Top Windows 11 new features | The best Windows 11 Tips and Tricks for 2021

This video covers the top Windows 11 new features, which have just launched. The new Windows 11 update is out, and these Windows 11 tips and tricks for 2021 will help you get started. Lots of Windows 11 features to explore across the new Start menu, Windows Snapping, Widgets, Teams chat, new Windows 11 keyboard shortcuts, updated Settings and lots more. This video will help you get up to speed on what's new in Windows 11.
✅ More details on the new features in Windows 11: blogs.windows.com/windowsexpe...
✅ I do a Windows 11 Review of the new apps here: • The BEST Windows 11 Ap...
📝 Table of contents
0:00 Introduction
0:13 New Start menu experience
1:49 Windows snapping
2:34 Snap Groups
3:17 Settings updates
5:53 Multiple Desktops / Workspaces (right click to rename, add background)
7:24 Widgets
8:10 New Windows keyboard shortcuts
9:08 Teams for Windows 11
11:11 WiFi widget, that menu, Accessiblity tools, etc. WINDOWS A
12:29 Focus Assist
14:10 Dictation improvements
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[@MikeTholfsen]

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[@ralph2k218]

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[@BillsSpamMail]

Sucks!!! No grouping of apps in start menu. One group named Office now becomes Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Word, Publisher, OneNote, etc icons. Such clutter when loosing other groups full of like-kind apps.. Most screens are wider than tall, so taskbar should be along left EDGE of screen (at least as an option). Moving icons to the left end of the bottom of the screen, whoopy doo. BTW, regedit allows u to move the taskbar to the top of the screen. And why couldn't the taskbar on multiple displays all be the same (e.g. choose OneNote snippet icon or other hidden icons or Quick Settings from each taskbar? That is task bar on every screen be identical? They didn't fix their search bugs (e.g. copy name of file in an indexed folder, move up 1 directory level and search-maybe finds it maybe not). Also clicking in the Search box still doesn't bring up search options until you type something. I will be keeping my TPM turned off so that I don't get upgraded.

[@stevin47]

does windows 11 have spacial sound yet for headphones ? why i went back to windows 10 i like it for gaming with my 7.1 headphones

[@seeker6436]

Windows 11 is crap and you're conning people.

[@scottcook6912]

I could watch this guy's videos all day. Knowledgeable and smooth. Teacher extraordinaire.

[@MikeTholfsen]

Thanks! Lots more in my channel

[@blackchristiangeek]

He has become one of my favorites, however, I watched so many different people that it's hard to keep up any one person. That said, KZbin doesn't help much with the how they feed you videos, because they keep sending the same type of videos, over and over. AI gone bad :-(

[@szita2000]

Installed it. What can I say. It is a nice shiny pink plastic wrapper. I really wish that they would improved a few things under the hood as well.

[@lyta7305]

Very clear instructions and informative. Thank you.

[@EverythingCreativeMZR]

That was a decently awesome description of new features...thank you Mike!! ;)

[@MikeTholfsen]

Thank you so much!

[@angelotorrecampo4417]

Just updated mine today, I am exploring the new windows 11 and omg many things change... And this vid is very helpful

[@apawar266]

Today I have got update of windows 11 in my Dell inspiron and I was looking for new features in it. You have covered all the new features. thanks for the video it helped me a lot in understanding New Windows 11.

[@blindsmart630]

Very excited with the dictation feature... I do podcast transcription, and I already see this feature helping me become more productive and boost my speed. But I am also happy with the accessibility improvements. As a blind person, I am eager to see what Narrator has to offer me. Currently upgrading as I am typing this. Thanks for this insightful video.

[@gotchathespider7850]

How's your experience been? I was testing it out yesterday and I gotta say, I'm pretty impressed. For the most part, it's been able to keep up with me talking normally, not even having to put more effort into ennunciating my words. Had a blast messing with it. If I'm being honest though, I wish there was a toggle on the profanity filter haha

[@accesssalim-sv8kc]

Thanks for the new Windows 11 update.Well explained

[@shu_402]

The best thing I like about win 11 is the new notification sounds... They're sooo smooth.

