Microsoft is rolling out the first set of updates to the Snipping Tool, Calculator, Mail, and Calendar apps. The updates are rolling out to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel at first.

Snipping Tool

In Windows 11, both the classic Snipping Tool and Snip & Sketch apps have been replaced by a new Snipping Tool app that represents the best experiences of both apps in the next evolution of screen capture for Windows.

The new visuals for the Snipping Tool in Windows 11.
The new visuals for the Snipping Tool in Windows 11.

The Snipping Tool for Windows 11 includes new visuals that build off the classic app with added functionality like the WIN + SHIFT + S keyboard shortcut from Snip & Sketch and richer editing. Microsoft is also introducing a new settings page for Snipping Tool.


The snipping menu with snip options.
The snipping menu with snip options.

Once you’ve taken a screenshot, Snipping Tool provides editing tools for annotations, improved cropping, and more to edit your screenshots how you want.

Editing tools including for annotations, improved cropping, and more to edit your screenshots how you want.
Editing tools including annotations improved cropping, and more to edit your screenshots how you want.

And finally, Snipping Tool now honors your Windows theme! If your theme is dark mode, Snipping Tool will appear in dark mode! You can also choose which theme independently via the new settings page for Snipping Tool.

The Snipping Tool in dark mode.
The Snipping Tool in dark mode.

Calculator

The Calculator app now has a beautiful new look for Windows 11! It also includes a new app theme setting (just like Snipping Tool!) so that you can set the app in a theme different from Windows. The calculator has been rewritten in C# so that more people can contribute to it on GitHub!

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Calculator app in dark mode with new Windows 11 visuals.
Calculator app in dark mode with new Windows 11 visuals.

Besides these, the Calculator app is packed with useful features. It’s the perfect tool to help you complete your math homework, manage your finances, plot, and analyze equations on a graph, and evaluate algebra, trigonometry, and complex math expressions!

  • Simple and easy to use standard calculator for all the basics, and a powerful scientific calculator for more complex math.
  • Programmer Mode offers rich functionality that is essential for programming and engineering.
  • Plot one or more equations in graphing mode and then analyze the graph to help identify key graph features, like the x- and y- intercepts.
  • Convert between more than 100 different units and currencies.
Graphing in the Calculator app.
Graphing in the Calculator app.

Mail & Calendar

Mail and Calendar are updated with a new visual style! Microsoft has added rounded corners and other adjustments to make them look and feel like part of Windows 11.  As before, Mail and Calendar can reflect your Windows theme so you can send emails and check your schedule using the theme you prefer. Check it out!

Mail app with new Windows 11 visuals in dark mode.
Mail app with new Windows 11 visuals in dark mode.
Calendar app with new Windows 11 visuals in light mode.
Calendar app with new Windows 11 visuals in light mode.

Finally, Windows 11 testers can now try out one-to-one and group audio or video calling in Microsoft Teams. You can also share your screen, just as you would in the regular Microsoft Teams app.