Windows 11 is getting a 4-pixel upgrade. It sounds like a joke, but it actually matters.
Microsoft is overhauling the Windows 11 search experience, including a minor 4-pixel size increase to the search box.
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Microsoft has unveiled an overhaul of the Windows 11 search experience. The update focuses on a decluttered search box and providing users with more control. According to reporting from Yahoo Tech, the search box is increasing in size by 4 pixels.
Coverage from Windows Central, Thurrott.com, and the Windows Blog emphasizes that this redesign is intended to fix the search experience. The Windows Blog specifies that the goal is to reduce clutter while improving the overall search box interface. Windows Insiders are currently able to test the new decluttered experience.
Further rollout details have not been specified in the provided coverage.
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Quick answers
What is changing with the Windows 11 search box?
The search box is getting 4 pixels bigger and is being redesigned to be less cluttered with more user control.
Who can currently access these changes?
Windows Insiders are currently able to test the updated search experience.
What is the primary goal of the update?
Microsoft promises the overhaul will fix the search experience by reducing clutter.
Coverage (5)
- Windows 11 Search is getting bigger, but only by 4 pixels Yahoo Tech · 1d ago
- Windows Insiders Can Test a Decluttered Windows Search Experience Thurrott.com · 1d ago
- Microsoft unveils major Windows 11 search experience overhaul that it promises will fix search Windows Central · 1d ago broke it first
- Improving Windows Search Box, with less clutter and more control Windows Blog · 1d ago
- Windows 11 is getting a 4-pixel upgrade. It sounds like a joke, but it actually matters. Windows Central · 1d ago broke it first
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