14 DAY TRIAL // The Start menu remains one of the key features of Windows 10, and Microsoft knows this very well, so the company is believed to be working on a series of improvements in the coming feature updates.
In fact, the software giant itself teased further Start menu refinements in an Instagram video a few days ago, so it was obviously just a matter of time until someone took these ideas and used them for a high-resolution concept.
The project we see here was created by Ben Ward and shared on Twitter, imagining a Start menu just the way Microsoft itself suggested it could end up looking.
While user concepts are typically ideas that rarely make their way to production, this is different now. Because the concept itself is based on a teaser dropped by Microsoft, there’s a chance this is how the Start menu would eventually be polished unless the software giant doesn’t give up on its plans or implements an even more substantial facelift.
Live tiles sticking around for a bit longer
The good news for many users is that it looks like the live tiles won’t go away too soon.
Speculation that made the headlines last year suggested the live tiles would be removed as Microsoft no longer found them useful, especially as more and more users disabled them in the favor of a more static Start menu. This made many believe the Start menu would look more like the one in Windows 10X, the new Windows version that is specifically aimed at foldable and dual-screen devices.
For the time being, however, the Start menu won’t change dramatically, but the refinements also envisioned in this concept are expected to further improve the experience with it. At this point, it’s still not known when these Start menu improvements are supposed to go live.
