In this article, we will talk about some New Big Windows K2 Features Coming Soon which include a New Context Menu, New Search and New Native Apps.
Windows K2, for those of you who don’t know, if Microsoft Codename for the internal plan that wants to fix Windows 11 and to address the main painpoints that users have reported for years now.
New Context Menu
One of the many things that users complained about since the launch of Windows 11, is the Context Menu. Sometimes too large for what you need and other times missing important features, forcing you to use the extended Legacy Context Menu.
Well, that’s about to change, as Microsoft is announcing that they are working on making Context Menus faster, simpler by default and configurable to what you use most.
New Search
Another thing that users complained about is the amount of web results when using Search in Windows 11.
There’s already a workaround that allow you disable web search by modifying Registries in Windows, but that’s not for the average user.
At the Windows Insider meetup in San Francisco, Microsoft has hinted a New Native Option in Settings, that allows you to not only disable Microsoft Store search results, but even web results and Bing respectively from Windows Search.
(Credit: Michael Kan/PCMag)
New Native Apps
Finally, at the Build 2026 Conference, Microsoft is advising and recommending developers to use Win UI 3 more when developing Apps for Windows 11. In addition to this, Microsoft is also promising to changing certain Apps in Windows 11 to the Native WinUI Platform, so that they will be faster and more compatible with the Windows 11 ecosystem.
For a more in-depth presentation of the New Windows K2 Features, you can watch the video below from the youtube channel.
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