Microsoft announced and introduced several important changes in November 2023. The company released several development builds to testers, which included minor and major changes.
Highlights include the promise to make Microsoft Edge, Bing Search and other features removable in many European countries, a new Energy Saver tool, new capabilities in the Windows Photos app, or several Windows Copilot changes.
Microsoft plans to introduce changes in the coming months that allow users from the EEA to make fundamental changes to their Windows 11 systems. Besides the ability to uninstall Microsoft Edge and Bing Search entirely, users also get more Widgets controls and more.
While limited to countries in Europe, clever folks discovered ways to enable the changes on non-EEA devices. There is also a single file in Windows that controls the entire functionality that Microsoft plans to limit to EEA devices.
Energy Saver is a new Windows tool that "extends and enhances battery saver" according to Microsoft. It is found as a toggle in System > Power and Quick Settings. Microsoft is vague when it comes to Energy Saver's functionality. Energy Saver "s an easy way to extend battery life and reduce energy use by trading off some system performance" according to Microsoft.
This feature is also available for PCs that are plugged in.
Windows Photos is the second app for Windows that received background removal functionality. Microsoft Paint was the first. Both are powered by AI according to Microsoft and require just a few clicks to process images.
New backgrounds may also be added to images, for instance by selecting a solid color from the palette.
Another new feature is called Filmstrip. It is turned off by default, but you can enable it by pressing the F-key on the keyboard. It displays thumbnails of other images that reside in the same folder as the active image.
Timeline Scrollbar sorts images by date. The scrollbar displays dates as well, making it easier to jump to a specific point in time.
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