

The Glance feed contains sticky notes, calendars, to-do lists, documents from OneDrive, and the most used apps. It houses glance with customizable panels and a personalized news feed.

Microsoft offers a customized feed when you swipe right from the left side of the screen. It is set to Bing by default but can be changed to one of the dozen options and includes Google, Baidu, DuckDuckGo, etc. Tap on web results, and it will search in the preferred browser through the selected search engine. Like Google lens, you can search for objects through the photo search button powered by Bing. Toggle the filters to show results from specific categories. The search displays result from web search, apps, settings, sticky notes, contacts, calendar, launcher, and system settings.

The search is faster than the Google search widget on our tested phones. This comes in handy when phone displays keep getting bigger and becoming difficult to use with one hand. It lets you use the smartphone with a single hand. You will find this feature on Xiaomi’s MIUI and some iterations of the ColorOS by Oppo. Swipe down, and the search bar appears along with the keyboard on the screen. Let us shed some light on a few of the Microsoft launcher’s features that stand out. Sign in and synchronize calendars, sticky notes, etc., across all your Microsoft-based devices, primarily focusing on Windows. Afterward comes the login through a Microsoft account, which is optional but would be good to sync every service.
