Microsoft is quietly rolling out a one‑click pathway to check your internet connection from the Windows 11 taskbar: a new system tray shortcut that opens a network speed test in your default browser, currently visible in Insider preview builds. (windowscentral.com)
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Microsoft has quietly added a one‑click internet speed test to recent Windows 11 Insider builds — a seemingly helpful convenience that, upon inspection, is not a native diagnostic at all but a launcher that opens Bing’s web‑based speed‑test widget in the default browser.
Background
Windows has...
Microsoft is quietly testing a small but notable convenience feature in Windows 11: a one‑click internet speed test shortcut embedded directly in the network flyout and taskbar context menu — a shortcut that, for now, simply launches Bing’s online speed‑test widget rather than running a native...