Windows 11 Is Fixing a Big Problem With Widgets

Microsoft introduced again widgets with the release of Windows 11, which are now in a panel available from the taskbar. The enterprise isn’t performed with widgets, though, and a significant fix is on the way.

Widgets on Home windows 11 don’t get the job done at all appropriate now unless of course you are logged in with a Microsoft account — otherwise, the panel is blank and you just cannot see anything. Even nevertheless the business has progressively pushed men and women absent from employing Windows without having a Microsoft account (the option is hidden totally in Home windows 11), Microsoft will before long permit widgets to function without the need of a signed in on-line account.

Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25262 is now rolling out to Home windows Insiders on the Dev Channel, which removes the Microsoft account necessity for the widgets board. The web site write-up explains, “you can now get weather updates on the taskbar, pin widgets from your favorite apps or access personalised dynamic feed without the need of an account.”

There is even now a prompt at the prime of the widget board to log in, but it can be hidden (at minimum briefly) with a close button. Microsoft may well be dropping the requirement ahead of assist for 3rd-occasion widgets — all the latest widgets are from Microsoft, and a lot of of them are personalized based mostly on consumer data, so there was at the very least fairly of an justification for the full panel to be locked to Microsoft accounts.

We do not know however when the new widget functionality will roll out to everyone on Home windows 11. The exact preview establish also additional a new ‘Video folders’ tab for Media Player, as perfectly as a handful of bug fixes.

Resource: Windows Blog