As Microsoft improves taskbar in Windows 11, a highly-requested feature is delayed

In 2025, Microsoft promised to add your calendar schedule to the taskbar in Windows 11, but the feature is now confirmed to be delayed.

Windows 10 used to have a convenient feature where you could see your agenda in the taskbar calendar and even add new events. Unfortunately, that thing did not make it to Windows 11 when Microsoft decided to rework the taskbar from the ground up. With Windows 11 now pushing five, the taskbar calendar remains critically underwhelming, and Microsoft's promise to fix it is now taking more time to materialize.

In 2025, Microsoft confirmed that the agenda view is returning to Windows 11. It was expected to arrive for all users in December 2025, but fast forward to March 2025, and the feature is still nowhere to be seen. The good news is that Microsoft did not give up on it. Instead, the company decided to postpone it in order to refine the experience. Here is what a Microsoft spokesperson said about it:

"[We are] actively refining the foundational aspects of the experience to ensure it meets our quality standards before it reaches customers. We’re focused on delivering a reliable, high‑quality feature at the time of public preview or general availability."

While it is disappointing to see the delay, you should consider it a sign of better times ahead. The original announcement of the agenda view for the taskbar in Windows 11 was met with loud criticism, as users discovered that it was nothing but another WebView component. These are usually slower and heavier on resources, which, in the times of crazy component prices, is particularly disappointing.

Recently, Microsoft confirmed that the user feedback is not falling on deaf ears, and the company is going to fix Windows 11 in 2026 by addressing the key "pain points" (do not expect Windows 12 this year), so this delay, alongside the promise to fix things, could indicate that Microsoft decided to ditch WebView for a faster, more efficient native experience. Unfortunately, at this point, it is anybody's guess.

A clearer sign of "refining the foundational aspects of the experience" was discovered by @phantomofearth. Microsoft is working on the ability to hide the agenda view for those who want their UI a little more minimalist:

If the agenda view is something you want right here and right now, you can always switch to third-party apps like Calendar View. While they are not as seamless as the native experience (you have to click a dedicated icon on the taskbar), they are pretty good at giving what Microsoft took away. Hopefully, a native experience will not take too long to arrive.

Via Windows Central

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Posted Tuesday 10 March 2026 at 4:47 am AEST (my time).

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