Windows 11 is getting a built-in speed test

Power users reach for a connection test whenever their ping goes over 25 milliseconds. So it’s a good thing they won’t have to reach very far, at least if the latest feature of Windows 11 makes it to release. An online sleuth has found an internet speed test hiding in the latest preview builds, and it’s right on the taskbar. How ’bout that.

PhantomofEarth on Twitter found it, cheekily hiding in the right-click context menu of the network icon. You can also get it in the networking sub-menu (as pictured above) as its own dedicated icon. According to Windows Central, following either link will take you to Bing’s internet speed test. Which probably isn’t anyone ‘s favorite, but it’s just a re-skinned version of Ookla’s venerable Speedtest.net, and it’s plenty functional if all you need is a quick look at the connection between you and a nearby server.

Microsoft hasn’t officially announced the feature as something in the 25H2 update, despite it being live in the latest Windows Insider builds, so who knows when or if it’ll actually show up. That said, it’s a very small change and it’s handy, so I don’t see any reason that it wouldn’t pop up fairly soon.