If 2021 has been the year of the arrival of Windows 11 to the market, these dates will also be remembered for another change in Microsoft and 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 changing the volume came with Windows 8, back in 2012. Either with 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 washing of each, apparent, of Windows 11, anachronisms continue to exist. Parts of the interface, little by little, that they still remember past versions. And one of them is the volume control bar and its old design.
The black bar that appears when you adjust the system volume using a keyboard or other device now becomes a volume indicator adapted to the general layout of Windows 11. A design that is followed by other indicators such as the brightness modifier, camera privacy, camera on / off or airplane mode.
Now these controls are represented by new floating controls that will appear when the volume keys are pressed. The new interface now matches the light or dark mode that we are using.
In addition and coinciding with this visual improvement, the Your Phone application also improves the interface for calls. Now includes a new call in progress window with updated icons, fonts, and other interface changes.
These improvements are available in the latest build from Microsoft, which 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 also arrive of errors that we now go on to review.
Addresses an issue where some Insiders experienced error 0x8007012a during a driver or firmware update.
Fixed an issue that caused some Insiders to be unable to log into certain apps at times, such as Feedback Hub.
- Fixed the text in the description of the protection against vulnerabilities in the Windows security app so that it only refers to Windows and not Windows 10.
Fixed an issue that could not allow import photos from certain cameras and mobile phones to the Photos app.
Starting the Windows Sandbox, closing it, and then starting it again should no longer generate two Windows Sandbox icons on the taskbar (one of which is not functional).
- The Wi-Fi icon should appear more reliably on the taskbar now.
If you have multiple monitors connected to your PC and you right-click on the date and time in the main monitor’s taskbar, explorer.exe will no longer crash.
Holding down the CTRL key and hovering over the Task View icon on the taskbar should no longer cause explorer.exe to crash.
Mitigated an underlying issue related to the use of mica in Settings affecting the overall reliability of the Settings app in recent updates.
Fixed an issue affecting some Insiders that caused the configuration will fail when trying to access the pages of installed applications, startup apps, and default apps.
Mitigated an issue that caused the Wheel page in Settings to fail when adding an action for an app.
You should no longer hear a crackle if you play audio and repeatedly click the volume slider in Quick Settings to change the volume.
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 appearance of button and text color with themes applied in the candidate window, emoji panel and clipboard (before this some buttons / text were hard to see with certain custom background colors).
The voice typing launcher should no longer unexpectedly reappear after clicking the microphone icon to invoke voice typing.
For Insiders with the updated input switcher experience, accessibility tools like Magnifier and Narrator should work better now.
Known issues
In some cases, you may not be able to enter text when using Search from the start or the taskbar. If you experience the problem, press WIN + R on your keyboard to open the Run dialog box, then close it.
Sometimes, the taskbar will blink when switching input method.
When viewing the list of available Wi-Fi networks, the signal strength indicators do not reflect the correct signal strength.
The settings can be locked by going to System> Display> HDR. If you need to enable or disable HDR on an HDR-capable PC, you can do so using the keyboard shortcut WIN + ALT + B.
Changing the alignment of the taskbar can make the Widgets button disappear from the taskbar.
When using multiple monitors, the content of the widgets on the taskbar can become out of sync between the monitors.
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 and Security> Windows Update”.
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