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New Clock app for Windows 11 with Focus Sessions rolling out to Windows Insiders Hello Windows Insiders! Last week, we began releasing updates for apps that come included as part of Windows 11. The first set of up updates included the new Snipping Tool and updates for the Calculator and Mail & Calendar apps. We are continuing this effort today with the release of the new Clock app for Windows 11 to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel! The app update has begun rolling out so if you don’t see it right away, keep checking! Not only does the new Clock app have new visuals so that it looks beautiful in Windows 11, it also includes a major new feature we’re really excited about: Focus Sessions! Another first look from the team…#FocusSessions on #Windows11 coming soon. This has been a [ more… ]

The people behind Windows 11: Using psychology, familiarity and inspiration to create widgets Before moving to Seattle with her husband seven years ago, Priya Chauhan had never worked in digital design. She came from the print publishing world, where she worked on children’s books, coffee table books, travel guides, catalogs, window display posters, chocolate and biscuit tins and all kinds of seasonal marketing.   If you lived in London at that time, you probably saw her designs throughout the city and in magazines.  But once she started working for Microsoft five years ago, she entered a fast-moving space where she could make global impact. (The first time she used a PC or Windows was her first day at the company. Now she only uses PCs and Windows.) Chauhan started on services and store fronts, then Microsoft Rewards. Then she moved to the Windows team. As a designer working on a new, signature feature for Windows 11 – widgets – she measured success by one thing: how it could make [ more… ]