Microsoft ripped out many tablet-specific features from Windows with the release of Windows 11, but the company has shown interest in bringing some of them back. There’s now a tablet-friendly taskbar in testing ahead of the big 22H2 update.
Microsoft redesigned nearly every aspect of Windows to work better on tablets for the release of Windows 8, which was part of the reason that update was so unpopular. The tablet optimizations were trimmed back for Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 introduced a separate tablet mode that made some buttons larger and displayed the Start Menu in full screen. Tablet mode was removed entirely with the release of Windows 11, but some other tablet-related settings remain.
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Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25197 is rolling out to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel, which introduces a new touch-optimized taskbar “designed to make you feel more confident and comfortable using your device as a tablet.” The updated design will only appear on tablet PCs and 2-in-1s (such as the Surface Pro or Lenovo Yoga…
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