Windows 11 is getting a small update with animated widget notifications on the taskbar, which some may find distracting.

Microsoft is making a big change to its Windows 10 taskbar with a new widget. It will show weather and news information, so Windows 10 users can glance at headlines and weather forecasts.

Windows 11 is getting some more taskbar changes and a new Voice Access feature. The weather widget is returning to the taskbar, and Voice Access lets you control Windows with your voice.

Words has been spreading on the web that Microsoft is to overhaul the WIndows 10 interface a bit more. Back from the dead would be widgets, you probably can remember them from Windows 7.

Windows 11 allows you to add your favorite apps and services as ' widgets '. Microsoft has announced that this widget will support live animations that can change dynamically on the taskbar.

Microsoft has released a new preview of a future Windows 10 taskbar that shows how it plans to display news and weather in the task bar.

At-a-glance weather and news is coming to the taskbar on Windows 10 starting today for Windows Insiders.