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This is the latest version of the Windows operating system, with a new interface and other new features such as the new Microsoft Store, a new AI-powered personalized feed, and best-in-class browser performance from Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Teams chat integrated into the taskbar, and much more.

What’s new in Windows 11:
— Windows 11 will receive a completely new design. Microsoft clearly needs a good reason to reverse its past claims and still get rid of Windows 10 by introducing a new OS number. And a completely new design is ideal for that. The Redmond giant has long been preparing a redesign for an update codenamed Sun Valley («Sun Valley») — apparently, under this name was Windows 11. The Sun Valley project flashed on the network for a long time: Microsoft regularly revealed details of the new interface style, insiders shared the previously unknown information, and popular designers in their circles drew realistic concepts based on all this data.
— Startup and system items will float above the bottom bar. Start is the calling card and face of every recent version of Windows. It is not surprising that in Windows 11 the developers transformed it again, but not so much in functional terms as in visual terms: the Start window will be placed above the bottom bar. We have to admit that this small change makes the appearance of the system much fresher. Judging by the information on the network, Microsoft will not radically change the «inside» of this menu: the innovations will affect only the design of the window itself. The control panel will also float, and its design will be exactly the same as that of the «Start». The action center will be combined with control buttons — a similar one has been used for a long time in some other operating systems. Almost all mentions of this new menu indicate that it will be an island: control buttons will be located on a separate panel, notifications will be on another, and specific elements (such as a player) on a separate one.
— Right angles will disappear, they will be replaced by fillets. Actually, experts and concept designers disagree on this point: some are confident that Microsoft will not change its traditions and will keep right angles, while others are convinced that in 2021 Microsoft will follow the fashion of fillets. The latter fits better with the definition of «completely new Windows» — floating menus are not enough for a new design to be considered truly new. Fillets are expected to affect practically the entire system — from context menus and system panels to all application windows. True, even on this issue, the opinions of concept designers differ: some draw fillets on all possible interface elements, others combine them with right angles.
— There will be a translucent background with blur everywhere. There is disagreement on the web about the island style of displaying windows, the design of corners, and the levitation effect of the menu, but almost everyone is unanimous about the transparency of the windows. The vast majority of leaks and design renders show transparency and blurring in all windows, be it at least the Start menu or Explorer. Moreover, these effects are present even in the assembly of the canceled Windows 10X operating system, which Microsoft was developing for devices with two screens and weak gadgets in parallel with the Sun Valley project. The so-called acrylic transparency implies the use of new effects when hovering over elements, as well as increased spacing between elements — the areas of the interface with which the user interacts will surely become larger, and page titles will become thicker.
— New font that has already been shown. Most likely, Windows 11 will use the default responsive Segoe UI Variable font, which already appeared in Windows 10 Build 21376 for Insiders. Its advantage is that it is equally suitable for small texts and large inscriptions.