Microsoft plans to support third-party Windows 11 widgets later in 2022, letting developers offer them as “companion experiences” to their Win32 or PWA apps
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Discussion
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@daniel_rubino
Daniel Rubino
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The hint here about “we're also exploring other places where widgets could appear in Windows” is very telling in light of last week's Bing desktop search bar in the Dev Channel 👀 https://twitter.com/...
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@daniel_rubino
Daniel Rubino
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More good news: Yes, Microsoft is opening up the Windows 11 Widgets panel to third-party devs. It'll support Win32 or PWA apps and use Microsoft's Adaptive Cards platform. https://www.windowscentral.com/ ...
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@tomwarren
Tom Warren
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Microsoft will support third-party Windows 11 widgets later this year. Developers will be able to create their own widgets for win32 and PWA apps. Details here: https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...