Microsoft appears to be experimenting with a major rethink of the Windows 11 taskbar — moving it from a passive launcher into an ambient, always-available AI hub that could surface context-aware assistance, multimodal helpers, and even agentic automations with a single click.
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agenticcompanion
ai automation
ambient computing
app actions
click to do
copilot vision
developer apis
enterprise it
insider preview
local models
model context protocol
multimodal ai
on-device ai
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privacy and security
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taskbar ai
windows 11
