Microsoft is finally ready to begin shipping its new data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/start-menu” data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/start-menu”>Start menu for data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows/windows-11″ data-url=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows/windows-11″ target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-before-rewrite-redirect=”/windows-11″ data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows/windows-11″>Windows 11 that was data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/new-windows-11-start-menu-phone-link-announcement-2025″ data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/new-windows-11-start-menu-phone-link-announcement-2025″>first announced earlier this year. As of this week, Microsoft is now testing the next major feature drop for Windows 11, and in it is the new Start menu along with Taskbar and File Explorer updates, and general quality of life improvements.
The next feature drop is data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2025/10/21/releasing-windows-11-builds-26100-7015-and-26200-7015-to-the-release-preview-channel/” data-url=”https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2025/10/21/releasing-windows-11-builds-26100-7015-and-26200-7015-to-the-release-preview-channel/” target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>now in testing with the Windows Insider Release Preview Channel, which is the last stop before a feature drop becomes generally available. That means…
