Microsoft announced the last development channel version that Insiders can get this year - Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25267. It's full of problem fixes, but lacks a lot of new features to try.

Microsoft announced the last development channel version that Insiders can get this year - Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25267. It's full of problem fixes, but lacks a lot of new features to try. Still, Build 25267 hints at the huge future changes in Windows' taskbar and search user interface, which may bring us more rounded elements. The only improvement to

Build 25267 is the slight change in the shape of the search interface in the taskbar, which Microsoft started testing in Build 25252, and as the test continues, there seems to be a great chance that this may be permanent.

Microsoft may push this approach in the future, especially if it wants to pursue a floating taskbar previously leaked by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella himself in a keynote speech on Microsoft Ignite.

Obviously, having a circular taskbar and an avant-garde search user interface won't be much complementary, so this change that Microsoft keeps testing among its insiders might mean another thing: a circular floating taskbar might actually happen. There is no confirmation yet, but these preparations are a good hint.