Follow ZDNET: Add us as a favorite source On Google.
Key takeaways of zdnet
- Windows 11 is testing a network speed test that you run from the taskbar.
- The speed test icon takes you to the Bing website.
- For now, you need Windows 11 Insider Build to use the feature.
Running network speed test is a useful way to determine if you are gaining the promised speed by your internet provider. Generally, you have to trigger such tests from the third party web page Okla’s biggest Or Testmy.netBut Microsoft Windows 11 is adding an option in which you can launch a speed test directly from the taskbar.
Now the current canary, Dev, and Beta Build are available for Windows 11 interiors, the new speed test takes you to Microsoft’s Bing Toolbox Site to trigger it, as seen by X account fantomophyrethAfter measuring your connection, the results show you delay with download and upload speed, which checks for any delay in travel time of your data.
Also: How to upgrade your ‘inconsistent’ Windows 10 PC to Windows 11 – for free
It definitely looks like an easy, time-saving feature. But this cannot happen at all.
First, Bing is definitely not bad as a motion tester. I compared its results with other online test sites, and they were generally the same. But I generally rely on the speedtest of Ocla, which is one of the most popular and reliable devices and a series of network data.
Second, the taskbar icon simply takes you to the Bing website, where you have to manually run the tool. The bing speed test uses oakla for even backand processing. More useful will be an internal feature or app that measures your internet speed and then gives direct results within Windows.
Also: How to clean the cash on your Windows 11 PC (and why you should not wait to do it)
Many Microsoft store speed test apps will run within Windows, including Speedtest by OclaHere, you launch the test, and Ookla displays results not only in the app but also in a notification. If other developers could provide this type of integrated motion test, Microsoft could definitely do the same.
Nevertheless, the option should prove to be easy for those who do not know about Ocla’s speedtest or other third-party test sites and equipment. Since it is now being tested with Windows Insider, it should eventually reach all Windows 11 users. I just want to convert Microsoft into an internal device, rather than to take people to Bing.
