By Simon Batt
Publication Date: 2026-04-27 03:08:00
Summary
- Microsoft pivots from Copilot to a Windows 11 revival called K2 — a marathon of staged updates, not one big release.
- Start menu to be rewritten in WinUI 3 for ~60% better responsiveness and more customization.
- Microsoft views SteamOS as a performance benchmark as it preps Xbox hardware with Windows 11.
Say what you want about Microsoft, but at the very least, it seems to know when it needs to change course for its own good. After over a year of the company adding Copilot to all of its apps, it finally pivoted direction after users told Microsoft that they were sick of AI tools. Now, the company is trying its best to win back users…
