Windows 11's built-in internet speed test is getting a divorce from Bing — and it's about time
- Windows 11's internet speed test currently redirects to a Bing search to facilitate the test
- This is clunky to say the least — and an annoying piece of Bing promotion — but now Microsoft is changing things
- In a new preview build the speed test is fully integrated into Windows 11 — as it should have been in the first place
Microsoft has thought better of one of the methods it was using to push Bing in Windows 11 — via an internet speed test — and we can but hope that maybe it's seeing sense from a broader perspective about such promotional trickery.
Windows Central reports that, in a recent preview release for Windows 11 (build 26340.9767), Microsoft has applied some changes to the Quick Settings panel (accessed via the taskbar).
In the release notes, Microsoft says: "We're making it faster and easier to check the performance of...
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