That term refers to an AI agent, or helper, that would be fired up via the taskbar.

It's currently the case that if you're running two monitors with Windows 11 you can only access these details on the main ...

Microsoft appears to be testing a new taskbar feature called "companions," and it might be yet another AI addition.

Microsoft is reportedly testing a new feature in the taskbar called “Companions.” According to Windows Latest, it seems to be ...

Explore Windows 11’s latest updates, from smarter tools to energy-saving innovations, designed to simplify your daily ...

If you press the key combination Alt-Shift-Esc or right-click an empty area in the taskbar, you can launch the Task Manager utility quickly and easily. Figure 1 shows the right-click pop-up menu in ...

When it revamped the taskbar for Windows 11, Microsoft dropped the option to change the size and location. This might not have been a popular feature in Windows 10, but it’s been in the OS since ...

You can hide your Taskbar on the Desktop mode by changing taskbar settings. It will automatically hide the taskbar when you are in desktop mode and appear back as you hover the mouse down. Here ...

The Taskbar is very much a window switcher, rather than an application switcher. While these were once almost synonymous on Windows, they're now typically distinct operations.

The Windows 7 taskbar combines window management with an application launcher, since you can right-click on any item and pin it to the taskbar, but that's not nearly enough for a power user.