Windows 11 features major changes to the Windows shell influenced
by the canceled Windows 10X, including a redesigned Start menu,
the replacement of its "live tiles" with a separate "Widgets" panel
on the taskbar, the ability to create tiled sets of windows
that can be minimized and restored from the taskbar as a group,
Microsoft Teams is integrated into the taskbar, and new gaming
technologies inherited from Xbox Series X and Series S such as Auto
HDR and DirectStorage on compatible hardware. Internet
Explorer (IE) has been replaced by the Blink engine-based Microsoft
Edge, while IE's core is retained for Edge's IE mode, and
Microsoft Teams is integrated into the Windows shell. Microsoft
also announced plans to allow more flexibility in software that
can be distributed via Microsoft Store.
