widget and information feed. Windows 11 eliminated this taskbar integration in favor of a separate widgets panel, although.

“We are trying out showing the Widgets entry point on the left side of your taskbar with live weather content,” explains Amanda Langowski, Microsoft’s Windows Insider chief. “You can also open the Widgets board by simply hovering over the entry point.”

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The climate widget will probably be displayed on the left aspect of the taskbar by default, or as a further icon if in case you have your Windows 11 taskbar aligned to the left. This newest taskbar change, accessible within the Windows 11 Dev Channel, follows the power for testers to show the time and date throughout a number of displays. Both adjustments are anticipated to rollout in a Windows 11 replace in 2022.

Alongside the taskbar adjustments, Microsoft can be saying a brand new Voice Access function for Windows 11. “Voice access is a new experience that enables everyone, including people with mobility disabilities, to control their PC and author text using their voice,” says Langowski.

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Voice Access will help opening apps, switching between them, and actions like searching the online or studying and composing emails. Once enabled, you should use instructions like “open Word” to open Microsoft’s phrase processing app, and even say “click” to pick out objects.

Voice Access seems to be a mixture of Microsoft’s varied speech recognition instruments in Windows over time. It’s not but clear when Voice Access will probably be accessible for all Windows 11 customers, and Microsoft says new options will present up in future annual Windows releases or as a part of month-to-month servicing releases.