- The calendar for the Taskbar on Windows 11 is getting a new Agenda view for viewing upcoming events and meetings.
- The experience was previously available on Windows 10, but it then disappeared in the new version of the operating system.
- Microsoft promises a first preview before the end of the year, and full release in early 2026.
On Windows 11, the Taskbar calendar flyout is finally gaining support for viewing upcoming events and meetings. This update restores functionality that existed on Windows 10 but disappeared with the release of Windows 11. The company confirmed that the feature will arrive in preview in December 2025.
For years, the calendar flyout has been little more than a date viewer. You could check the day, scroll through months, and jump back and forth in the calendar, but you could never see your agenda or interact with scheduled events. That gap is about to close with the introduction of a new “Agenda” view.
According to the software giant, the Agenda view appears inside the Notification Center as a quick glance list of everything coming up. It pulls directly from your Outlook and Calendar data in a unified interface and supports interactions such as joining scheduled meetings or triggering Microsoft 365 Copilot actions associated with an event, making the flyout far more useful for daily planning.
Microsoft shared a first look at the feature, confirming that the new view will display a chronological list of upcoming events, along with shortcuts to act on them. The design matches the rest of the Windows 11 interface and fills a long-standing gap compared to Windows 10, macOS, and ChromeOS. It is a small but meaningful upgrade for productivity and an indicator that the company is finally addressing long-running feedback to make basic elements more capable.
This change is part of a broader productivity and AI-focused push that Microsoft outlined during its Ignite 2025 conference. Windows 11 is gaining new AI writing features that work inside any text box, new Outlook abilities such as inbox summaries, and the first preview of an agentic workspace that allows AI agents to run within their own isolated desktop environment. The company also revealed that a hardware-accelerated version of BitLocker will be available on new PCs next year, with improved performance and stronger encryption.
Although the company has spent most of the year building out its agentic and AI native vision for Windows 11, it has repeatedly said it plans to balance that work with improvements to core system usability. Enhancements like the new agenda view serve as evidence of that promise.
Microsoft says the updated calendar flyout will begin shipping in preview through the Windows Insider Program in December, but general availability is expected sometime in 2026.
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Mauro Huculak is a Windows How-To Expert and founder of Pureinfotech in 2010. With over 22 years as a technology writer and IT Specialist, Mauro specializes in Windows, software, and cross-platform systems such as Linux, Android, and macOS.
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