Windows 11 is bringing some game-friendly features to the PC already available on the company’s Xbox line of game consoles. English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Simplified Chinese are supported. The option is available wherever you can input text, and is easy to pull up with a keyboard shortcut (and dismiss with a voice command). Voice Typing, an update to the voice dictation tool in Windows 10, has gone through a modern-day update, and can now add punctuation to what was once a stream-of-consciousness-like experience. New sounds and audio cues are available for blind users, and themes for people with light sensitivity or those working long hours have been updated to be easier on the eyes.įor anyone interested in using closed captions, Windows 11 allows for further customization and preset closed captioning themes for easier reading. Windows apps now feature more aesthetically pleasing curved corners, and the Settings app has more options to change how you interact with the OS thanks to more accessibility features. One click or tap in the corner of your taskbar to pull up a control panel similar to Apple’s Control Center, which lets you futz with settings like brightness and volume, connectivity, and more. The new Windows OS takes cues from its smartphone relatives, simplifying basic settings changes and making them easy to access.

Smartphone aesthetics and accessibility options You can still grab windows and pull them to the edge of your screen to do some basic window management, but if you’re working from home or using more than one monitor, the easy window organizing can keep your desktop uncluttered and your eyes on the task at hand. Hover your mouse over the window maximize button on the app of your choice to see the layout options, ranging from a side-by-side layout to a four-app grid.

The improved Snap Layout and Snap Group features let you easily manage and resize windows on your monitor, as well as keep apps you need to use simultaneously grouped together.

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