Windows 11 gets a new volume indicator after 10 years

After nearly 10 years, windows Finally, it received a new, more modern volume indicator. The black bar, which appears when you adjust the volume, was originally introduced in Windows 8 and has given way to a new icon that matches the design of Windows 11.

This Thursday (13), Avast has released a new firewall feature in its antivirus for Windows.

The novelty is not only in the audio settings, but also in terms of brightness, camera privacy and airplane mode: they all got a more modern design.

According to Microsoft Windows Insider Director Amanda Langowski, the new interactive indicators will appear when you click the volume or use the soft keys on your PC and will match the light or dark mode of your device.

Besides this design improvement, Microsoft has also started testing a new calling experience for the “Your Phone” app in Windows 11.

The update will have a window with updated icons, fonts and other user interface details consistent with the design of Windows 11. It will also be possible to search the taskbar using the “Voice Access” tool and pin a shortcut.

Last Wednesday (12), the latest Windows 11 Dev Insider Preview channel build, 22533, was released. It has touch keyboard themes extension for emoji pad. It will also be possible to uninstall the Clock app.

In addition to, Microsoft released the first Patch Tuesday 2022 for Windows 7 and 8.1.

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