Good news: more Control Panel bits are making their way to the Settings app, giving you fewer reasons to use the legacy UI that Microsoft buried deep inside its operating system. This time, the company is migrating certain clock-related settings, giving them a more modern look in the Settings app.
The upgraded Settings app now lets you enable additional clocks in the notification center and adjust AM/PM indicators. These features work the same as they do in the legacy Control Panel: you can enable up to two additional clocks for two extra time zones and name them as you wish. Thanks to the redesign, the UI for setting up additional clocks supports dark and light themes, bigger UI elements, and improved accessibility.
More date & time options from Control Panel coming to Settings: additional clocks. pic.twitter.com/tFeFAVLoCR
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The same goes for the AM/PM indicators: you can customize them in Settings > Time & Language > Language & Region > Regional Format.
More Control Panel options finally coming to Settings: the option to change the AM/PM symbol in the time format is being added to Settings > Time & language > Language & region > Regional format. Hidden in 26200.5651/26120.4441. pic.twitter.com/8kCiueFYyS
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Other Control Panel bits that recently made their way to the Settings app include some keyboard settings. Microsoft has not confirmed any of those changes yet, so stand by for announcements in future preview builds. Speaking of preview builds, this week, Microsoft released a new Canary build with improved context menus, taskbar changes, new accessibility features, and more. Check out the full release notes here.
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