[@MikeTholfsen]

Agree, I’m a big fan of those

[@Engineer-Musiclisteningaccount]

The best thing you can do with notifications is turning them off. As well as system sounds. 🙂

[@Childfree334]

@@Engineer-Musiclisteningaccount Not everybody is boring like you. I like notifications and system sounds. Very cool 😎

[@ZaHrius]

Great Video, good coverage, not much fluff. Informative. Thank you!

[@MikeTholfsen]

Glad you like it!

[@citizenLi]

Very detailed and awesome explainer. Thank You Mike 😊

[@MikeTholfsen]

Glad it was helpful

[@ecologelcentrosuramericaca6926]

Something else. In W10, you were able to right click on a program pinned in the start menu, and it would display the last files and the pinned files you were working on, on that specific program. In W11, you see a mix of all files. Any suggestion on how to go back to the previous start menu but keeping Windows 11?

[@dr.stevenpennym.d.3241]

Great video. Great tutorial. Thank you.

[@POSITIVEVIBES_VIDEOS]

Great review video - thanks !!

[@P-A-X-]

What a great description, thanks a lot!

[@prasadkool3494]

thanks for sharing step by step information

[@TheUnavaiIabIe]

Can't wait for Windows 200 which will force you to talk to us about 200 new features. Thanks for this video Mike, definitely helpful! =)

[@anithaaddagulla1674]

😂 😆

[@CobyTJay]

I just updated to windows 11. Thanks for these awesome tips!

[@MikeTholfsen]

Glad they are helpful!

[@Ventus7777]

This was almost an ASMR experience, so soothing lol

[@MikeTholfsen]

Ahhhhh

[@deldridg]

Great vid and many thanks. Just got my first W11Pro OS yesterday and your vid has been really helpful. Excellent presentation style, voice and you've clearly put a lot of work onto this. Much appreciated! Cheers from Sydney - Dave

[@MikeTholfsen]

Glad it helped!

[@jeet-Seattle]

Thanks for the video,was helpful.

[@MikeTholfsen]

Glad to hear it!

[@benbrubaker7896]

Great video, thanks. Curious if you ever got around to filling out those pesky TPS reports?

[@rfrancis66]

It’s really helpful. Thanks.

[@CallThatGirl]

Excellent review, I'm going to push out to my newsletter list

[@MikeTholfsen]

Please do!

[@martyb3783]

Great video. Very informative!

[@SamHaugen]

I miss the last start menu. I liked the setup of my tiles and the dedicated file explorer button.

[@enshroud949]

Don't Update

[@SamHaugen]

@@enshroud949 Too late. It's working well though.

[@stevorellana]

I would agree with the file explorer but I would never use it, now I just use windows key + e

[@SamHaugen]

@@stevorellana That shortcut might be just the fix. Thanks for that. I really do miss my old start menu layout though.

[@stevorellana]

@@SamHaugen yeah, i wish I could pin the "teams chat" in the start menu and not have it on my taskbar, and I'm fine with icons in the middle but i wish the start was on the side

[@JoeCannon1]

Am I correct that the taskbar no longer shows titles of open programs? That's super handy for multi-tasking. is there a way to turn that on?

[@linsetv]

if i'm correct you could also have this option in windows10. I guess there is/will be a setting for it in the taskbar settings

[@JoeCannon1]

@@linsetv I hope so. Its available in Windows 10. I hope it is in win 11

[@adrianquintanilla850]

Awesome tutorial. Great Job! FYI 14:30 Its been updated to Window Key + CTRL + S

[@jtr2371]

very informative! Thanks

[@DadsCigaretteRun]

That auto dictate voice thing is really nice to have! Need to use my PC more effectively I see

[@carolmedford1098]

Great review. One thing I haven't figured out. In Win 10 I had two rows of apps pinned to TASKBAR. Even though I still have all the same apps pinned I can't see the 2nd row. So a bunch I have pinned are useless in the taskbar -- I still have to go search for them. I just can't figure out how to get them to display at the bottom so I can select when wanted.

