Remember when Microsoft said Windows 10 would have no more features and was effectively frozen, with the exception of minor tweaks? Well, the reversal of that policy is pretty clear now, as another incoming Windows 11 feature is also coming to its predecessor operating system.
That is, a “richer weather experience”, including dynamic and interactive weather updates, on the lock screen.
This is something that was already detected in Windows 11 testing and is now found in the latest preview version of Windows 10 (version 19045.3992).
It means that when you hover over the weather on the lock screen, more information is revealed. On top of that, if you click on the weather card, the weather forecast from the MSN website will appear (in Microsoft's Edge browser, as you can imagine).
This will be the default setting for the lock screen if its status is set to “none,” Microsoft explains, but you'll be able to turn it off if you want.
Analysis: Unfreeze Function Freeze
Well, this isn't much of a feature, but it's still a new feature and not a minor tweak. Of course, the other addition since Microsoft announced a feature freeze for Windows 10 was the introduction of Copilot, and you can't get a bigger move than that.
As Windows Central (Zac Bowden) points out, which spotted this latest development, late last year, when Copilot for Windows 10 was announced, Microsoft said it was reconsidering its decision to stop features for the older operating system, and planned to make 'additional investments' in the operating system. So it looks like this is happening and we can probably expect more features to come to Windows 10 as 2024 progresses.
Additionally, Bowden has heard rumors that Microsoft will reopen the Windows 10 Beta channel for testers, which is a clear suggestion that there will be more features on the way for the operating system as it will have to go through a full test. process.
