Microsoft may include more advertisements in Windows 11.

A number of advertisements have been spotted in Windows 11's Settings panel

test builds of the operating system, which is a dismal trend for recent preview builds.

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This was reported by a reputable source for Microsoft leaks on Twitter, Albacore, as noted by the German tech website

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In a Windows 11 preview from the Canary channel (the earliest test builds),

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Albacore provided some screenshots of the new home page for the Settings app.

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The top of the panel in the first screen capture (on the left in the tweet above) has a Microsoft 365

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advertisement that describes the service's benefits and lets consumers test it out for free (during a trial period).

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