Live tiles were introduced in Windows 8, and their function depends on the application. Tiles do not have to be live but merely be a larger graphic representation of the app icon in the Start menu ...

Windows phone didn't fail because of Live Tiles Is the Windows phone Live Tile UI inherently unintuitive? Some people think it is and claim that it's at the root of Microsoft's mobile woes.

Windows 11 may get a slightly detached “Floating Widgets” panel, perhaps reintroducing Live Tiles in a different avatar. The experimental feature is present in the latest test versions of ...