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Introduction
Microsoft Windows 11 Features And Functions
Windows has always been a stage for worldwide innovation. It was the backbone of global business and where startups became household names. The web was born and raised on Windows. This where many of us wrote our first email, played our first PC game, and wrote our first line of code. Windows where people make, connect, learn, and achieve – a period trusted by more than a billion people.
We don’t take the accountability of designing for so many people casually. The last 18 months have changed the way we use our PCs immensely. We went from fitting the pc into our lives to trying to fit our whole life into the pc. Our devices were not just places where we went to meetings, classes, and other things, but also places where we played with friends, watched our favorite shows, and perhaps most importantly, were to contact us. We digitally recreate office jokes, corridor chats, workouts, happy hours and Christmas parties.
What was so strong was the change in the pc that we saw and felt from something practical and functional to something personal and emotional. That inspired us when we developed the next generation of Windows. To give you a familiar place where you can create, learn, play and most of all connect in a whole new way.
Today I am honored and excited to introduce you to Windows 11, the Windows that brings you closer to what you love.
Redesigned For Productivity, Creativity And Ease Of Use
We’ve simplified the design and user experience to increase productivity and encourage creativity. It’s modern, fresh, clean, and beautiful. From the new start button and system tray to every sound, font, and icon, everything has been done on purpose to put you in control and give you a sense of calm and serenity. We put the beginning first and make it easy for you to find what you need quickly. Start leverages the power of the cloud and Microsoft 365 to show you your most recently used files regardless of the platform or device you previously viewed them on, even if it’s an Android or iOS device.
Windows has always been designed to let you do your work the way you want, with the flexibility of multiple windows and the ability to capture applications side by side. New in Windows 11, we’ve introduced Snap Layouts, Snap Groups, and Desktops to provide an even more powerful way to multitask and keep track of what you need to do. These are new features to help organize your windows and optimize your screen space so you can see what you want in a visually clean layout. You can also create detached desks for each part of your life and modify them to your liking. Imagine you have a desk for work, play or school.
Windows 11 Reduces Complexity And Gives You Simplicity.
A faster way to get in touch with the people you care about
Another important part of getting closer to what you love getting closer to the people you love. The last 18 months have resulted in new behavior in the way we digitally make meaningful connections to people. Even as we return to more personal exchange, we want to continue to make it easy for people to stay close to one another, no matter where they are. And we don’t want the device or platform you are on to be an obstacle.
With Windows 11, we’re excited to introduce Microsoft Teams chat built into the system tray. Now you can instantly connect to all your personal contacts via SMS, chat, voice or video via Windows, Android or iOS, regardless of the platform or device they are on. If the person you’re connecting to on the other end hasn’t downloaded the Teams app, you can still connect to them using two-way text messaging.
Windows 11 also gives you a more natural way to connect with friends and family through Teams, so you can mute or unmute them instantly, or start your presentation right from the system tray.
Delivers The Best PC Gaming Experiences Yet
If you’re a gamer, Windows 11 is made for you. Gaming has always been fundamental to what Windows all about. Today, hundreds of millions of people around the world play Windows and find joy and connection with loved ones and friends while playing. Windows 11 unlocks the full potential of your system’s hardware and lets some of the latest gaming technologies work for you. For example: DirectX 12 Ultimate, which enables breathtaking, impressive graphics at high frame rates; Direct Storage for faster loading times and more detailed game worlds; and Auto HDR for a wider, more vibrant color palette for a truly immersive visual experience. Nothing has changed in our commitment to hardware compatibility – Windows 11 supports your favorite PC gaming accessories and peripherals. Xbox Game Pass for PC or Ultimate gives gamers access to over 100 high quality PC games, with new PC or console games added all the time.
To learn more about what Windows 11 means for gamers, visit Xbox Wire.
A Faster Way To Get The Information You Need
Windows 11 brings you closer to the news and information you care about faster with widgets – a new custom feed powered by artificial intelligence and industry-leading browsing performance from Microsoft Edge. Even when we’re more focused and creative, we still need breaks, time to get in touch with the outside world, or to enjoy a mental reset. Today, we often pick up the phone to check the news, weather, or notifications. Now you can open a similarly curated view right from your desktop. When you open your custom feed, it slides across your screen like a sheet of glass, so you don’t interrupt your work. Widgets also open up new possibilities for developers and publishers to provide personalized content within Windows. Our goal to create a dynamic channel for global brands and local YouTubers that both consumers and YouTubers can benefit from.
