Windows 11 will finally get its missing Agenda view — but Microsoft rebuilt it in the worst way

After stripping out Windows 10’s perfectly functional Agenda view, Microsoft is bringing it back to Windows 11… only to replace it with a heavy WebView2 shell.

Windows 11 will finally add an Agenda view to the Notification Center. Similar functionality existed in Windows 10 and worked well for years, but it did not make its way to Windows 11. Unfortunately, a small detail about the new version of the feature will upset some users.

It appears that the Agenda view feature will be a WebView2 component, which could result in more CPU usage and a less-than-native appearance. Windows Latest performed several tests to investigate the nature of the feature.

Since Agenda view is in preview, it did not work for Windows Latest. But attempting to use it loaded details from Outlook within a WebView2 shell. As a result, CPU and memory usage went up, seemingly as a result of the Windows Shell Experience Host process running to power the experience.

It's normal for the startup process of an app to cause a spike in computing demand that ends quickly. During their testing, Windows Latest saw "GPU Process" and "Utility" end after closing the Notification Center.