Windows 11 Brings Back Missing Calendar Feature

After a four-year absence, Microsoft has announced the return of the calendar flyout feature to Windows 11, a direct response to user requests for a utility that was present in Windows 10. This move offers a brief respite from the intense focus on artificial intelligence that now defines the operating system. The company's recent Ignite 2025 conference highlighted Copilot's deep integration into Windows 11, aiming to make the OS an 'agentic' system capable of complex task execution.

The new Windows 11 is largely characterized by its AI-centric approach. Copilot, the integrated chatbot, is being embedded into virtually every text field within the OS and applications, promising AI-powered text generation. While features like 'Fluid dictation' aim to improve speech-to-text with punctuation and filler word removal, many AI integrations, including Copilot in File Explorer for document summarization, are seen by some as potentially overbearing.

Concerns are mounting regarding the privacy implications of Windows 11's 'agentic' capabilities, which would grant Copilot access to personal files and data. Despite Microsoft's assurances of data security, the processing of user information on cloud servers raises privacy questions. This AI-driven transformation is creating a divide among users, with some finding the new features confusing and prompting others to consider alternatives like Linux.