Notepad is slowly becoming Microsoft’s version of Apple’s “Notes” app, complete with image support and rich text — but should it?

Over the last few years, Windows 11 users have received countless updates to the built-in Notepad app that has transformed it into something new entirely. Gone is the Notepad of old, a simple text editor that was lightweight and basic, and in its place is a fully fledged writing app that rivals the likes of Apple Notes and Google Keep.

In the last year alone, Microsoft has added capabilities to Notepad that nobody ever thought would happen. It gained support for spell check and text formatting, letting you bold, italicize, and hyperlink text. It also added support for headers, bullet points and numbered lists, tables, and soon, maybe even images, as was spotted a few days ago by eagle-eyed users and Windows Latest.