Windows 11’s taskbar might soon start making ‘recommendations’

Windows Latest reports that the taskbar in Windows 11 may soon get a new feature for recommending content to you.

We still don’t know exactly how these new recommendations are going to work in the taskbar, nor what exactly will be recommended, but we can speculate. The first signs of the new taskbar recommendations feature were spotted in the latest beta versions of Windows 11.

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In the Settings under the Personalization > Taskbar menu, you’ve always been able to hide and show various taskbar elements. But in the latest beta versions of Windows, there’s a new element that “controls visibility of recommendations on the taskbar.”

Furthermore, there are lines within the system files that point to a taskbar recommendation feature, which are further supported by a Windows registry key that involves taskbar recommendations.

These recommendations could really be anything at this point, but you might be able to connect the dots if you’re willing to dig deep. Maybe it’ll be recommending apps from the Microsoft Store, or sites that you might like based on your browsing history, or better window layouts that could make you more productive with your apps.

Again, all of this is guesswork based on data mining. None of it has been confirmed or denied by Microsoft, and even if it’s true, it’s unclear when such a feature would roll out to the public. That said, given all the other clutter that’s happening in Windows 11 — like ads in the Start menu — we wouldn’t fault you for rolling your eyes at this.

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