Windows Spotlight

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Windows Spotlight

Lock screen of a Windows 11 PC with Windows Spotlight shown on a black background
Developer(s)	Microsoft
Operating system	Windows 10, Windows 11 by Microsoft
Predecessor	Windows 8 metro style lock screen
Type	Lock screen slideshow service

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Windows Spotlight is a feature included with Windows 10 and Windows 11 which downloads images and advertisements from Bing and displays them as background wallpapers on the lock screen. In 2017, Microsoft began adding location information for many of the photographs.