Microsoft specifically focused on touch input at the Windows 11 reveal, but it appears the dedicated mode is gone. This switches to a Windows 8-style tile layout, with larger icons and full-screen apps. Using Windows 10 as a tablet has long been one of its main weaknesses, although it does still have a dedicated tablet mode. It’s strange to see that there’s no place for Timeline within the redesigned Task View, although maybe it hasn’t been as popular as Microsoft had hoped. This allows you to seamlessly jump back into what you were doing, and was recently expanded to include individual tabs from the Edge browser. It’s strange to see the feature dropped for Windows 11, as it’s genuinely useful for a lot of people.Īvailable within Task View, Timeline allows you to track your last 30 days of history across all devices signed in with your Microsoft account. Timeline was only introduced to Windows 10 in the April 2018 feature update, making it relatively short-lived. There are a few notable omissions in Windows 11, which might come as a surprise if you take advantage of the free upgrade. You could be forgiven for assuming that all the best features from Windows 10 would make their way to Windows 11, but that’s not the case. There’s been a significant visual overhaul, all-new multitasking features and the ability to natively run Android apps, to name just a few. Understandably, much of the focus around Windows 11 has been on its new features. Many have since downloaded the first Windows 11 beta, and interest is set to remain high until its expected October release date.

The leaking of an early build ahead of time took away the surprise element, but plenty of people still tuned in for the official announcement of ‘the next generation of Windows’. After Microsoft announced an event for 24 June, speculation surrounding a potential Windows 11 reveal went into overdrive. Over the last few weeks, Windows has been thrust into the limelight in a way we haven’t seen for almost six years.

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