Microsoft’s new Windows Search is exactly what Windows 11 needs

Windows Search has been one of the most frustrating parts of Windows 11, and now Microsoft is addressing this with a significant overhaul. A new redesigned Windows Search is now in testing that is much faster, more capable, and a lot more modern.

“This new Windows Search experience is built for speed,” says Anshul Rawat, corporate vice president of the Windows product team at Microsoft. “It’s built on WinUI 3 and is part of our broader investment in modernizing our core Windows experiences.”

Microsoft says early testing of this new search has shown “substantial improvements in performance and memory usage,” meaning the company isn’t adding …

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