Microsoft is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and after hosting a special 50th celebration back in April, it's now shipping out a special 50th anniversary Surface Laptop 7 to a handful of ...

Windows 11's default Bloom wallpaper has a dozen alternative versions. From the default light and dark modes to special versions for Copilot+ PCs, Windows 365, the Windows 365 Link, and more. Earlier ...

Windows Vista’s DreamScene feature is coming back so you might not need Wallpaper Engine anymore. Windows Vista’s DreamScene feature is coming back so you might not need Wallpaper Engine anymore. is a ...

In context: Nearly every major operating system comes with sleek live wallpapers. iOS has them, Android does too, and so does macOS. Microsoft had been working on a similar feature for Windows 11, but ...

Microsoft was working on dynamic animated wallpapers for Windows 11 that have probably been canceled. Microsoft was working on dynamic animated wallpapers for Windows 11 that have probably been ...

Microsoft has many good ideas for Windows 11 that often do not ship, and one of them was "Dynamic Wallpapers," which, as the name suggests, could have made the wallpaper dynamic, similar to ...

Many people have a knack for properly setting up their desktop home screens. And by a proper setup, we don’t mean simply arranging the icons, but changing the icons, having a wallpaper based on their ...

Microsoft will now allow developers to use the blur effect anywhere, including specific areas, such as pop-ups on Windows 11.

Windows 11's Spotlight feature is a pretty nice way to jazz up your desktop background with different wallpapers and fun facts when you hover over the image icon. The problem with the current approach ...

Windows 11 continues the tradition of iconic wallpapers, but a leak of an early build of the operating system reveals an unused rendition of the unmistakable Windows 10 wallpaper. Naturally, ...

October 2025 is now behind us, so let's take a look at some useful changes that Windows 11 received in the last month.