[@alexxander8158]

Great video, good job done.Look nice W11...now...i want Windows 7 back...

[@AzreenJafaar]

Thank you so much Sir.. Good sharing 😀 😊

[@R0D3Z]

Very good explanations. Really liked your video.

[@MikeTholfsen]

Glad it helps

[@Hemestal]

Idk, i found it very similar to 10, i think the only substantial improvement that i found is that now when i tab out of a game or switch to a different display and the game in fullscreen goes to the background and i click back on the game, it does it seemlesly and with no delay when in win10, all my displays turned black for like 2 seconds everytime i wanted to hop back on the game. I think this is a great feature that makes things much smoother for multi display gaming and streaming

[@peterhenriksen4083]

Thanks, greetings from denmark ;-)

[@jerrymaynard6705]

thanks for the info

[@Royalcats0]

Thumbs up for this video ❣️

[@robertcollcott6579]

Very insightful

[@RlxEditsz]

Finally got mine yesterday.

[@masonchan1585]

really helpful, thanks for sharing all the tips

[@MikeTholfsen]

Glad they are helpful!

[@janete.martin420]

Thank you.

[@kerrydarrigan8204]

Awesome video, do you have a video about using the photo ap?

[@MikeTholfsen]

Not yet

[@SGhiacy]

Good review. I am using windows 11 and I love it. I just subscribed. ,👍

[@MikeTholfsen]

Awesome, thank you!

[@justletmesigninokthx]

i like the new default browser options !

[@SandraCrockett]

Thank-You! Well done!

[@MikeTholfsen]

Glad you liked it!

[@MrJaycrow30]

I like the the new look, unfortunately I had to debloat most of the new features lol!! cheers

[@THKLOTTWIZ]

wow I downloaded windows 11 yesterday and now I know more of what I have......Super excited now! TY!!! I just subscribed to you too!

[@MikeTholfsen]

Great to hear!

[@unifiedmongoose7915]

Great vid

[@TheJosephStalin420]

It was nice seeing Craig Frederighi try out Windows 11.

[@gamingacademy7793]

Thanks❤

[@zarzakos]

Nice video bro

[@himanshumishra8369]

i can see a better person , nothing extra just focused on topic . u saved my lot of time , thanx

[@MikeTholfsen]

Glad to help!

[@prabhurockzz7809]

Thank you 💘😍☺️🙌

[@lovachittumuri]

superb . Thanks Mike

[@MikeTholfsen]

Glad you like it!

[@kaushik_herle]

Nice informative video.

[@m.mal-hamad7955]

nice thanks

[@manojm5747]

Good video of yours on this and helpfull.

[@microsoftsarker]

thanks for sharing with us

[@MikeTholfsen]

You bet!

[@th3technology]

The best feature that caught me about Windows 11 💥 is the ability that allows you to run APK android apps on your computer.. (It really useful to run your socials apps and games directly from your ) :) 👍

[@bheemraj8323]

Very good

[@icegago]

well explained.. good job !!!

[@MikeTholfsen]

Thanks!

[@Pixel.Dystopia]

Do the multiple deskotps reset when I shut down the pc? Or are they still there when I turn it back on? That's a thing that was missing in 10...

[@PeterDoingStuff]

Great reveiw, lots of awesome improvements, nice but i will have to buy a new machine to use windows 11 and my old is working fine (lenovo t450), so for me i guess i will wait to upgrade.

[@eclipsegst9419]

up to you. TPM can be avoided if you burn the ISO with Rufus.

[@BamaChad-W4CHD]

I hate all the default hatred for anything new involving Windows. I actually like 11. I liked 10. The settings app in 11 was a ver needed revamp that was overdue. Quite a few things got a badly needed revamp actually. Great video!

