Windows Credit Card Info? Why Does Windows 11 Ask For Payment Details?
A new Preview build of Windows 11 asks users to keep their credit card information stored and updated on their PC. Earlier this year, Microsoft introduced a new Windows 11 tool for handling subscriptions that can be accessed by following this path: Settings > Accounts > Your Microsoft account. At the top of the page, users will see an option called Your Subscriptions, where they can check the status of their Office 365 subscription, who they are sharing it with, billings status, and the storage status of their OneDrive account.
It’s a neat little dashboard where users can change their account-related information and keep an eye on their subscriptions. However, a rather inconvenient omission is Xbox Game Pass. Despite being one of the most popular subscription services that Microsoft has to offer, the absence of Xbox Game Pass from the dashboard is rather surprising. Microsoft is now making a small tweak to the dashboard that some users might find a bit unsettling.
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With the release of Windows 11 Insider Preview (Build 22567), Microsoft is asking users to save or update their existing payment details right in the subscription dashboard that can be accessed directly by visiting the Accounts page in Settings. So far, all payment-related information was processed via a web route that can only be accessed after entering the Microsoft account log-in credentials on Microsoft's website. Following the latest update, that hassle gets somewhat diluted as users will now be able to store and update their credit card information from the dashboard for all subscription-related information.
Microsoft is not doing it solely for the sake of local credit card data
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