Overview
- Windows Central reports, and Tom's Guide echoes, that Microsoft is developing a new Start menu with a focus on customization and faster response.
- Users would be able to pick small or large menu layouts themselves instead of Windows forcing a size based on screen dimensions.
- Settings controls are reportedly planned to let people switch off whole sections they do not use, including the recommended feed, pinned apps area, or even the all apps list.
- Performance work targets a menu that opens promptly under heavy CPU load, with search input that does not drop keystrokes when users start typing right away.
- The redesign is said to run on WinUI 3, a newer Windows interface framework, and to roll out through preview or Insider builds first with no public release date confirmed.