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Widgets are small applets that provide quick access to glanceable information, while also serving as shortcuts to full applications. Windows 11 offers native support for widgets, but they can't be ...

Meta's Messenger app is the first third-party widget to be available in the Windows 11 widget board -- but the support for third-party widgets is only for users running the latest Windows 11 preview.

Last week, a pair of widgets rolled out with an Insider build of Windows 11. It's now possible to test out the Spotify and Phone Link widgets if you're running the latest preview build. Catching up on ...

Windows 11 comes with a great many features and one of those is the widget board, which as one would have it, now includes a dedicated widget for Xbox Game Pass. There is one caveat though. To access ...

If you've wanted to pop into your Spotify playlist and make an adjustment without interrupting your flow, Windows 11 might be the best bet for you. Today, Microsoft announced the latest insider build ...

Windows 11 may soon have a new home for the widget button for those with the taskbar aligned to the left. Windows 11 build 22635.3420, which was released in the Beta Channel on March 29, 2024, moves ...

When Microsoft launched Windows 11 back in 2021, it talked a big game in the widgets department. Alongside a new user interface design language, faster updates, and support for Android applications, ...