That term refers to an AI agent, or helper, that would be fired up via the taskbar.

Microsoft is reportedly testing a new feature in the taskbar called “Companions.” According to Windows Latest, it seems to be ...

It's currently the case that if you're running two monitors with Windows 11 you can only access these details on the main ...

Microsoft appears to be testing a new taskbar feature called "companions," and it might be yet another AI addition.

Of course, this is all speculation, and the idea of agentic companions on the taskbar may never come to pass. However, with Microsoft pouring tons of money into AI, on top of the company's desire to ...

Explore Windows 11’s latest updates, from smarter tools to energy-saving innovations, designed to simplify your daily ...

If you press the key combination Alt-Shift-Esc or right-click an empty area in the taskbar, you can launch the Task Manager utility quickly and easily. Figure 1 shows the right-click pop-up menu in ...

When it revamped the taskbar for Windows 11, Microsoft dropped the option to change the size and location. This might not have been a popular feature in Windows 10, but it’s been in the OS since ...

The redesigned taskbar in Windows 11 has had its fair share of praise and criticisms since the update arrived in October 2021, but a year on, Microsoft is working on some improvements.

The Taskbar is very much a window switcher, rather than an application switcher. While these were once almost synonymous on Windows, they're now typically distinct operations.