The newest Windows 11 Insider Preview construct (22635.4805) has been rolling out for some, and Microsoft’s weblog proudly lists the modifications. Among them is the announcement that Game Pass Ultimate and common Game Pass subscribers will see a brand new card on the Settings homepage encouraging you to share a 14-day free trial of PC Game Pass with ‘as much as a (sic) 5 mates.’
And additional down the publish, underneath identified points? “The Home web page of settings might crash.” I’ve but to obtain the replace myself, however here is how my homepage seems to be at the moment, with a number of playing cards already current.
While it is not clear if the brand new advert is responsible for the crashing problem, I can not be the one one more and more aggravated by the actual fact my Windows settings have gotten cluttered—particularly as I am a Game Pass subscriber, and I do not want new options marketed to me for one thing I’m already paying for when I’m scrolling my settings menu.
Alright, I’m not likely on the homepage that usually, and also you most likely aren’t both. But for the much less PC-savvy, greeting settings explorers with a bunch of adverts for different Microsoft merchandise and options does not precisely make the expertise simple—particularly if the homepage crashes earlier than they discover the setting they’re in search of.
Bloat is unhealthy, and bloat this most actually is. Anyway, there are nonetheless some helpful options added within the new replace, together with the power to make use of your Xbox controller to navigate and sort on a brand new Gamepad keyboard format, some new Narrator performance, and a few explainer messaging added to Snap.
Microsoft says that is geared toward “driving contextual studying and discovery”, which basically quantities to some textual content on the high of Snap hover home windows telling customers what every perform does.
It’s not probably the most thrilling of updates, granted. But a minimum of right here Microsoft appears to be attempting to make Windows options simpler to navigate, slightly than shoving one more advert in to necessary pages which might be pretty cluttered to start with, doubtlessly breaking them within the course of.
Personally, I’m nonetheless ready for a construct that fixes the litany of points created by the Windows 11 24H2 replace. In the meantime although, some accessibility is added—and a few, it appears, is buried underneath but extra advert playing cards. MS giveth, and MS advertises its merchandise in your settings menu. The world retains turning, of us.
