[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-windows-11-tests-app-updates-hub-plans-opt-in-copilot-search":10,"sections":40},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":30,"tags":31,"sources":35,"feedback":39,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":39,"total_tokens":39},12629,"windows-11-tests-app-updates-hub-plans-opt-in-copilot-search","Windows 11 Tests App Updates Hub, Plans Opt-In Copilot Search","Windows 11 has an app update hub in a preview build, while an opt-in Copilot option for taskbar search is planned for select markets later this year.","Windows 11 has two interface changes in the pipeline: an App Updates panel already visible in a preview build, and an opt-in Copilot option for taskbar search that Microsoft plans to roll out to select markets later this year.\n\nWindows Latest spotted the panel in Settings. It works as a hub for third-party apps and shows at a glance what needs updating, instead of random notifications from individual apps or updates that only happen when you open the software. That second case is the real gap: an app you rarely launch can miss a security fix. The panel would give third-party software the kind of update handling Microsoft Store apps already get.\n\nThere are caveats. Developers must register their apps for inclusion, and none has yet. The panel has also appeared in past testing, so its presence in a preview build does not guarantee it ships.\n\nThe Copilot change comes from Windows Central, which pointed to a Microsoft blog post on \"hybrid intelligence\" from October. Microsoft wrote that it will \"begin adding the option to integrate the new Copilot with Search on the taskbar, so you can get quick answers inline from Search,\" with a jump to the full Copilot app for longer conversations. The company said the experience will be opt-in. In practice, that means off by default.\n\nThe design looks like a retreat from \"Ask Copilot\", an earlier tested feature that effectively replaced the search box. This time the search box stays and Copilot sits behind a toggle. It also fits Microsoft's stated promise to cut AI clutter in Windows 11 as part of a broader effort to fix the OS this year.\n\nSkeptics are not convinced. One Redditor wrote: \"Opt-in always becomes 'opt-out' later.\" The fear is a sequence: opt-in first, then default-on, then no toggle at all. Nothing in Microsoft's post suggests that path, but nothing in it rules it out either.\n\nThe two changes sit at opposite ends of the trust scale. The update hub is a plain utility with an obvious payoff, if developers sign up. 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