Officials noted that both of the existing OneNote apps will continue to run in Windows 11 and upgrading from Windows 10 to 11 won't affect users' existing OneNote apps. Instead the current OneNote app will be getting some subset of features from OneNote for Windows 10 (along with other brand-new features). Officials said they are not making a new third OneNote app in addition to the existing two. OneNote for Windows 10 users will get an in-app invitation at some point in the second half of 2022 to update to the new unified OneNote app.Īlso: Windows 365: Hands on with Microsoft's pricey new Cloud PC subscriptions The OneNote app installed with Office is going to start getting new features and 'key' existing features that are currently unique to OneNote for Windows 10 (the Store app). How Microsoft plans to get to a single, unified OneNote app for Windows 11 is, unsurprisingly, a bit complex. Microsoft is planning to unify the two different OneNote apps it supports right now on Windows - the OneNote app installed with Office and the OneNote for Windows 10 app available in the Store - and create a single OneNote app for Windows. OneNote on Windows will get a series of updates in the coming year that will include a visual refresh new pen and inking features a new navigational UI layout option that can be customized, and more, officials said.

It seems officials are intent on cleaning things up on the OneNote for Windows front during the next 12 months, according to an August 5 blog post. As anyone who has tried to follow along with Microsoft's OneNote strategy knows, the company has made things complex offering more than just one OneNote app for Windows.

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