Microsoft has recently brought Windows 11 search highlights closer to the official launch, as the feature made its way to the discharge Preview channel within the Windows Insider program.

Search highlights is really a new feature that is supposed to enhance the search experience in Windows 11 with a lot more content highly relevant to each user, including such things as holidays and anniversaries.

"Search highlights will show notable and fascinating moments of what's special about each day-like holidays, anniversaries, and other educational moments over time both globally and in your region. To determine search highlights, click or tap on the search icon in your taskbar. For enterprise customers, search highlights will also feature the most recent updates out of your organization and suggest people, files, and more," the organization explained.

Announced in Windows 11 preview builds for that Dev and Beta channels captured, the feature is now moving one step closer to the state launch by going live in the Release preview channel.

Rolling taking place in stages

However, the rollout will take place in stages, as Microsoft really wants to make sure everything is working exactly as expected. Quite simply, this method gives Microsoft more control over the rollout, so if the bug is discovered searching highlights, the company can suspend the procedure before more devices are impacted.

The organization says the rollout will start within the coming weeks, however, it will require up to many months before all devices running Windows 11 can get it.

"Search highlights will unveil to Windows 11 customers over the next weeks. We are going for a phased and measured approach. Broad availability will exist in the approaching months. For group configuration information, see Group configuration: search highlights in Windows," Microsoft explains without providing a more specific ETA as to when the first production products are designed to get search highlights.