Windows 11 just got loads of new features including one that iPhone owners will love

Date:
Wed, 15 Mar 2023 12:13:28 +0000

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As well as Phone Link for iOS, Microsoft has brought in improvements for touchscreen users, and more besides.

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Windows 11 has just been graced with a big update, albeit not a full feature update, but one of Microsofts so-called Moment upgrades.

Moment 2 to be precise, and if that sounds familiar, thats because Microsoft released it in testing ( as an optional update ) at the end of February. Now, however, it has arrived as a full release, which means its coming to all Windows 11 PCs as we type this.

If you havent already been offered what is formally known as patch KB5023706
, then you can head to Windows Update and check for new updates, whereupon
you should see Moment 2 ready to roll.

The update introduces a raft of new features, including improvements for
those using Windows 11 with a touchscreen (a touch-optimized taskbar).
Another big move is Phone Link for iOS, giving iPhone owners the ability to hook up their handset to the desktop (giving access to iMessage
correspondence from their PC ).

Windows 11 will now provide energy efficiency recommendations and additional help when troubleshooting issues with your PC (via Quick Assist). On top of that, the system tray has been given a fresh lick of paint in the form of a rounded focus (rather than square, when mousing over icons bottom-right, to
be more in keeping with the rest of Windows 11s modern look).

Accessibility features have also been improved, most notably with enhanced support for braille devices, and Voice Access getting new commands.

As well as all the feature additions, KB5023706 comes boasting the usual slew of security fixes provided by Microsoft with these monthly cumulative
updates. Analysis: Plenty of features and hopefully no bugs

So, all the testing of the preview version of the Moment 2 update is now done and dusted, and with no major bugbears sighted, everything should go smoothly with the upgrade now it has become available in theory. Of course, when a much wider rollout happens, with a lot more PCs involved, fresh bugs can
still make their unwelcome presence felt.

Nothings guaranteed even with finished updates for Windows, as weve seen in the past. Windows 10 in particular has seen the release of patches with some serious problems lurking within (were talking file deletion, if you recall that memorable and very unfortunate episode ).

Another thing you might also recall is when Microsoft revealed the preview version of Moment 2, the company talked about the ChatGPT-powered Bing being put on the taskbar, giving us the impression that this was a full integration of the AI chatbot with the Windows 11 interface.

As weve discussed in the past , though, this wasnt the case the implementation of this feature (ahem) was simply a link in the search box
that brought up Bing in the Edge browser.

Users were pretty disappointed about that, and the Bing icon swiftly
vanished, with Microsoft subsequently assuring us that the chatbot hadnt been ditched from the taskbar, but was in a rotation with other search highlights. And wouldnt you know, just as Moment 2 is rolling out, we can now see the
Bing icon in our search box once again (doubtless just temporarily, though). Interesting timing



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