Microsoft has a bad update streak in Windows 11, but at least, it seemed that the company was working to improve. The latest news of Windows 11 are very striking and useful, such as the new menu with direct access to functions related to our smartphone, in addition to AI functions.
However, not all news are being equally well received, and specifically, there is a new function that has not yet reached users, but is already receiving hard criticism for being a “discomfort” that nobody has asked for. This reaction can be surprising for Microsoft, taking into account that the novelty has been announced by the Vice President of the Microsoft App Store, Giorgio Sardo, in its official account in X.
The novelty consists of a Microsoft Apps store integration in the search for Windows 11. That assumes that, very soon, when the user does a search, apps results related to what he has sought will also appear. It is easy to see why this has been described as “annoying” by users, but also why in Microsoft they believe this can be a great help.
To start, many people are not even aware that Windows 11 comes with a pre -installed app store, and thinks you have to download programs from its official pages or other services. The Microsoft store already houses many essential programsincluding WhatsApp, Adobe Photoshop, Netflix, Discord, Spotify, and many more; But it is very possible that most people continue to download them from other sources because they do not know that they have a safe and reliable way to install them without downloading anything else.
Now, when we look for the name of an app that is present in the Microsoft store, the search will show a special widget about the app in the results, which will show the name of the app, a description of its function, and even screenshots; Not only that, but We can install the app directly from the searchjust to press a button. In that way, it is clear that this function can be very useful in many situations.
There is only one problem: with this novelty, The search for Windows 11 becomes more complicated and full of things we don’t really want. Originally, the search served only to find files on our computer; But with each version of Windows, it has gained more functions that have ‘dirty’ the results with things that have little relationship with what we are looking for, while becoming slower and less reliable.
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For example, one of the most annoying things of Windows search is that now uses the bing search engine to show Internet results; If all we want is to find a file that we do not know in which folder we have saved, we are not interested in seeing results taken from the Internet. And now, that will get worse, because The search will show apps that have similar names with what we are looking for.
The reactions to the publication of Giorgio Sardo are not good, said softly. Most of the answers ask the Microsoft Executive to implement a way to deactivate the search for apps, or to return the search always that only shows local results; Although for the moment, there is no response to any of those requests.
