‘Still absolutely wild that this isn’t just built into Windows’: I love Microsoft’s new monitor add-on, and fully agree that it’s baffling why more PowerToys aren’t in Windows 11

Microsoft’s PowerToys is arguably one of the best additions you can make to Windows 11 (or 10). It adds a bunch of powerful little tools to the operating system, and unlike third-party utilities, these are actually made by Microsoft, so there’s that extra guarantee that they’re going to ‘play nice’ with Windows 11. (Well, hopefully). Plus, you certainly won’t need to be worried that you’re installing software that could be up to no good in the background, like crypto-jacking or other nastiness.

I adopted PowerToys as my tech new year’s resolution for 2026, and I continue to be impressed with the functionality delivered by some of the tools — which aren’t just for power-users, despite the name of this suite (although admittedly some of them are firmly aimed at that category of Windows 11 user).