A New Microsoft Store That Brings Together Your Favorite Apps And Entertainment
The new Microsoft Store your one trusted place for apps and content to view, create, play, work, and study. It has been rebuilt for speed and has a completely new design that beautiful and easy to use. Not only do we offer you more apps than ever, but we make all content – apps, games, shows, movies – easier to search and discover with curated stories and collections. We’re excited to see leading third-party and proprietary apps like Microsoft Teams, Visual Studio, Disney +, Adobe Creative Cloud, Zoom, and Canva coming to the Microsoft Store soon, all of which deliver amazing experiences that entertain, inspire, and connect. When you download an app from the store, you can be sure that it has tested for your safety and family safety.
We are also pleased to announce that this the first time we have brought Android apps to Windows. Later this year, people will able to discover Android apps on the Microsoft Store and download them from the Amazon Appstore; Imagine recording a TikTok video and posting it, or using Khan Academy Kids for virtual learning right from your PC. We will report more on this experience in the coming months. We look forward to this partnership with Amazon and Intel using their Intel Bridge technology.
Faster, Safer And More Familiar For YOU
For IT, Windows 11 builds on the reliable, compatible, and acquainted Windows 10 basis you already know. You plan, prepare and implement Windows 11 just like Windows 10. Upgrading to Windows 11 is like upgrading Windows 10. The familiar administrative experiences you have today, such as: and Autopilot supports your environment of tomorrow by integrating Windows 11 into your inventory. .
As with Windows 10, we are strongly committed to application compatibility, which a central design principle of Windows 11. We stand behind our promise that your applications will work with App Assure on Windows 11, a service that helps customers with 150 or more users. . Fix any application issues they encounter at no additional cost.
Windows 11 is design safe too, with new built-in security technologies that offer protection from the chip to the cloud while enabling productivity and new experiences. Windows 11 offers a zero trust operating system for protecting data and access across devices. We have worked closely with our silicon and OEM partners to raise security standards to meet the demands of the evolving threat landscape and the new hybrid world of work.
Now Is A Best Time To Buy A Computer
From day one of Windows 11 development, we’ve worked closely with our silicon and hardware partners to achieve seamless integration between software and hardware. This co-engineering begins with innovations in silicon. From AMD to the incredible graphics depth of the Ryzen processors to the incredible performance of the Evo processors and the 11th Silicon Partners combine the best of Windows 11 with the world’s largest hardware ecosystem.
And with Dell, HP, Lenovo, Samsung, Surface, and others, we’ve worked to ensure that most of the PCs * you can buy today are compatible with Windows 11 in a variety of formats and prices.
Together, we’ve optimized Windows 11 to not only improve speed and efficiency, but also take advantage of enhanced touch, ink, and voice experiences.
If you’re using Windows 11 on a tablet without a keyboard, we’ve improved the touch experience by making more space between icons on the system tray, adding larger touch targets, and adding subtle visual cues to help you resize them and when moving Windows and Windows gestures to make adding easier. We’ve also turned on haptic technology to make using your pen even more engaging and immersive, so you can hear and feel the vibrations as you click and edit or draw. Finally, we present improvements to voice dictation. Windows 11 recognizes what it says amazingly well. can automatically collect points for you and comes with voice commands. This is a great feature when you want to take a break from writing and showcase your ideas.
Windows 11 will available via a free update on eligible Windows 10 PCs and new PCs starting this holiday. To verify that your current Windows 10 PC is eligible for the free upgrade to Windows 11, visit Windows.com to download the PC Health Check app. We’re also working with our reseller partners to make sure the Windows 10 PCs you buy today can upgraded to Windows 11. The free upgrade will roll out to eligible Windows 10 PCs from this holiday until 2022. And next week we start Windows 11 Older Version Release for Windows Insider Program – This is a passionate community of Windows fans whose feedback is important to us.
That’s Just The Beginning
Windows is more than an operating system; It is a fabric that woven in our lives and in our work. This is where we connect with people, this is where we learn, work and play. Over time we have become familiar and adapted. We hope you’re as excited as we are with Windows 11.