Windows 10: Microsoft maybe working on a new light theme for Windows 10

Microsoft is working on some personalization improvements for Windows 10 and it will be implemented in the OS with Spring 2019 update. Windows 10 is reportedly going to come with new customization options that would allow you to change the colour of the taskbar to white.

According to watcher Albatross, Microsoft plans to update the customization settings in Windows 10 to allow users to change the look and feel of the elements such as taskbar.

The ability to customize elements like taskbar would be included in a new setting “Choose your default Windows mode” as we reported last week. In another tweet, Albatross has stated that changes are showing up in Windows 10 19H1 Builds already but it’s not enabled yet.

“Could it finally be happening more than 3 years in? 19H1 contains a new Theme flag labeled “Windows Light” Getting to see things like the taskbar and flyouts in a light variant would be pretty cool,” he said in a tweet.

This is a small but important change as it could bring a much-needed visual overhaul to the Windows desktop. At the moment, it’s not known how the customization option will work and whether it will also change the look of other elements such as Action Center.

“Just like the “Choose your default app mode”, there will also be a “Choose your default Windows mode” option. This should change the color of elements like the taskbar and the tray flyouts, resulting in a light shell like the ones we’ve seen on concepts in the past years,” Albatross explains in another tweet.

Windows 10’s 2019 update is codenamed 19H1 and it’s supposed to arrive in April 2019 but the company hasn’t announced the public name or release date of Windows 10 19H1 update yet.

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Windows 10 Tweaks

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credit to Lifehacker.