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My top 17 Windows 11 features introduced in 2025 — personal picks from cleaner UI experiences to major PC gaming upgrades

As 2025 comes to an end, explore the top Windows 11 features released in 2025, including Start menu changes, Quick Machine Recovery, Xbox FSE, Battery Percentage in Taskbar, Administrator Protection, widgets, and more.

Windows Central

This keyboard is a productivity dream, but I wish it had a few other features

The Redragon Galatin Pro K719 is an ideal space-saving keyboard for typists, but there are a few things missing.

Tom’s Guide

New Windows 10 update is reportedly causing havoc for some, including breaking a popular customization tool

Microsoft's latest patch breaks stuff – but the surprise is this is Windows 10, not Windows 11.

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Everything announced at The Game Awards 2025 — Xbox, gaming handhelds, PC, and more

The Game Awards 2025 featured tons of new game announcements, reveals, world premieres, and more for Xbox, PC, and handhelds. Here's an overview of everything announced.

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Dislike the look of Windows 11? The Microsoft Store is your unlikely savior.

Windows 11 users frustrated with its look now have an easier way to customize it, thanks to a new Themes section in the Microsoft Store.

Windows Central

It took 13 years for this sci-fi survival-horror game to launch into Xbox Game Pass, and I think it was worth the wait

A lot of us have been waiting for years for ROUTINE, and some of us have been waiting for well over a decade. It's here on Xbox Game Pass, and it's fantastic.

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Lenovo IdeaCentre Mini X review: Lenovo's first true Mac Mini competitor is an awesome Windows PC

Lenovo's first Snapdragon-powered mini PC is a winner with a clean design, quiet performance, and Copilot+ capabilities all housed into a small, premium chassis.

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Your Windows 11 on Arm PC can now run even more x86 apps and games thanks to Microsoft's latest Prism emulation update

Microsoft has released an update for its Prism emulator that adds support for x86 apps that require AVX and AVX2 extensions, such as Ableton Live 12.

Windows Central

Microsoft finally realizes the threat SteamOS poses — but its promises to fix Windows 11 for PC gaming are too little, too late

Microsoft just doesn’t get PC gamers and its plans to fix Windows 11 won’t stop the rise of SteamOS.

TechRadar

Microsoft issues patches for 56 security flaws - all 'important' severity or above

Most are privilege escalation flaws, and one was exploited in the wild as a zero-day.

TechRadar

User reports claim December Windows 11 security update fixes AMD GPU hanging and driver crashing

A multitude of AMD GPU owners claim the December security update for Windows 11 has fixed GPU hanging and driver crashing, primarily on RX 9000 series GPUs.

Tom’s Hardware

TorGuard VPN review

Fast speeds and affordable pricing don’t make up for a lack of app upgrades and serious glitches

Tom’s Guide

Microsoft promises to improve PC gaming in 2026, but will it be enough to topple Steam?

Microsoft has improved gaming on Windows this year but it has even bigger plans for 2026.

Tom’s Guide

AMD’s FSR Redstone is finally here to take on Nvidia’s DLSS 4 — here’s everything you need to know

AMD FSR Redstone has just released, ready to take on Nvidia's DLSS 4. What's new about it and how does it stack up? Here's everything you need to know.

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Microsoft promises to make Windows 11 the best operating system for gaming — says it will focus on background workloads, power and scheduling, graphics stack, and drivers

Microsoft says Windows 11 will receive major gaming-focused enhancements in 2026, including broader support for Xbox Full Screen Experience, Auto Super Resolution for handhelds, expanded Advanced Shader Delivery, and more.

PC Gamer

Microsoft wants to make Windows 'the best place to game—no matter where you play' but Linux and Valve's SteamOS have other ideas

On the desktop, in your hands, even on an Arm chip, Windows wants to be best.

Tom’s Guide

Your computer can get internet through USB — here's how to set it up

Learn three ways to connect your computer to the internet using USB ports, including adapters and phone tethering.

Tom’s Guide

Microsoft's December Patch fixes three zero-day flaws including one critical exploited vulnerability — update your PC right now

Microsoft’s big December 2025 Patch Tuesday fixes 3 zero-day flaws and 57 other vulnerabilities.

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Microsoft promises it will upgrade Windows 11 with better performance for gamers in 2026 — "we’re committed to making Windows the best place to play"

Windows 11 is set to gain a number of important improvements for gamers next year, all designed to allow games to run better and compete with SteamOS.

Tom’s Hardware

Latest Steam Client Beta backport keeps Windows 7 and Windows 8 gaming PCs on life support — unofficial solution gives a lifeline to legacy users

Gaming enthusiast Eazy Black has backported the latest Steam beta client (December 4, 2025 build) to support Windows 7 and Windows 8.

Tom’s Hardware

This GitHub script claims to wipe all of Windows 11's AI features in seconds — "RemoveWindowsAI" can disable every single AI feature in the OS, from Copilot to Recall and more

If you've been unhappy with the direction Microsoft has taken Windows, offering no meaningful improvements beyond AI and aesthetics, then, well, not much can be done about that. But, at least you can disable all the AI features that seem to have populated every corner of the OS, with a…

Windows Central

Windows 3.1 going full ketchup & mustard wasn't inspired by any actual 'Hotdog Stands' — Veteran Microsoft designer calls it a garish choice with a catchy name

Microsoft veteran designer Virginia Howlett recently revealed that Windows 3.1's Hotdog Stand color scheme wasn't a joke or deliberate attempt to design the worst possible scheme.

Windows Central

Copilot AI won't work on WhatsApp after January 2026, but it isn't Microsoft's fault — this is about Meta

Microsoft’s Copilot AI and other third‑party chatbots will no longer be available on WhatsApp after January 15, 2026, following Meta’s recent platform policy update.

PC Gamer

Windows 3.1 included a red and yellow 'Hot Dog Stand' color scheme so garish it was long assumed to be a joke, so I tracked down Microsoft's original UI designer to get the true story

Setting the record straight, 33 years later.

Windows Central

Windows gets its own screen-powered “ring light” via a new app — and it already does more than Apple’s native version

A screen-based lighting app gives Windows users sharper, more even webcam results, offering controls that go beyond even Apple’s Edge Light feature for macOS.

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