Yes, 2021 has been the year of the arrival of Windows 11 on the market, these dates will also be remembered for another change in Microsoft and in its operating system. The old volume control gives way to a new indicator… a process in which the company has taken 10 years and that comes associated with a new compilation on the Dev Channel within the Insider Program.
The interface for volume change arrived with Windows 8, back in 2012. Whether with a keyboard or mouse, when adjusting the volume a black bar appeared. An interface that now changes and adapts to the modern design that prevails in Windows 11. To test it you just have to install Build 22533.
New Windows 11 style design
Despite the apparent washing of Windows 11, there are still anachronisms. Parts of the interface, a little deeper, that they keep remembering past versions. And one of them is the volume control bar and its old design.
new and old design
The black bar that appears when you adjust the system volume using a keyboard or other device is now a volume indicator adapted to the general design of Windows 11. A design followed by other indicators such as the brightness modifier, camera privacy, camera on/off or airplane mode.
Now these controls are now represented by new flyouts that will appear when the volume keys are pressed. The new interface now matches whichever light or dark mode we’re using.
In addition and coinciding with this visual improvement, the Your Phone application also improves the interface in calls. Now includes a new call in progress window with updated icons, fonts, and other interface changes.
These improvements are available in the most recent build from Microsoftthe one that corresponds to the version of Windows 11 in build 22533 that can be downloaded from the Dev Channel in the Insider Program through Windows Update but also by downloading the corresponding ISO.
Improvements and fixes
Along with these changes Other fixes and corrections are coming as well. of errors that we are now going to review.
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Fixed an issue where some Insiders experienced error 0x8007012a during a driver or firmware update.
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Fixed an issue that caused some Insiders to sometimes be unable to sign in to certain apps, such as Feedback Hub.
- Fixed text in exploit protection description in the Windows Security app so that it only refers to Windows and not Windows 10.
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Fixed an issue that caused it to not be possible to import photos from certain cameras and mobile phones to the Photos app.
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Starting Windows Sandbox, closing it, and then starting it again should no longer generate two Windows Sandbox icons on the taskbar (one of which is non-functional).
- The Wi-Fi icon should appear more reliably on the taskbar now.
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If you have multiple monitors connected to your PC, and you right-click the date and time on the primary monitor’s taskbar, explorer.exe will no longer crash.
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Holding down the CTRL key and hovering over the Task View icon on the taskbar should no longer cause explorer.exe to crash.
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Mitigated an underlying issue related to the use of mica in Settings that affected the overall reliability of the Settings app in recent updates.
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Fixed an issue affecting some Insiders that caused Setup will fail when trying to access installed apps pagesstartup apps, and default apps.
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Mitigated an issue causing the Wheel page in Settings to fail when adding an action for an app.
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You should no longer hear a crackle if you play audio and repeatedly click the volume slider in Quick Settings to change the volume.
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If you hover over the title of a truncated window in ALT + Tab or Task View, a tooltip will now appear showing the full name of the window.
- Improved the color appearance of text and buttons with themes applied to the candidate window, emoji panel, and clipboard (prior to this, some buttons/text were hard to see with certain custom background colors).
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The voice typing launcher should no longer unexpectedly reappear after clicking the microphone icon to invoke voice typing.
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For Insiders with the updated input switcher experience, accessibility tools like Magnifier and Narrator should work better now.
Known issues
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In some cases, you may not be able to enter text when using Search from Start or the taskbar. If you experience the problem, press WIN + R on the keyboard to open the Run dialog, then close it.
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Sometimes, taskbar will flicker when switching input method.
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When viewing the list of available Wi-Fi networks, the signal strength indicators do not reflect the correct signal strength.
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Settings can be blocked by going to System > Display > HDR. If you need to enable or disable HDR on an HDR-enabled PC, you can do so using the keyboard shortcut WIN + ALT + B.
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Changing the taskbar alignment can cause the Widgets button to disappear from the taskbar.
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When using multiple monitors, the content of widgets on the taskbar can get out of sync between monitors.
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With the taskbar aligned to the left, information such as temperature is not displayed. This will be fixed in a future update
If you belong to the Dev Channel within the Insider Program with Windows 11, you can download the update by going the usual route, that is, “Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update”.
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