14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft is believed to be working on a facelift for Windows 10, and part of the redesign could be a potential step away from the Metro UI that the company revealed back in 2012 when it launched Windows 8.
So instead of sharp corners, Microsoft could use round corners in Windows 10, and it’s speculated that the first feature update to introduce this change is the 20H1 update due in the spring of the next year.
A concept that was published this week (via MSPU) envisions a more dramatic overhaul of the Windows 10 experience, including a completely new look for the beloved Start menu.
Rumor has it that Microsoft could give up on live tiles, aiming instead for a simplified Start menu that would only stick with the basics, such as icons and app names. But this concept here retains the live tiles, while also adding a redesigned “recent items” section.
The round corners in this Start menu seem to make a lot of sense, as they also do in the other parts of the OS in this concept.
More round corners
File Explorer is getting a modern touch as well, and of course, Fluent Design is part of the package. Tabs are also there, albeit Microsoft has more or less abandoned this idea after pulling Sets last year.
Cortana, the digital assistant that Microsoft could soon be making a second-class citizen of Windows 10 as part of its increased focus on enterprises, receives a bunch of improvements too, most of them based on the conversational format that the company plans to use.
Overall, this concept does look good, there’s no doubt about it. And even though Microsoft isn’t necessarily a big fan of concept, mostly because making a dramatic overhaul happen is much harder than it looks on paper, the company would really do itself a favor by watching this.
