Weather information coming to Windows 10’s lock screen

Microsoft is adding weather updates to the Windows 10 lock screen, having already tested this in Windows 11.

It’s part of Build 19045.3992, which is a preview version available to Windows 10 Insiders (see www. snipca.com/49034).

Microsoft announced that the tool would be coming to Windows 10 a couple of weeks after first adding it to preview Build 23612 of Windows 11 in early January. It will cover US locations first – such as Seattle (pictured) – before rolling out to other countries.

It appears that the feature will work the same in both versions of Windows. Microsoft said that you’ll see weather information “as you hover over the weather on your lock screen”.

Details include the highest and lowest temperatures for the day, and local weather warnings. When you click the weather ‘card’ and sign in, Edge will open with the full forecast in MSN weather.

Microsoft said the new information will be shown by default. To turn it off, open Settings (press Windows key+i), then click Personalisation. Next, click ‘Lock screen’ and set ‘Lock screen status’ to None.

Build 19045.3992 of Windows 10 also adds a feature for ‘eye control system settings’, which lets you back up settings from a former device while you set up a new one. You can then install them on your new device.

Adding weather to Windows 10’s lock screen is the latest sign that Microsoft isn’t planning to abandon the operating system ahead of standard support ending in October 2025.

Soon after launching Windows 11, Microsoft said that Windows 10 wouldn’t be receiving any more new features.

But it backtracked on this last autumn by announcing plans to add its AI tool Copilot to the operating system. It has since also added a backup tool to Windows 10