10 years later

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 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 arrives associated with a new compilation in the Dev Channel within the Insider Program.

The interface for changing the volume came with Windows 8, back in 2012. Whether using a keyboard or a mouse, adjusting the volume would cause a black bar to appear. An interface that now changes and adapts to the modern design that prevails in Windows 11.To try it, just install Build 22533

New Windows 11-style design

Despite the apparent washout of Windows 11, anachronisms still exist. Parts of the interface, as soon as we go deeper, that continue reminiscent of 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 now becomes a volume indicator adapted to the general design of Windows 11A layout that is followed by other indicators such as brightness modifier, camera privacy, camera on/off, or airplane mode.

These controls are now represented by new flyouts that will appear when the volume keys are pressed. The new interface now matches the light or dark mode we are 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 enhancements are available in the latest build from Microsoft, which corresponds to the version of Windows 11 at 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 also come other fixes and corrections of errors that we will now review.

• Fixed 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 the Feedback Hub.
• Fixed text in Exploit Guard description in Windows Security app to only refer to Windows and not Windows 10.
• Fixed an issue that resulted in importing photos from certain cameras and mobile phones to the Photos app.
• Starting Windows Sandbox, closing it, and then starting it again should no longer result in 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.

• If you have multiple monitors connected to your PC and you right-click the date and time on the main monitor's taskbar, explorer.exe will no longer will lock.
• Holding the CTRL key and hovering over the Task View icon on the taskbar should no longer cause explorer.exe to crash.
• Mitated an underlying issue related to the use of mica in Settings that affected the overall reliability of the Settings app in recent updates.
• Fixed an issue affecting some Insiders that caused Setup to fail when trying to access Installed Apps pages, Apps startup and default applications.
• Mitated 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 color appearance of text and buttons with themes applied to the candidate window, emoji panel, and the clipboard (prior to this, some buttons/text were hard to see with certain custom background colors).
• The voice typing launcher should no longer reappear unexpectedly 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 taskbar. If you experience the issue, press WIN + R on your keyboard to open the Run dialog, then close it.
• Sometimes the taskbar will flicker when switching input methods.
• When viewing the list of available Wi-Fi networks, the signal strength indicators do not reflect the correct signal strength.
• Settings can be locked when going to System > Display > HDR. If you need to enable or disable HDR on a PC that supports HDR, you can do so using the keyboard shortcut WIN + ALT + B.
• Changing the alignment of the taskbar may cause the Widgets button to disappear from the taskbar.
• When using multiple monitors, the content of the widgets on the taskbar may 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

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If you belong to the Dev Channel within the Insider Program with Windows 11, you can download the update by going to the usual path, that is, Settings > Update and Security > Windows Update ."

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