14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft has just released a new build for users enrolled in the Windows Insider program in the Dev channel, and the biggest change is the broad availability for testers of the new Start menu design.
Windows 10 build 20180 doesn’t come with any new features, but Microsoft says that the theme-aware tiles in the Start menu are now live for everyone.
Previously, the company only shipped this redesigned Start menu to part of the insiders, as the company just wanted to run some tests to determine the reliability of the update.
“We are turning on much of the new features mentioned on July 1st in Build 20161 including theme-aware tiles on Start. The new pinned sites capability mentioned with last week’s flight of Build 20175 is still only available to a subset of Insiders,” Microsoft explains.
Under the hood improvements
There are also several changes that users should be aware of when installing this new build.
First and foremost, the new folder icon in the Start menu is now a little bit smaller, Microsoft says, and this is because the company wants its size to align with the other icons. This is something that has been changed based on user feedback, just like the tablet posture logic for 2-in-1 devices that is now activated when using a single screen.
Just like all the other preview builds, this one comes with a series of known issues and other improvements, and you can check out the full changelog in the box after the jump.
Worth knowing is that this is a build available for insiders running the Dev channel, so these are the only users getting the new Start menu. As for when this improved design is supposed to go live for everybody, this is something that Microsoft is yet to announce.