KB5003214 brings News and Interests to the Windows 10 taskbar

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Published onMay 26, 2021

published onMay 26, 2021

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It’s that time of the month when Microsoft releasesa new cumulative update for Windows 10and this one seems to be pretty substantial.

No surprise there, considering that KB5003214 addresses more than one Windows 10 version, such as 21H1, 20H2, and 2004.

Important changes and fixes brought by KB5003214

One of the more notable changes brought forth by KB5003214 is the integration of the News and Interests feature to the Windows 10 taskbar,

Developers look at this new idea as the fastest way to stay up to date on your Windows 10 PC, according to thepresentation of this feature, from the Windows blog.

As people spend more time on their Windows PCs, working, learning, connecting and creating, we’re making it easier to access personalized content that is available at a glance and updated throughout the day. News and interests on the Windows taskbar will begin rolling out to customers over the next several weeks.

Also, theOpen on hoveroption (checked by default) has been added to theNews and interestsmenu. To access it, just right-click a blank space on the Windows taskbar and open theNews and interestsmenu.

KB5003214 also addresses an issue that might prevent users from opening phone apps that are pinned to the taskbar, as well as the one that might display items on the desktop after you have deleted them from the desktop.

Other highlights for this patch include:

Windows 10 version 2004 receives the most fixes with KB5003214

The largest number of fixes that are implemented are, by farm to the 2004 version of the operating system. Good news, considering that some of these issues were long overdue for some tweaking.

The key changes that Microsoft brought forth include:

Remember that you can either download this update manually or you can do it through theWindows Updatefeature in theSettingsmenu, where it will show up as an optional update.

In order to get the standalone package for the latest SSU, you can search for it in theMicrosoft Update Catalog.

As usual, this is an optional update, but all the changes here will be rolled into next month’s Patch Tuesday, which is mandatory.

What version of Windows 10 are you using? Let us know all about it in the comments section below.

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