Microsoft is changing how notifications appear on the Windows 11 Taskbar.
“Notifications will now show as a bell in the system tray and when new notifications come through, the bell will colorize based on your system accent color,” the tech giant said in a Windows Insiders blog post.
Currently, the Taskbar displays a number in the far right corner that indicates how many notifications have been missed.
However, starting with today’s preview build, Microsoft is removing the notification counter altogether, and replacing it with a bell icon.
The new bell icon will be colorized to match your system accent color whenever a missed notification is waiting in the Notification Center, and won’t be colorized when the Notification Center is empty.
This change is being made to simplify the Taskbar and make it easier to see at a glance whether you have any missed notifications.
The bell icon will also be more consistent with how notifications are displayed in other parts of Windows 11, such as the Action Center.
