Microsoft is making the Windows 11 taskbar a bit extra tablet-friendly quickly. The software program big has began testing a brand new taskbar that’s designed for pill use, with a smaller collapsed state that solely exhibits crucial data just like the time and date or community and battery standing.

This pill taskbar seems to be quite a bit much less cluttered, due to app icons, search, Widgets, and the Start button being hidden. A brand new setting will routinely conceal the taskbar if you’re utilizing a tool as a pill, and it’ll present extra display house for Windows 11 pill customers. If you wipe as much as reveal the complete taskbar, the widgets, Start button, search, and app icons are all quite a bit bigger and simpler to the touch.

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Alongside the taskbar adjustments, Microsoft can also be tweaking how widgets work in Windows 11 quickly. Today’s new Dev Channel check construct additionally contains extra data and dynamic content material in widgets.

“This should make it easier for you to discover and engage with new widgets and news content through your feed,” explains the Windows Insider team. “This release focuses on making widgets discoverable from the feed and over time we plan to make the feed even more personalized.”

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Microsoft can also be testing 37 new emoji in Windows 11, together with the troll, beans, and melting face emoji which are additionally making their strategy to Android, iOS, and different platforms with Emoji 14.0.

This newest Windows 11 check construct can even embrace enhancements to make it simpler to snap essentially the most related home windows subsequent to one another, with urged Microsoft Edge tabs showing in snap help. You’ll now see the three most up-to-date Edge tabs if you try to snap a window, and this may be disabled within the Windows 11 settings part.

As all the time, these new Windows 11 options can be examined and tweaked and will not seem within the working system for months. Microsoft’s Windows and gadgets chief, Panos Panay, revealed lately that the corporate will add extra options to Windows 11 within the coming months as a substitute of ready on a giant annual launch.

“Over time, you’ll see us release new features into Windows 11 for end users more frequently in addition to our annual update,” says Panay. “We will leverage the variety of update mechanisms we have in place, including servicing and Microsoft Store updates. Our goal is to deliver continuous innovation, providing you with the best experiences year-round.”