Science & Tech · Big Tech & Internet · 5 hrs ago
Windows 11 Insider build points to improved internet speed test tool
Microsoft is improving Windows 11’s internet speed test tool in its latest Insider build.
The tool is for checking how fast a device’s internet connection is.
The change appears in a Windows 11 preview build, rather than being confirmed as a general release.
The tool had been criticized as little more than a shortcut to Bing.
The latest build gives the writer reason to reconsider that criticism, though no details about how the tool works are provided.
Microsoft has not stated when it will reach all Windows 11 users.
A latest Windows 11 Insider build points to an improved internet speed test tool.
A Neowin writer said the earlier Windows 11 internet speed test was a “glorified Bing shortcut.”
The writer said the latest build gave them a reason to change that view.
The article does not describe how the tool has changed.
- Who
- Microsoft is developing the tool. A Neowin writer commented on it.
- What
- A latest Windows 11 Insider build points to an improved internet speed test tool.
- When
- Neowin published the article on 2026-10-24.
- Where
- Windows 11.
- Why
- The article says Microsoft’s latest Insider build prompted the writer to reconsider their criticism of the speed test.
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- Operating system
- Windows 11
- Build
- Latest Insider build
- Article date
- 2026-10-24
- Earlier tool description
- A “glorified Bing shortcut
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glorified Bing shortcut