4 useful PowerToys features that belong in Windows 11 out of the box
The article discusses four PowerToys features that could enhance the Windows 11 experience. It argues that some of these tools address common user problems and should be integrated into the core operating system. The author believes that while PowerToys is primarily for power users, certain features are too beneficial to remain optional.
- ▪PowerToys serves as a testing ground for features that Microsoft isn't ready to fully integrate into Windows 11.
- ▪Many tools in PowerToys are designed for power users, which is why they are not included in the main Windows experience.
- ▪Some PowerToys features solve everyday problems faced by many Windows users.
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| Original publisher | XDA Developers |
| Canonical URL | https://www.xda-developers.com/powertoys-features-that-should-be-core-windows-11-features/ |
| Publication time | Wed, 20 May 2026 18:30:23 GMT |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-20T18:35:02.972Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-20T18:35:02.972Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
| Excerpt source | publisher body |
| Excerpt method | First ~120 words (~800 chars) of extracted publisher body, fair-use limited. |
| Summary | WeSearch · cerebras-chat (WeSearch summarizer) |
| Summary source text | contentText |
| Citation coverage | Summary is a WeSearch-generated derivative; primary citation is the original publisher URL. |
| Cluster | 9vApfjjzPnx6 |
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| Ranking reason | Story pages are not engagement-ranked. Hub feeds use recency, with optional source-diversified chronological ordering (cap consecutive stories per source). No personalized ranking. |
| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
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| Indexing | May the item be indexed (stored, ranked, made findable)? | Allowed |
| Snippet | May a short excerpt of the publisher's text be shown? | Allowed |
| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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