Here’s an up-to-date summary about the colourful battery icons for the Windows 11 24H2 taskbar and their status according to Microsoft:
What’s coming?
Microsoft is introducing a new, color-coded battery icon for Windows 11. The redesign aims to make battery status much clearer at a glance, with...
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Microsoft’s April 8, 2025 Baseline Public Preview: A New Chapter in Windows Security and Usability
On April 8, 2025, Microsoft rolled out a pivotal update for Windows 11 and the broader Windows ecosystem, marking a milestone that IT professionals and users have been anticipating for months. This...
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Microsoft's decision to roll out a public Windows roadmap marks a significant shift in how both everyday users and IT administrators can anticipate and plan for upcoming changes. With a focus on transparency and collaboration, this new tool not only outlines features in development, preview, or...
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Microsoft continues to shape the future of Windows 11 with the release of Insider Preview Build 22635.4805 (KB5050105) to the Beta Channel. This update not only fine-tunes the core components of the operating system but also sprinkles in new features, improvements, and bug fixes that tech...
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Microsoft’s latest innovation in the realm of consumer computing, the Recall feature for Copilot+ PCs, stands as a bold leap forward in integrating artificial intelligence directly into the user experience—while simultaneously igniting a firestorm of both excitement and concern within the...
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Microsoft’s Recall feature—essentially your PC’s AI-powered photographic memory—returns to the Windows spotlight, this time wearing a much snazzier privacy hat. Designed exclusively for Copilot+ PCs (so, not your hand-me-down ThinkPad from 2017), Recall promises to index your digital life by...
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There’s always a peculiar moment in the world of Windows when a feature designed for “convenience” inspires more raised eyebrows than a misfiring biometric scanner at airport security. Today’s celebrity culprit is Microsoft’s Recall: the shiny new Copilot+ Windows 11 feature that, after an...
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Here's a detailed breakdown of the official release notes for Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5570 (Dev Channel), based on the Windows Insider Blog for this build:
New Features Gradually Being Rolled Out (Toggle On*)
1. Profanity Filter Setting in Voice Typing
There is now a new setting...
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It’s been a long twelve months of waiting, speculating, and, for a select few Windows insiders: bragging. Now, Microsoft’s highly anticipated AI-powered features for Copilot+ PCs—Recall, improved Windows Search, and Click to Do shortcuts—are rolling out to mere mortals across the globe, one...
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Microsoft’s Recall feature, the AI-fueled digital notetaker that nobody asked for yet everyone has an opinion about, has sidestepped its way back into Windows 11 Copilot+ PCs after nearly a year of public silence and private engineering panic. That’s right—Recall, the auto-screenshotting...
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The day is finally here: Microsoft’s Recall feature, whose existence has haunted privacy forums and excited productivity nerds in equal measure since its unveiling last year, is officially going public. But don’t drop your firewalls or start joyfully screen-capturing your time sheets just...
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It’s finally happening: Windows Recall, Microsoft’s most controversial AI tool since, well... Clippy, has strutted onto the Copilot+ PC stage after a year-long intermission layered in drama, hot takes, and a not-so-little detour through the privacy minefield. Yes, the digital paparazzi of...
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Microsoft’s technical playground is bustling with whispers about the resurfacing of its controversial Recall feature—a tool that promises to revolutionize the way Windows 11 users interact with their digital past, but not without raising a storm of privacy and security debates. Initially...
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When Copilot Invites Itself: Windows 11’s Unwelcome AI Assistant Intrusion
Windows users, pour yourself a strong cup of coffee and ready your best side-eye, because there’s a new unwanted guest pinging the notification center in Windows 11 — and apparently, it doesn't wait for an invite...
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For months, Windows 11 Recall has been both the talk of the tech town and the subject of its most nervous side-eye. If ever there was a feature that could unite privacy hawks, enterprise admins, and the average user in a single, horrified gasp, it was Recall’s initial launch pitch: a Copilot+...
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Windows is not so much an operating system as it is a living chronicle of collective user willpower—equal parts software and glorious tug-of-war. Microsoft, the titanic tech luminary, built its empire on the hopes of productivity warriors, boot-up newbies, and armchair IT philosophers...
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The Windows Insider Program: Not What It Used to Be, Insiders Say
For almost a decade, the Windows Insider Program promised tech enthusiasts a front-row seat to Microsoft’s experimental features—a chance to test and shape the future of Windows long before its general public release. However...
In an exciting move for Windows users and AI enthusiasts alike, Microsoft has announced that its Copilot assistant will now offer unlimited access to both its voice capabilities and the advanced Think Deeper feature powered by OpenAI’s o1 reasoning model. This bold update removes previous limits...
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Microsoft has cracked open the gates to one of its most highly-praised AI offerings, “Think Deeper”, previously reserved for Copilot Pro subscribers. This feature takes user prompts and crafts responses using advanced reasoning models, promising detailed, contextually aware, and thoughtful...
This week in the intriguing world of Windows 11 updates, a pivotal story caught the attention of Windows Insiders: new features rolled out for all users before they landed in the laps of those enrolled in the Insider Program! Yes, you read that right. It's not a glitch in the Matrix; it’s just...