Windows 11 February 2023 Update - Official Release Demo (Moment 2)

The first Windows 11 feature drop for 2023 is here, and includes a whole bunch of new features and enhancements including a new tablet-optimized Taskbar, full-screen widgets, Bing Chat in Windows Search, and more. Here's a hands-on look at all the notable new changes!

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[BennyR]

The search bar in the Taskbar, Start Menu and Settings App look totally different from each other in terms of design and roundness. The Settings App has the Magnifying glass on the right side of the text, while everywhere else it is one the left. The Magnifying glass has the glass on the top left in the search bar but on the result page it is still to the right. I don't know how you can be more inconsistent than Microsoft, their design team is a total mess.

[vhaakmat]

Since it is a default Bing search that pops up when you type in the search bar, they might as well add the chat tab in the popup window, integrating bink chat even further

[extra]

God I wish windows actually looked like the marketing videos they always have with beautiful fluent design. The reality of windows is nothing even close

[toabdjzl]

I don't know if this is still not fixed but if you disable animations in the settings the system tray is not affected by that.

[cmonster]

I'm in the States and it's not showing up in Optional Updates.

[unclecomrade_yt]

Imo, the search bar should've stayed a rounded rectangle. Looks more consistant with everything else.

[wayne_jkl]

The return of Tablet Mode? Screen recording? iPhone support in Phone Link??! This is actually a pretty nice feature update. Thanks for the walkthrough!

[MirelRC]

I wish to get a small Taskbar option, like we used to have in the past iterations of Windows.

[jonathanbishopmusic]

Now that Bing is getting more conversationally intelligent, it seems like a no-brainer to port that functionality into a Cortana chat on Windows. Maybe even integrate it into that simplified Teams chat window as one of your contacts, just like the chat bots that already exist on legacy Teams.
The UX improvements for touch definitely seem like steps in the right direction. This should be the sort of stuff Microsoft focuses on, not endless inconsistent styling tweaks like removing transparency effects and changing everything from rounded corners to pill shapes.
Next up, I want to see media apps like Photos and Groove/Media Center get major upgrades. They were amazing in 2017 and have since been systematically nerfed down to nothing.

[salvadorfonseca]

I have a ThinkPad X13s, the camera AI features and the team app. Those features have been available for sometime now without Dev preview.

[taoufikelmiri]

I'm kinda disappointed that when typing in taskbar search box, it still doesn't pop up the search flyout in the center.

[DaFullo]

Loved that small taskbar for the tablet mode, hopefully they make it an alternative option for hiding the taskbar on desktop.

[SouravSatvaya]

Even after more than a year Android apps are still not available on Windows 11 for most of the countries. And that was their on of the highlight features. Well marketing strategy MS.

[jhnadrn]

Hoping that one day, Bing AI/ChatGPT will be integrated with Cortana.

[Ceelbc]

Windows already had a build in screen recorder (via the xbox game bar), now it just has 2.

[TAKV_gaming]

Tablet optimized taskbar reminds me of how ChromeOS handles tablets/laptops in a tablet mode. Look it up if you haven’t seen it, it’s very similar.

[signnd]

I wish the clock would show me the seconds - in the clock app at the very least...

[fabian.slr]

Every Update the Search Bar gets bigger

[SirFaceFone]

These are some welcome improvements (can't wait for the Bing chat integration!) but I do wish that

a. screen recording was built into Win+Shift+S as well (I wouldn't have known it existed otherwise)
b. they fixed that off-center search menu pop-up and
c. they make the widgets less janky (they're functional but nowhere near as fluid as the old live tiles+native apps paradigm) and maybe
d. revive Cortana with Bing AI integration?

[AbdulMalik-obsg]

The Quick Assist is also updated with a new UI with Dark mode support.!!