Microsoft is offering a nice surprise to all Windows 11 users who are installing their system for the first time. The company suggests passing the time with a short surfing session.
If you’ve just purchased a new PC running Windows 11 or decided to reinstall your system with a clean configuration, you may have noticed that Microsoft has Very cute Easter egg When installing the operating system. In fact, the Redmond company recycles Microsoft Edge Surf gamewhich, as its name suggests, can be accessed by entering “edge://surf” into the address bar of a Microsoft browser.
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Update sessions orInstall Windows 11 We promise to be less tedious for users. The Redmond OS waiting screen now appears Surfing game “Infinite scrolling”.It’s identical to what Edge offered three years ago with Microsoft Edge Surf. according to the edgewho discovered this surprise when setting up Windows 11 for the first time on his Surface Laptop Studio 2.
Windows 11 gives you the ability to browse while the update is installing
When the Windows 11 update is releasedthe screen shows: “We are installing the latest features. This may take about 30 minutes. You can leave or Play our surfing game while you wait “. This unofficial game is a port of Edge Surf, the hidden software that is activated in Edge when there is no internet connection. The principle of “infinite scrolling” titles is well known. To make internet users wait when they are offline, Google Chrome uses the same process (But with horizontal scrolling) in the famous dinosaur game.
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Obviously, the Windows 11 browsing game offers very basic gameplay and pixel graphics which will especially appeal to nostalgic fans and fans of the 8-bit aesthetic. Anyway, it’s a nice touch on Microsoft’s part, their operating system is evolving incredibly quickly.
