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Notepad's new Cowriter feature could improve your text-editing experience with AI
An AI-fied Notepad may soon be available for Windows 11 users, but it might not be available to everyone on the first day of its release.
Microsoft has plans to incorporate AI into every part of the next big Windows update, codenamed Hudson Valley. While we're still a few months away from the next big Windows version making a public appearance, the software giant is on an AI integration spree for its stock apps. The one that you might soon see getting a dose of AI is Microsoft's Notepad.
Latest Windows 11 betas introduces tabs in the Notepad app
Windows Insiders running the Beta channel version of Windows 11 can now enjoy tabs in the Notepad app, a feature once only Dev Channel insiders had.
Microsoft has released two beta channel Windows 11 builds. There is build 22623.1255 for those with new features rolling out and also build 22621.1255 for those with new features off by default. Both are small releases, but the treat that'll come with these builds is the new tabbed interface in the Notepad app, which was once only available for Windows Insiders in the Dev channel.
Leak reveals Notepad app in Windows 11 could be getting a tabbed interface
A Microsoft employee tweeted a screenshot of an internal build of Notepad that features a tabbed interface and then deleted it
The Windows 11 File Explorer recently got the addition of a tabbed interface, but Microsoft might be playing with the idea of adding this same feature to Notepad — if one leak ends up being true.
Notepad could be the next app getting a Windows 11 facelift
Notepad, the basic text-editing application that's been a staple to Windows for decades, is getting an overhaul for Windows 11.
Last week, Microsoft began shipping Windows 11, and it comes with a whole bunch of redesigned apps. Like many new features, it seemed like a lot of those app updates were put together at the last minute. There are all new versions of Photos, Snipping Tool, and even Paint that weren't unveiled mere weeks ahead of the launch. Now, it seems like Notepad is the next to get a refresh for Windows 11.