This is the new lock screen that Microsoft is preparing to break the border between PC and tablet

The lock screen in Windows 10 is preparing to receive news. A screen that hasn't changed for a while, something that changes thanks to a feature that stays hidden in Windows 10 Build 18932 and allows you to add a search box.

Social networks are a great source to discover new features even when the manufacturer wants to keep them in good hands until they decide to announce them and this is what happens in this case with a box that makes it easy to search right from the lock screen

Fewer differences between PC and tablet

It was the user Albacore (@thebookisclosed) who echoed this new function on Twitter. Through it, you can enable a search box on the lock screen, a search box based on Bing To activate it you have to use the Mach2 tool .

In this way, users who, once this function is activated, carry out their searches at this point, will be contributing to generating more traffic on Bing, which is still far behind Google in terms of searches on the Internet. grid.

This search box on the lock screen has also brought about cosmetic changes, as time scrolls to the top left to leave space and do not make the fields too tight on the screen.

This enhancement appears in Build 18932, but Albacore has also discovered that is also present in Build 18970 with which Microsoft prepares the arrival of Windows 10 20H1 in the Insider Program.

A Build released by Microsoft three days ago in which above all they seek to bring the tablet experience closer to the PC when using 2-in-1 convertiblesThis way even a convertible PC can offer a familiar, tablet-like desktop experience. It does this by adding more space between the taskbar icons, shrinking the taskbar search box into an icon, File Explorer adapts to use with your fingers, and the touch keyboard is automatically activated when we touch the fingers. text fields. A Build, the 18970 whose details and improvements you can see here

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If you belong to the Fast Ring within the Insider Program, you can download the update by going to the usual route, that is, Settings > Update and Security > Windows Update An update that is focused above all on improving the performance of the operating system."

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