In a similar fashion, finance, sports, traffic and weather can also be organized using information cards to ensure you only have to view the content which interests you at a given moment. Depending on how much taskbar space you want to save, you can even set the weather feature to display as an icon only rather than as a text option.
In terms of design, users can take advantage of information cards in order to adjust which weather updates are displayed. Moreover, even if you happen to have little time to read a piece of content such as a news update, the new taskbar allows you to save such content for later and even share the item when the time comes. The Windows 10 taskbar sits at the bottom of the screen giving the user access to the Start Menu, as well as the icons of frequently used applications. Both of these features enable the user to swiftly access desired content without constantly switching among various apps on their device. Furthermore, the snackable icon will display the latest content for news, sports, stocks and traffic. As many of these developments change throughout any given day, Microsoft aims to provide users an easy way to stay up to date on many different events at once.įor starters, the taskbar's weather icon will show users the current weather in real time. They report generating the idea for this feature from the knowledge that most users typically reply on their devices for many purposes, including checking the time, weather and news updates. The company hopes to develop this update over the coming months of 2021.
