Hands-on with Windows 11's updated Start menu customization features

Windows 11 is getting a new customizable Start menu, and I've gone hands-on to see just how configurable it is.
MSN on MSN

Windows 11 now overclocks your CPU to open the Start menu — and somehow that's a good thing

Windows 11 now spikes your CPU just to open the Start menu, and the fact that it works makes it worse.
Windows Latest

I tested Windows 11 June 2026 Updates: Here’s everything new, improved, and fixed

Windows 11 June 2026 Patch Tuesday update brings Low Latency Profile, Shared Audio, Multi-App Camera, NPU tracking, and ...
Neowin

Windows 11 25H2 and 24H2 get the new Start menu and a lot of new features in KB5067036

A big update for Windows 11 versions 25H2 and 24H2 is now available, and it brings the new Start menu and quite a lot of extra features. Following the release of the October 2025 non-security update ...

Microsoft Weekly: Big Start menu upgrade and a new era of PC

Catch up with this week's Microsoft news in our weekly recap. New processors, big Start menu updates, and Microsoft promising "a new era of PC." ...
PC World

Windows 11’s new Start menu is now available! Here’s how to get it

Microsoft has started rolling out the new Start menu for Windows 11, which we previously did a deep dive preview on. Both versions 24H2 and the newer 25H2 of Windows 11 can use the new Start menu.

Microsoft Reportedly Working on Shared Audio Feature on Windows 11 Alongside Tweaked Widgets

Microsoft is also said to be continuing work on migrating parts of the Windows 11 interface to a newer WinUI-based ...
Lifehacker

A New Start Menu and More Major Upgrades Are Coming to Windows 11

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...