Officially, the new version of Windows will be announced and presented only next week, June 24, 2021, but the pre-build has already been leaked to the network.
The ISO image of Windows 11 (apparently, this is the name the next version of the operating system will bear) originally appeared on the Chinese forum and quickly spread throughout the Internet, since everyone was interested in taking a look at the new Microsoft OS. Now the image can be found on various file sharing sites, trackers, and so on, which makes it much more difficult to localize the leak.
Edition Bleeping Computer says that in general, Windows 11 is very similar to Windows 10 with a new design UX Sun Valley: here you can see the colorful icons, rounded corners, which can be seen in the context menus, applications and conductor, as well as a new animation.
For example, it has been known for quite some time that Microsoft was planning to update File Explorer with a dark theme with pop-up menu support. It also looks like the company won’t replace File Explorer with a more modern version. Instead, the existing File Explorer will be updated with new icons, rounded corners and dark mode.
But there are some more notable changes in Windows 11 that were previously only rumored. The first of these, users will see immediately during OS installation – this is the new Windows logo, which is a simplified version of the existing Windows 10 logo.
Also, according to the publication, the Windows out-of-box experience (OOBE) has undergone a major overhaul and now boasts new colors, graphics and an installation wizard.
However, you can change the position of the menu in the settings or return it to the classic look.
While most of the media and users are discussing the new design of Windows 11, enthusiasts have already discovered a couple of new features. For example, the developers have updated the Windows Snap feature, which is responsible for rearranging windows on the screen. Now you can configure open windows using four predefined templates:
- two equal windows located side by side;
- two adjacent windows, but there is more space in the left window;
- a large left window and two vertically arranged windows on the right;
- the screen is split equally between four different windows.
A new option called widgets has also been discovered, which seems to replace Live Tiles. Live Tiles tried to be a widget and a shortcut at the same time, but now they are separated like any other operating system.
At the same time, journalists from XDA-Developers and other media note that the leaked image is clearly a version in development, and on June 24, the company can officially demonstrate much more.