Microsoft appears to be working on several new Windows 11 features that the company has not yet publicly announced. References to stickers for desktop wallpapers, the ability to hide the taskbar for tablets, and a sustainability section in Settings have all been discovered in the latest test version of Windows 11.
The new customization feature to bring stickers to desktop wallpapers in Windows 11 has been shared by Windows enthusiast Albacore on Twitter. Screenshots show you’ll be able to pick stickers, commonly found in messaging apps, for wallpaper and edit them from the desktop. Currently, widgets exist in Windows 11 but they can’t be pinned to the desktop, so stickers could be an alternative for desktop customization.
Stickers could be limited to a single monitor though, and references to the feature in Windows 11 include policies around education usage. Microsoft is currently shipping Windows 11 SE on new low-cost laptops for students, and it’s optimized so apps always launch fullscreen on a single display. It’s possible that the new stickers feature could be part of Windows 11 SE or consumer-focused versions of Windows 11.
Elsewhere, a new sustainability section of the Windows 11 Settings looks like it will offer recommendations on energy-saving and device recyclability. Microsoft also appears to be renaming Focus Assist to just Focus, with options to schedule the quiet mode through Outlook.
These features are currently not available to most Windows 11 testers, and Microsoft has not acknowledged their existence yet.