[@MikeTholfsen]

Thanks!

[@MichaelHadac]

Good info here. I have question for you. I hate the new "Copy and Paste commands! How can I switch BACK to STRAGHT copy and paste without using the "Extra or More Options - an extra move in Windows 11". Can I delete this silly time consuming feature? I like it like it was in Windows 7, 8, 10. Thanks Michael.

[@morhogeg]

What an excellent video! Incredibly helpful, thank you!

[@SinisterServal]

Man, Windows sure has a lot of stuff now compared to when I started using a computer for the first time in the late 1990’s with Windows 98.

[@rengregory7210]

Is there a list showing us all the commands from the window icon on our keyboard? Thanks.

[@manojm5747]

Is the read feature also given ...? That helps to listen the lengthy books and documents...reducing the eye strain..

[@josephshemeles2211]

Thank u it works

[@MikeTholfsen]

Enjoy

[@immanuel432]

thanks, now I know what to do with my windows 11.

[@PetroBolah]

Thanks

[@ruivieirafarinha1930]

Hi Mike, Can you help me, please? I'm sorry if this is not the right place! I had a Windows 10 Genuine License and upgrade to Windows 11 last friday (Windows update showed that option). The only problem I detect until now is that desktop and file explorer are not refreshing automatically, When I download a document, a folder, a picture, any file and save it into desktop I can't see it is there unless I press F5. I'm the Administrator of the system. Any tip? [Hope I was clear as I'm not a native speaker...]. Thank you very much in advance. Best regards! ........... Specs: - HP Spectre with only "2 weeks age" - Windows 11 Home - x64 - 16GB RAM - 1 TB SSD - 11th Gen Intel Core (TM) i7-1165G7 @ 2.80 GHz

[@szeltovivarsydroxan9944]

Can I upgrade from 8.1? I know I've been out of the game for a while.

[@luis_gbs]

Can you bring back the option in the quick settings menu to do a snapshot? So the same as Win+Shift+S does? I used that all the time in tablet mode on windows 10 and miss it pretty hard even after one day

[@warclarin]

Still working in my Windows 11.

[@makhdoom65]

This review is well doned

[@MikeTholfsen]

Thanks!

[@Techkomsan]

Amazing video 👍👍👍👍

[@MikeTholfsen]

Thank you!

[@Undisputed13011]

Loving the new Windows 11

[@doggbookins8883]

I appreciate the video very much. To me every MS version update comes with very little that's new, except maybe some window dressing and I can't say I'm seeing that much new here, at least regarding what was demo'd. The only 'new' feature that I found appealing here is the multiple desktops. 99% of the time I prefer my windows either overlapping or being maximized so the options for side by side displays had no appeal at all. Admittedly 99% of the time I'm dealing with command windows, and I want my command windows to have a static size. Quite honestly it bothers me that I might accidentally click those side by side options and have Windows change my window sizes when I don't want Windows to do that; hopefully there's a way to disable that feature. I've also never felt a need for my computer to tell me what to focus on either. The truth is I'd really prefer that MS didn't focus so much on graphical changes (like changing the way the start menu "looks"...; I'm an old guy, and I really don't want to re-learn stuff I already know), but would rather they just advertise what are truly new features (not new ways to look at old features) and let the user decide what he wants, but otherwise leave the graphics the same; i.e.: can't they just have a Windows 10 display option/theme, so that things look exactly the same, but allow me to use the new features like multiple desktops. Notably, I really dislike the way they moved the 'power' button on the start menu. I can see accidentally clicking that when I don't want to...

[@gotchathespider7850]

Virtual Desktops were in Windows 10 as well, they just weren't executed as well.

[@zhilikevin]

thank you Mike：）

[@crod6431]

Windows 10 allows you to set different wallpapers for each monitor when connecting multiple monitors. I don't see this option in Windows 11. Was it removed?

