Over the next month, Microsoft is rolling out a revamp of the Windows 11 Start menu alongside a number of new AI features. It's a wider with an all apps view that is roomier and easier to scroll.

June 10, 2025 at 8:45 a.m. PT Reviewed by Elyse Betters Picaro Microsoft I've always hated the Windows 11 Start menu. For me, it's badly designed, clumsy to use, and difficult to customize.

Microsoft is revamping the Windows 11 Start menu and adding a glut of new AI features over the next month, coming first to Windows Insiders running Snapdragon X Copilot Plus PCs like the newly ...

The new Start menu is currently available only through the Windows Dev channel. To try it, you need to join the Windows Insider Program. Simply open the Settings app, head to Windows Update ...

Computing Software Windows Windows 11’s big Start menu revamp is real – Microsoft has shared a first look at the redesign, and I’m very glad to see it News By Darren Allan published May 7, 2025 ...

Windows 10's Start Menu has generally been well regarded for its flexibility and customization potential. Windows 11's menu, which is roughly based on the canceled 10X operating system, has ...

In addition, the Start Menu also lets you hide recommendations entirely if you’d like it that way. The idea is to seemingly give Windows 11 users more control over the menu’s usability.

In June 2024, Microsoft also began testing a “sidebar” to the Windows 11 Start menu for Android phones, then added iPhone support to the sidebar as well. (Microsoft is also testing allowing ...

Microsoft is working on a new Windows 11 Start menu design that’s bigger and more customizable than what exists today. Windows watcher phantomofearth discovered the new design in recent builds ...

News Windows 11’s Start menu is getting redesigned again — and it’s not bad The new design is bigger, cleaner, and finally allows you to actually turn off recommendations.

I find the Windows 25 Start Menu to make better use of space than Microsoft's implementation, which has remained mostly unchanged on PC since the release of Windows 11 in 2021. I appreciate that ...

Microsoft's secret new Start menu replacement is impressive — and might even be a sneak preview of what's on the way with Windows 12. The Windows Start menu isn’t the best search tool when it ...