One of the most essential features of Windows 10 – operating system volume controls – could be in for a major overhaul in the near future. Like the latest reports from Windows, a new preview version of Windows 10, Build 19577, contains code that suggests there will be new volume controls. In 2018, a leak suggested that Microsoft planned to significantly change Windows 10's volume control in a future version. However, despite Microsoft updating Windows 10 over the years, the operating system's volume controls haven't changed.
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Here's what the new volume controls would look like (Image Credit: Windows Latest) At the moment, the way you control volume in Windows 10 is pretty basic, but it looks like Microsoft plans to drastically revise it to make it much more useful. . One of the biggest changes will be the volume control menu, which opens when you click the speaker icon on the right side of the Windows 10 taskbar. Currently, this menu allows you to change the overall system volume. , as well as switching between output devices (such as switching between computer speakers and headphones). It looks like the new volume control menu will also include media playback controls, allowing you to play, pause, and skip tracks while listening to music. Album art and information about the music you're listening to will also be displayed, and it should work with most major media player apps like Spotify. These are encouraging changes that will make using your Windows 10 PC to listen to music much more convenient. Volume controls are one of the main features of Windows 10 that Microsoft hasn't changed in a while, so it's good to see that the company hasn't given up on revisiting them. While the appearance of new volume controls in an early preview build suggests the feature will happen at some point in Windows 10, we don't know when that will happen. The next major update is Windows 10 20H1 (also known as Windows 10 2004), but as it should be in April or May of 2020, it's highly unlikely that the new volume controls will appear at that time. Even if we will have to wait longer, it looks like it will be worth it for everyone who plays a lot of music on their PC or laptop.