Windows 11 build 25921 offers many interface changes. Of particular note is the disappearance of an entire section of the “old” Windows 10 taskbar.
Windows 11 updates follow each other at such a rapid pace that some changes are not even announced by Microsoft Only the most seasoned users of the operating system, subscribed to the windows insider program therefore, are able to spot them. XenoPanther is one of those. This veritable file explorer shared on X/Twitter what he discovered in the Windows 11 build 25921.
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Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25921 for Windows Insider Canary channel subscribers. This update contains the most recent features, and therefore the most unstable, just developed by the company’s engineers. In this version, developers and experienced users of Windows 11 will be able to permanently uninstall Cortana, the intelligent home assistant that will give way to AI. Along the same lines, the Conversation app becomes Microsoft Teams — Free.
Windows 11 build 25921 gets rid of Windows 10 legacy items
By clicking on the mail icon in the taskbar, users will “discover a mini communication experiment allowing them to chat, call and meet their interlocutors in a click or two”. Good news never comes alone, the Redmond firm confirms that “the integration of Mobile connected (Phone Link) will soon arrive in Microsoft Teams – free”.
A change might go unnoticed, but XenoPanther, a regular purveyor of what’s new in Windows posted a screenshot with the message: ” Explorer.exe has been cleaned up a bit. Removed what I believe to be part of the old taskbar’. Another member of the community provides more details on this strangeness: “after quadruple checking (lol) – 25,915 on the left, 25,921 on the right. It is not possible to open the old notification area icon menu on 25921, it closes instantly”. The almost permanent disappearance of the taskbar of the unbeatable Windows 10 could push some users to use third-party applications to find its interface.