As part of the annual Build conference, Microsoft announced that by the end of the year it will open access to Windows 11 widgets for all developers. They will be able to add them as an add-on to their Win32 and PWA applications.
Currently, the Windows 11 widget system is limited by Microsoft's own solutions, and the choice is quite limited. There are widgets for Outlook and To Do — useful for users of these services, but the rest are mostly web applications showing weather, entertainment content or news.
While Microsoft has not announced the exact timing of the appearance of such an opportunity, but it's great that this part of the Windows 11 operating system will soon be open to everyone.
It is noteworthy that the news appeared just a few days after Microsoft began testing Windows 11 with the web search bar. So far, the widgets have been hidden in a special block on the left, but it looks like the company is ready to move them directly to the desktop.
