Microsoft is killing the Windows 11 ‘Tips’ app, will be removed in a future OS update
Windows 11 is so easy to use, Microsoft doesn’t think it needs a tips app anymore.
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Microsoft has added another in-box app to thelist of deprecated Windows 11 features, this time in the form of the Windows 11 Tips app. The Tips app has historically been the place to go whenever a new Windows 11 feature update is released to learn about what’s new.
Starting this month, the app is officially listed as deprecated, but Microsoft says it will continue to be updated with new content for as long as the app is preloaded in Windows. The company will likely remove the Tips app from the next major Windows 11 feature update, which is expected toship in the summer of next year.
The Tips app is just the latest in a long list of apps that Microsoft has decided to deprecate. In September, Microsoft revealed that it would bedeprecating WordPadin favor of Notepad, and a month before that it announced thatCortana was being deprecatedin favor of Copilot.
And it doesn’t end there, as we know Microsoft is also planning todeprecate the Windows 11 Mail & Calendar apps in 2024, replacing them with the new web-based Outlook client. It seems Microsoft is on a cleaning spree when it comes to in-box Windows 11 apps, removing many old or unused apps and replacing them with modern alternatives.
In regard to a replacement to the Tips app, Microsoft hasn’t said what it considers a replacement. Windows 11 already has a built in “Get help” app, which could become the new destination for new users looking to learn about what’s new in a latest update. Microsoft may also just refer users to online documentation in the future.
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