Windows 10 upcoming changes include new icons, animations, and tweaks

Latest internal build (10537) of Windows 10 shows new icons, improvements context menus, and new animations for Windows Store apps, changes the company will likely be releasing with Threshold 2 in November.

Windows 10 wood logo

Since the launch of Windows 10, Microsoft has been proactively working and releasing a number of updates to improve and tweak its operating system. Windows Insiders are also already testing some of the changes coming later this year in Windows 10 “Threshold 2” update, but today an internal build shows that Microsoft is further refining Windows 10’s user-interface with new icons and various tweaks.

On a new internal build 10537, which isn’t too far apart from the latest Windows 10 build 10532, shows a new set of new icons to continue replacing the old icons inside the operating system. You’ll notice these new icons on Device Manager, Control Panel, and on various other setting sections.

Microsoft is also updating its context menus with a new grey foreground color, instead of just pure white. The new changes will certainly help those people who aren’t happy about the bright light colors, but it seems that there is not an option to let users decide which color they want to use in the context menus.

Gallery

Another change includes the return of the window animations for Windows Store apps, which means that in future updates all apps — traditional and modern — will have the same open and close animations you see today in desktop apps.

While the software giant hasn’t officially talked about the new changes, we’re expecting to see these tweaks and more on the upcoming release of Windows 10 “Threshold 2”, which will likely roll out sometime in early November.

Source WinBeta, @Cadenzza

About the author

Mauro Huculak is a Windows How-To Expert who started Pureinfotech in 2010 as an independent online publication. He has also been a Windows Central contributor for nearly a decade. Mauro has over 14 years of experience writing comprehensive guides and creating professional videos about Windows and software, including Android and Linux. Before becoming a technology writer, he was an IT administrator for seven years. In total, Mauro has over 20 years of combined experience in technology. Throughout his career, he achieved different professional certifications from Microsoft (MSCA), Cisco (CCNP), VMware (VCP), and CompTIA (A+ and Network+), and he has been recognized as a Microsoft MVP for many years. You can follow him on X (Twitter), YouTube, LinkedIn and About.me.