
What you need to know
- Windows 11 may soon show promoted apps within the Recommended section of the Start menu.
- The functionality was spotted in testing recently when a keen-eyed user noticed a subtle change in the text description of a Windows 11 setting.
- Microsoft has promoted apps in the Start menu before, though that decision proved controversial.
- Windows 11 pins some promoted apps within the Start menu when you install the operating system, but the new option would allow ads to appear within the Recommended section as well.