The Windows Control Panel loses more features: time and language settings are moving to the Settings app.
Microsoft continues to slowly phase out the classic Control Panel in Windows. In the latest Insider build (27928) for Windows 11, the time and language settings have been moved to the Settings app.
End in Sight for Control Panel
Users can now add extra clocks, choose time servers, and adjust time formats via Settings. Currency and number formats have also been moved there, as well as support for Unicode UTF-8 in language settings.
Although the Control Panel hasn’t officially disappeared yet, Microsoft leaves no doubt that it won’t be around much longer. In a blog post, the company says that the Control Panel now only “exists for compatibility reasons,” reports The Register.
Copilot Continues to Expand
Besides the relocation, Microsoft is rolling out more AI features. The Copilot app gets a new home page showing recent documents, apps, and conversations. Users of Copilot+ PCs can now also use semantic search: searching documents using natural language.
Copilot supports Word, PDF, and image files and reads their content if users grant permission. In the settings, users can determine what Copilot has access to.