The next version of the Windows system has just been unveiled before its official release.
This information leak, spotted by the American media The Verge, comes from the Chinese site Baidu and reveals unpublished images of Windows 11. This new interface is still only a pre-version of the final system, which is not still available to the general public.
A simplified and colorful version of Windows 10
Windows 11, codenamed Sun Valley, is a simplified version of its predecessor.
Icons are now centered on the task bar, with the ability to move them to the left of the screen.
More colorful elements, a dark mode and a curvaceous design illustrate this new operating system.
The rounded corners are present in the contextual menus, around the applications but also the file explorer.
The interface is intended to be more simplified, with rounded corners for the windows.
The Verge
The Start menu is also getting a makeover with a new button and the ability to pin applications such as emails, calendar, photo gallery or settings.
The latest Xbox app is also included in Windows 11, offering quick access to games from the Game Pass subscription service.
And a new icon has appeared, the one dedicated to Widgets.
Fully customizable, this window can contain key information such as favorite news feeds or other web content.
The new Widget icon will be fully customizable.
The Verge
Despite all these changes, no news on the side of the Microsoft Store, which remains on the model of Windows 10. Microsoft had announced work on a new application store, so we will have to wait a little longer before discovering it.
The redesign of the Microsoft Store will "
open up greater economic opportunities for developers and creators,
" according to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
Windows 11 uses the codes of 10X
If these leaks of elements reveal new features, we will have to wait for the final version of Windows 11. This update comes as the previous version, Windows 10, turns six this year.
Never has a version of Windows lasted so long, and it's starting to show its age.
Microsoft had tried to update it with an operating system called Windows 10X, originally designed for dual-screen devices.
This version was then canceled by the firm, which now recovers part of this work on Windows 11.
Microsoft is expected to unveil its final version on June 24 at 5 p.m. in France.
For the group, this conference will be an opportunity to show "
what is the next step for Windows
".