[@dandahl1039]

Curious can you still relocate the Task Bar on the screen? I like mine on the Top. My Win 7 and now 10 is setup that way. Some friends I have like it on the Right side of the screen so open apps get full height of the display. Just some simple preferences.

[@MikeTholfsen]

Not yet unfortunately

[@mingi1489]

Windows snapping is perfect when you’re watching a tutorial

[@SalimKhan-cz3ow]

Very informative video thanks

[@MikeTholfsen]

Glad to hear it!

[@chillwavemusic5024]

Thanks for the detailed review. Honestly, Windows developers eventually brought the most valuable features from all of operational systems ))

[@hogne]

But they removed the ability to drag and drop files via programs on the taskbar. That is NOT bringing in the best features from all OS-es

[@rizwan3147]

Very good Sir

[@merronangomane725]

I love this video. Very informative, thank you.

[@johanneskingma]

the start menu is great. How do I move it and the taskbar to the top of the screen.? And for the now obiquitous wide screens it should be on the side!

[@MikeTholfsen]

Unfortunately that is currently not possible

[@Machinimatt]

Amazing video. So imformative! Thank you

[@stevenhageman8255]

my absolute favorite feature is the screen snapping update. Screen snapping has always been one of my favorite updates that microsoft has made, and now they've made it even better

[@kevinmansell8746]

mines too i just bought my new pc yesterday windows 11 is very fast with the updates if there is a threat it be block it is more secure i chat in twitter in youtube chat

[@bobbyv3]

Mike, regarding the snap groups, does it matter if you had previously closed the apps? In your example, you had three apps in a single snap group. What if I had closed Outlook? Would the snap group reopen the application and position it where it was, or would it be removed from said snap group?

[@MikeTholfsen]

If you closed the apps, the snap group option goes away

[@bobbyv3]

@@MikeTholfsen Thank you! Also, sent you a LinkedIn invitation. I am not a recruiter. (No offense to any recruiters out there.) Lol

[@mouse6228]

Thank

[@stevenmyers3647]

I just downloaded Windows 11 yesterday. This video really helps a lot. And so far, I love 11. Thanks for the video.

[@ainilfatihah7380]

hi, sorry i wanna ask, do you have any problem with the internet? because I feel like my laptop is lagging and my line is not fast anymore..

[@stevenmyers3647]

@@ainilfatihah7380 I don't have any problems with the internet. But I am also hooked up with an ethernet cable and have a high speed router from Verizon. Try hooking your laptop directly to the router with an ethernet cable if possible. Best of luck.

[@indupande4006]

Hi, is there any option that can change task bar icons of windows 11 jumping like macbook ?

[@mainsource527]

whats the orange Camtasia one u have? i have echsmith snagit which looks exactly same.. snagit records to make vids has an editor too but i have movavi vid suite right now 4 that.. snagit also customizes ur screenshots and stores all ur pics in its editor library part which is cool.. /

[@ariohandoyo5973]

I also got windows 11 today i subscribed to your channel, lots of cool things on windows 11 i just changging my background i went to browse pitures and clicked the picture that i dowloaded Bob's your uncle, i'm an english learner from Indonesia.😊

[@MikeTholfsen]

Great to hear!

[@PabiMalla]

Few things that would have been great and useful: 1. under the start menu, it would have been great if all apps (show all) when expanded, expanded like app drawer on Android alphabetically with option to favorite the most used apps. The current vertical app list waste so much usable space. 2. desktop widgets just like on Android and iOS widgets in the home screen would have been great. 3. app folders also like in mobile OS to organize apps

[@sicfxmusic]

You're laterally looking for an Android tablet 😂😂

[@BorgyManotoyOnline]

In windows 10, I can easily turn on/off night light from the right side panel. Now its gone, I can change it manually though in settings. Hope there is an easy way toggle night light on/off... aside from setting a schedule.

[@adrianhartanto159]

You can do that with the new quick menu alongside the battery saver, wifi, Bluetooth, etc. Just like how he added the battery saver you can add back the night mode.