I had reported in the blog post June 2021 updates disrupt taskbar with 'News and Interests' as well as in other blog posts linked at the end of the article, how the new feature may cause the icons in the tray area of the taskbar to disappear. Unfortunately, the new feature annoyed some users quite a bit due to the numerous bugs it contained. Within my German the blog there have already been controversial discussions regarding this feature, if I remember correctly, hardly anyone has welcomed this feature enthusiastically. News and interests on the Windows taskbar, Source: MicrosoftĪn icon in the notification area of the taskbar displays the weather forecast and a feed with current headlines from news magazines.

With the Jcumulative (security) updates (update KB5003635 for Windows 10 V1909 and update KB5003635 for Windows 10 V2004 to 21H1, see Patchday: Windows 10 updates (June 8, 2021)), the feature forcefully landed on all systems (even Windows 10 Enterprise).

But with preview update KB5003214 on for Windows 10 version 2004, 20H2, 21H1 and the Windows Server counterparts, all users who installed the update received this feature. At first, Microsoft still tested the whole thing with Windows Insiders. The new Windows 10 feature 'News and interests' (often referred to as the Weather app) has been rolled out by Microsoft since April 2021 in Windows 10 (first in version 21H1, later in 20H2) via update.

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