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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 a Windows 11 Insider build to use the feature.
Running a network speed test is a helpful way to determine if you're getting the speed promised by your internet provider. Normally, you have to trigger such a test from a third-party web page like Ookla's Speedest or Testmy.net. But Microsoft is adding an option to Windows 11 in which you can launch a speed test directly from the taskbar.
Now available for Windows 11 insiders in the current Canary, Dev, and Beta builds, the new speed test takes you to Microsoft's Bing toolbox site to trigger it, as spotted by X account phantomofearth. After measuring your connection, the results show you the download and upload speeds as well as the latency, which checks for any delays in the travel time of your data.
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That certainly sounds like a handy, time-saving feature. But it's not quite all it could be.
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