Windows 11 finally restores this useful little feature from Windows 10 to the taskbar

Windows 11 is preparing the return of a Windows 10 feature that users have been requesting since the transition. Easier access to the time with seconds, along with a view of the calendar.

Sometimes, the devil is in the details. In moving from Windows 10 to Windows 11, Microsoft teams sometimes made choices that were unpleasant for some users. We're talking here about decisions that were all motivated by the same objective: to deliver a cleaner, easier-to-access, more intuitive interface.

Even if in the process, some find themselves disrupted in their habits - for lack of this small view which, even if it is, ultimately, not much, can save a few seconds by preventing you from juggling between two applications. One of these little things lost in the transition to Windows 11 is the large format time display with the seconds above the calendar in notifications.

Windows 11 brings back this very practical time display, but misses an opportunity to do even better

With Windows 11, in fact, Microsoft had apparently concluded that the time already displayed in the taskbar did not need to be repeated above the calendar. However, the latest Insider builds now allow you to optionally reactivate the time display above the current month when viewing the notifications panel.

There are reasons to believe, moreover, that the company is illustrating itself here in another missed opportunity to simplify users' lives. Indeed, the default calendar in Windows 11 remains as basic as possible. We would have appreciated, in this case, more features that would make it a real calendar.

After all, wouldn't this be the ideal place to quickly check your upcoming appointments and events? While waiting for this wish to perhaps come true one day (or not), if you are an Insider, you can very simply activate this new view in Windows Settings.

To do this, simply go to the panel allowing you to change the date and time settings. Then activate the option to display the time in the notification center. Note that the setting appears to be tied to both the latest builds of Windows 11 and a component on Microsoft's servers, meaning not all testers will see the setting just yet.