The update is important for two reasons. The first one is that while the application has received several updates throughout the years, it has received what can be considered major updates during the Windows 11 era. Some recent features include dark mode support and other theme options, autosave, character count, a tabbed interface that supports automatically reopening files when relaunching the application, and Copilot integration.
Why This Is Important
Secondly, the updates come as the company prepares to stop shipping WordPad with Windows 11. WordPad received very few significant updates since Windows 7 was released. While the application is still available in Windows 11 22H2 and 23H2, it is no longer a part of the current versions of the upcoming Windows 11 24H2 update. After the application is gone, users looking for basic word processing will need to look for a more capable Notepad or an alternative like LibreOffice.
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