Microsoft is throwing the rest with Windows 11 this 2025. Not surprisingly, the company urgently needs a massive migration of users from Windows 10 before the end of system support; To do this, it is using some somewhat aggressive tactics, but Windows 11 is also improving with many updates.
Although it is true that not all Windows 11 updates are being well received, we cannot deny that at least Microsoft is not sleeping in the laurels and is working to improve the system. Now we have another good example of how Microsoft is changing Windows 11, although it is a change for better or worse, it is something debatable.
Specifically, we talk about New Windows 11 Start Menuwhich is already in development and has been discovered by means such as Windows Latest and users like Phantomofearth. Recall that Windows 11 has already released a new type of start menu, clearly inspired by the Android Applications menu.
When we click on the icon, a list of anchored or recent apps is shown, in addition to the latest open files and suggestions of Microsoft. If we want to see the traditional list of programs, as in the previous versions of Windows, we have to click on the “All” button.
The new start menu completely changes that philosophy, betting on Show everything on a single page. Instead of having to click on “all” to see our programs, now these will appear in the lower half of the start menu, while the upper part will continue to be reserved for anchored apps. The grace is that Windows 11 will show the apps ordered in drawers of categories, so that it is faster and simpler to find the program we want to use.
New Start Menu, Follow Up: Here’s How Companions Look, Phone Link One used for the demo. The Companion Panel Is a Bit Wider, and You Can Now Quickly Hide/Show Companions with A Button at The Top, Next to the Search Box. pic.twitter.com/hms7e56kiu
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Therefore, instead of simply showing an apps list in alphabetical order, drawers dedicated to productivity, creativity, tools, entertainment, information, social networks, and games; The apps that Windows 11 do not recognize will appear in “others”, and it is not clear if the user can assign app to concrete categories.
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The new organization assumes that the start menu will occupy more space, but the thing is not here. Recall that Microsoft is also working to add our mobile to the start menu in Own section, called “Companion”. In this addition to the menu, we can see information from our smartphone, such as the state of the battery, in addition to direct access to functions such as calls, messages, and photographs; By clicking on each access, the mobile link app will be opened.
All this means that, with all the options open, The start menu now occupies almost the entire screenleaving only a small space on both sides on a conventional monitor. That’s where the first criticisms have focused, especially users who remember Windows 8 and their attempt to convert the start menu into a full screen.
