New! This update provided enhanced support for braille devices.Your taskbar automatically changed to this optimized version when you disconnected or folded back the keyboard. When expanded in tablet mode, the taskbar was optimized to be easier to use with touch. When collapsed in tablet mode, the taskbar receded to give you more screen space and kept you from accidentally opening the taskbar. To switch between the two states, swipe up and down on the bottom of your screen.

There were two states of this taskbar: collapsed and expanded. New! This update introduced a touch-optimized taskbar for 2-in-1 devices that you could use as a tablet.You could move icons to rearrange them in the “Show hidden icons” flyout menu or move icons to the taskbar. All icons had a rounded focus and hover treatment in the lower right, including the “Show hidden icons” flyout menu. New! This update enhanced the system tray (formerly called the notification area).Go to Settings > System > Power & Battery > Energy Recommendations. If you used them, they could help to improve the energy efficiency of your PC and reduce your carbon footprint. New! This update provided energy recommendations.For more information, see Customizing search on the Windows 11 taskbar. For commercial customers, this update added a new policy for IT administrators to manage how the search box on the taskbar appears in your organization. You could also change the search experience you wanted for your taskbar by going to Settings > Personalization > Taskbar. As you typed in the search box, search results appeared in the search box. New! This update improved the search box experience on the taskbar.You could also find Quick Assist in the Start menu’s All apps list. It added a link to the Quick Assist app at the bottom of Settings > System > Troubleshooters. New! This update made it easier to get help if you were having PC issues.You can still access these effects in the Settings pages. Those effects included Background blur, Eye contact, Automatic framing, and Audio effects (Voice focus). This made it quick and easy to turn on and configure camera effects. New! This update provided access Windows Studio effects directly from quick settings on the taskbar for devices that had a supported neural processing unit (NPU).

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