Microsoft’s Upcoming Taskbar Updates Are Living Proof the Company Is Listening

Users begging for taskbar improvements, Microsoft delivers

Windows 11 comes with an improved taskbar design, but this doesn’t necessarily mean everything is just flawless.

It’s not, and the taskbar actually lacks basic functionality, such as options to move it to a new place on the screen, just like you could do in older versions of Windows 11.

In fact, the living proof that the taskbar needs additional polishing is the number of suggestions in this category in the Windows Feedback Hub.

As you can see in the screenshot here, taskbar-related requests have hundreds of votes, with users calling for Microsoft to add more functionality to the taskbar.

“I upvote all of them... make the taskbar fun and fully functional again like Windows 98 where you could put it anywhere, change the size, group the icons and such... the way it is now... it feels like a failed Apple app,” someone says in a comment posted in the Feedback Hub.

Microsoft is listening

The good news is that Microsoft is listening to user feedback, and the upcoming Windows 11 update due this month will come with additional taskbar refinements.

The update won’t include everything that users have been asking for, but at least, it’s one step towards making the taskbar overall easier to use.

“Next month we’re bringing new experiences to Windows that include a public preview of how you can use Android apps on Windows 11 through the Microsoft Store and our partnerships with Amazon and Intel, taskbar improvements with call mute and unmute, easier window sharing and bringing weather to the taskbar, plus the introduction of two new redesigned apps, Notepad and Media Player,” Microsoft said in an announcement last month.

At this point, however, it’s not known when the next Windows 11 is supposed to go live, so now that Microsoft proved to the world it’s listening, it also needs to find a way to deliver all these improvements in a timely manner.