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Earlier this year Microsoft laid out a plan to fix Windows 11<\/a>, with a focus on performance, reliability, and the overall OS experience. After months of fixes, Microsoft now says the \u201cresult is a Windows experience that\u2019s up to 20 percent more responsive.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Microsoft has made improvements to Start, File Explorer, Search, Edge, and other parts of Windows 11 to make it feel faster and more responsive. \u201cA big part of that work is making smarter use of memory and system resources,\u201d says Navjot Virk<\/a>, corporate vice president of Windows experiences at Microsoft. \u201cWe\u2019ve improved memory management and efficiency across Windows to help keep more of your PC\u2019s resources focused on what you\u2019re actively doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The improvements to memory management now make a \u201cmeaningful difference\u201d on PCs with just 8GB of RAM. \u201cWindows can now keep up to 2GB more of your active data in memory instead of moving it to slower storage,\u201d says Virk. \u201cFor example, on PCs with 8GB of memory or less, Widgets load only when you open them, making more than 200 MB of memory available for your apps and other work.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Microsoft has also made Windows Update less disruptive<\/a>, cleaned up the Widgets section, and finally allowed the taskbar to be repositioned<\/a> to the sides or top of a display. Windows Hello sign-in has also been sped up, and Bluetooth pairing is more reliable, \u201cincluding an AirPods pairing experience that\u2019s up to 15 seconds faster.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The next big step is a new Windows Search experience that\u2019s a lot faster and more capable. I got to try it out last week and I think it\u2019s one of the best new additions to Windows 11 this year<\/a>. It\u2019s currently available for Windows Insiders, and Microsoft says it will \u201croll out more broadly later this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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