Microsoft prepares major Windows 11 feature drop with new Start menu, Taskbar updates, and more | New features expected to roll out next month

Windows 11's next major update is set to include a brand-new Start menu, lots of Taskbar and File Explorer updates, and ...
Ars Technica

Back to basics: Microsoft tests overhauled Start menu in Windows 11 beta builds

Windows 11 has become so synonymous with Microsoft’s push into generative AI that it’s easy to forget that it originally launched as a mostly cosmetic overhaul of Windows 10. But Microsoft continues ...
XDA Developers on MSN

5 tools that put the Windows 11 Start menu to shame

The Start menu is always one of the most controversial parts of Windows, and that's definitely true with Windows 11 as well.
Ars Technica

Microsoft shares its process (and discarded ideas) for redone Windows 11 Start menu

Microsoft put a lot of focus on Windows 11’s design when it released the operating system in 2021, making a clean break with the design language of Windows 10 (which had, itself, simply tweaked and ...
The Verge

Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu

The app recommendations from Windows 10 are coming to Windows 11 soon. The app recommendations from Windows 10 are coming to Windows 11 soon. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been ...