

The new Windows 11 Settings app is beautiful and fresh, and also includes that same "mica" blur effect that lets your wallpaper blur through the background of the app very subtly. Windows now supports Dynamic Refresh Rate displays and can switch between high/low refresh rates depending on content to save battery.Windows will now try to estimate how long a pending update will take to install when a restart is initiated.The Windows out-of-box-experience now includes a page that lets you name your PC before reaching the desktop.Users can also create their own themes if they'd like. The touch keyboard now supports themes, and there's a number of in-box themes to choose from.Personalization has a bunch of new and improved options, including quick access to different Windows Themes, a number of new options for the Taskbar, and more.You can choose these button presses to open any app of your choice. Windows Pen Workspace settings have also been updated, and depending on your pen peripheral, you now have granular control over what a single, double, and press and hold does on your pen.For example, you can now set a three finger swipe to the left to snap an active window to the left side of your display. Devices with a precision touchpad now have access to a new feature called Advanced Gesture Control, which allows granular control over what three and four finger swipes on the touchpad can do.Your Phone configuration has also moved into this category. Bluetooth & devices now shows you all of your connected apps in a beautiful grid at the very top of the Bluetooth settings page.There are new battery features in Power & battery that include a new power usage graph, screen on / off time statistics, and a list of what apps are using the most battery during any given hour.We're not going to go into everything, as we'd be here all day. It's moved around some of the old options, and even introduced new ones. Source: Microsoft (Image credit: Source: Microsoft)īuild 22000.51 includes a brand-new Settings app, redesigned from the ground up with Windows 11 in mind.
