The Most Awaited New Windows 11 Features

As scheduled, the latest operating system from Microsoft, Windows 11 was officially released on Tuesday (5/10/2021). This operating system is available for free for Windows 10 owners and can be downloaded until mid-2022.

As the successor of Windows 10, Windows 11 brings a number of major overhauls, especially from the interface design (UI) which is now fresher and cleaner, updates to the task window management feature, performance improvements, to support for Android applications.

Before officially launching, some users have been able to taste various new features of Windows 11 through the Windows Insider program. Well, of the many updates that Windows 11 brings, which features are the most liked and awaited by its presence?

Windows Report tries to find the answer by asking about 11,000 Windows users from 177 countries. In the survey, there are five new features of Windows 11 that top the list.

Start menu in the middle

As a result, the majority or as many as 35 percent of users chose the "Start menu in the middle" as their favorite new feature in Windows 11.

Indeed, the Start menu and taskbar which are now shifted to the middle side are the most obvious changes in the Windows 11 interface. Because in the Windows 10 UI and before, the Start menu and taskbar are usually on the left side of the desktop screen.

As a result, the left side of the Windows 11 desktop is clean without any icons. Some items, such as the clock, connection, or battery, are still on the right side of the taskbar.

The Start menu, which is now right in the middle, also makes Windows 11 similar to the MacOS interface on a MacBook or iMac.

Android app support

In addition to the Start menu, the next favorite and most awaited feature for users is Android application support, as many as 26 percent of users choose this new feature.

This is not surprising. Because, this is the first time Microsoft brings this capability in Windows. So far, Android applications can be run on the Windows operating system with the help of an emulator or dual boot OS.

With the support of Android applications in Windows 11, Android applications can be found and installed through the Microsoft Store or can also be downloaded through the Amazon App Store.

Once downloaded, apps can be pinned to the taskbar or paired with traditional Windows apps. Monitoring KompasTekno, popular applications such as Instagram, Telegram, Spotify, Netflix, WhatsApp, Messenger, Adobe Lightroom, and others can already be found and installed on Windows 11.

The other three new features are quite far from the two features above. For example, GamePass and Auto-HDR were chosen by 11 percent of survey respondents.

Game Pass and Auto-HDR are deliberately presented by Microsoft in Windows 11 for gamers. GamePass itself allows users to subscribe to games, via the new Xbox app on Windows 11.

Meanwhile, the new voice feature and snap group layout feature were each chosen by 8 percent of respondents. There was actually a feature in the "others" category that got 13 percent of the vote. Unfortunately, Windows Report doesn't detail any of the new features of Windows 11 that fall under this "other" option.