Windows 10: Rumor: Microsoft preparing to remove Live Tiles from Windows 10

A Windows Latest report suggests that Microsoft may be in the process of removing Live Tiles from the company's Windows 10 operating system.

Live Tiles was one of the key features of the Windows 8 operating system when it launched. Microsoft decided to launch it with a new fullscreen Start interface filled with tiles.

Windows applications could use Live Tile functionality to update tiles automatically. A Weather application could update the weather data that it displays and a News app could push new stories using Live Tiles.

Microsoft even contemplated introducing interactive Live Tiles to the operating system but nothing ever came out of it.

Microsoft kept Live Tiles supported when it launched Windows 10 and even promised some "surprises" that would come to Live Tiles in 2016 but it seems that Live Tiles have not received a meaningful update in a long time.

The rumor suggests that Microsoft could end support for Live Tiles sometime after the release of Windows 10 20H2, the second feature update of the year 2020 (and likely a smaller update again).

Tip: check out the new and improved features of Windows 10 version 2004 (the first feature update of 2020) here.

Live Tiles would simply be replaced with static icons according to the report and the Start Menu would look similar, but not identical, to the Start Menu of Microsoft's Windows 10X operating system.



Microsoft released a Windows build recently that introduced a new range of colorful icons and is working on other Start Menu changes that it plans to launch in future versions of Windows 10.

Closing Words


Some of the default applications that are included in Windows 10 and some third-party applications support Live Tiles. Some users may keep the default ones enabled on the system, others may turn Live Tiles functionality off.

One of the first things that I do on new systems is to disable Live Tiles entirely as I have no use for the feature.

Considering that Microsoft has not really invested a lot in Live Tiles in recent time, I'd say that it is likely that Live Tiles support will be dropped eventually.

Now You: Do you use Live Tiles?

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Live tiles not working on my new laptop

Hi,



Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community. I will certainly help you with this.



I appreciate if you could answer few questions to narrow down the issue and to provide you better assistance.

• Does this issue persist with all the Live tiles icon?
• Are you able to view the different app’s tiles icon on Start menu?

I suggest you to try the below given steps and check if issue gets resolved:

• Press the Windows key to open the Start menu.
• Right click on the Tiles and click “turn live tile on”.
• Repeat step 2 on the desired tiles.

Please post back with the results and the information asked, we will be glad to assist you further.

Thank you.

 

Windows 10 Mail App Live Tile Won't Update!

Hi,

Thank you for getting in touch with Microsoft Community.

We would like to know if you are receiving the new Emails in Mail app.

Let’s turn the live tile option to off and then again to on and check. Follow the steps provided below.

• Right click on the Mail app.
• Go to more options.
• Click on Turn live tile off/on.

After turning it off, I suggest you to turn it on again and check. Follow the above steps to turn it on.

If the issue still persist, I suggest you to download and run the app troubleshooter on your computer from the following link and check.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/run-the-troubleshooter-for-windows-apps

Hope this information is helpful. Please write back to us if you need any further assistance, we'll be glad to assist you.

 

how to stop moving tiles

Hi Larry,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I suggest you to follow the below steps in order to stop moving Windows live tiles.

• Right click on the live tile.
• Click on more option.
• select turn off live tile option.

Let us know if you need further assistance.

Thanks.