Microsoft tests Windows 11 desktop widgets with web search bar
by James Vincent from The Verge - All Posts on (#5ZDBB)
A screenshot of the web search box in the latest Windows 11 Preview Build. | Image: Microsoft Microsoft is adding an optional web search to the Windows 11 desktop in the operating system's latest Insider Preview Build. The company describes the feature as lightweight interactive content" - the first, it says, of many such tools it's considering adding to Windows 11 - but let's call the thing what it really is: a widget.
Not everyone signed up to the latest Windows 11 preview build will see the new search box, but anyone who does and doesn't like it can disable the feature by right-clicking on the desktop, selecting Show more options," and then toggling Show search."
If you are running the latest preview build, you'll also have to restart your computer to give the search box a chance to show up.
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