Microsoft is still figuring out what it wants to do with Windows 12 (which Bowden says is referred to as Next Valley internally), but there could be some confluence between the leaked design and those being tested behind closed doors. Windows Central senior editor Zac Bowden has seen a few of Microsoft’s experimental designs for Windows 12, and the interface spotted during the Ignite Conference looked a bit familiar. Some even pointed out (Opens in a new window) that the interface echoes some core elements of the recurring macOS design. Keynote viewers immediately caught the discrepancy and took to Twitter, where they pondered whether the interface had anything to do with Windows 12, which is expected to roll out sometime in 2024. The design is a far cry from Windows 11, which maintains Microsoft’s static taskbar (where system icons are also tucked away) and leaves the top of the screen totally bare. Screenshots show a floating search bar at the top center of the screen and weather in the top left corner. During a cutaway involving Microsoft Teams, viewers got a brief glimpse of an unfamiliar desktop with a floating taskbar and system icons in the top right corner. The tease occurred during the Ignite Keynote, a kick-off address covering the conference’s central themes and priorities. At Friday’s Ignite 2022-Microsoft’s annual development and innovation conference-the tech giant briefly showed a never-before-seen Windows interface, and it’s thought to be Windows 12. It might feel as though Windows 11 just came out yesterday, but Microsoft is already hard at work on its operating system’s next iteration.
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