web based tool

Microsoft’s March 2026 update quietly added a one‑click internet speed test to the Windows 11 taskbar — but the new “Perform speed test” entry is not a native diagnostics tool inside the operating system; it simply opens your default browser and runs Bing’s web‑based speed test (which, in turn...

Microsoft is adding a one‑click Internet speed test to Windows 11’s network menu — but the convenience comes with an important caveat: it’s a launcher that opens a browser‑hosted speed widget (surfaced via Bing and observed to use established speed‑test backends like Ookla), not a native, in‑OS...