taskbar search

Microsoft’s Copilot has quietly moved from a sidebar experiment into the places most users open every day: the Windows 11 taskbar and File Explorer, where it can run long‑running “agent” tasks from the search field and summarize or answer questions about files with a single click. This change is...

Microsoft is quietly testing a major shift in how Windows 11 surfaces discovery and assistance: the familiar taskbar Search box can now be replaced, optionally, by an “Ask Copilot anything” chat-style pill that mixes instant local search results with Copilot’s conversational, voice, and vision...

Microsoft’s first public preview of the Copilot‑powered taskbar search box delivers a clean, polished experience that blurs the line between classic Windows Search and an AI assistant — but early testing shows the tradeoffs are real: convenience and discovery come at the cost of fragmented...

Microsoft’s latest Insider cumulative — shipped as KB5067115 and tied to Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.7051 — brings a significant shift in how people will discover and interact with their PC: an opt‑in Ask Copilot entry in the taskbar that fuses classic Windows Search with Copilot’s...

Microsoft is adding a tiny but genuinely useful shortcut to the Windows 11 taskbar: a new Copy & Search affordance that surfaces a transient “paste gleam” in the Taskbar search box whenever you copy text, letting you paste and search that text with a single click. Background Microsoft introduced...

Microsoft’s recent moves in Canary and Insider channels suggest the long‑running tug‑of‑war over whether Windows 11 will keep forcing Edge and Bing for taskbar searches may finally be loosening — but the change is still an experiment, regionally motivated, and far from guaranteed to ship...

Microsoft’s September Patch Tuesday delivers more than a routine security roll-up: KB5065426 (OS Build 26100.6584) for Windows 11 24H2 packages a slate of small but visible UI tweaks, on-device AI components, and a collection of reliability fixes that will matter to both home users and...

Microsoft has published the August 2025 non‑security preview update for Windows 11, version 24H2 — delivered as KB5064081 and shipping an updated servicing stack that identifies as OS Build 26100.5074 — packing a mix of staged AI features, UI polish, reliability fixes, and several...

Microsoft has recently released Windows 11 Build 22631.5409 (KB5058502) to Insiders in the Release Preview Channel, marking a significant update for users on Windows 11, version 23H2. This build introduces several new features and improvements, particularly focusing on enhancing user interaction...

Microsoft is poised to introduce a major usability enhancement to Windows 11 with a feature that allows users to search for and install Microsoft Store apps directly from the Start Menu and the taskbar’s Search box. This shift, signaled by both official screenshots and statements from...

For years, the humble Windows search bar — an icon that sits perched on millions of desktops across the globe — has promised to be our digital compass, quickly pointing the way to files, settings, and apps scattered across the vast sprawl of today's hard drives. Yet for many users, the...