More information has surfaced related to the new look Windows 10 as part of the upcoming Sun Valley update. We got a glimpse of what the update, which is scheduled for release later this year, will look like, along with a floating menu ensemble.

The newly discovered features in the Windows 10 update (version 21H2) seem to confirm earlier speculation that Microsoft will revamp the look of the traditional interface with the Sun Valley UI refresh.

While we have already seen small updates to the taskbar prior to the major Windows 10 Sun Valley refresh, new information suggests that Microsoft is indeed introducing a floating feature with a small but visible gap between the taskbar and menu suggesting that they are planning to do so. This will make the menu appear to float above the bar.

The news, discovered by Windows Latest and shared on Twitter, suggests that Microsoft will introduce the concept of floating menus in the taskbar in the latest test version of Windows 10.

While Microsoft is constantly tweaking features under the hood of Windows, a Start menu visually separated from the taskbar would be a notable modification to the traditional look of Windows.

Currently, Windows Latest reports that it is not actually in the Start menu, but resides in the taskbar Jump List. The taskbar jump list is the menu interface that appears after right-clicking on the taskbar, and this new UI (right-click menu) on the taskbar now launches the menu in a floating box.

From my first look at the actual code in the preview build, it appears that this feature is currently hidden behind an experimental flag. It is not yet available for testers at this time, but is expected to be available for testing in the not-too-distant future.

Windows Latest notes that floating menus will be a core feature of the refreshed UI, possibly extending beyond the Start menu and taskbar to the Action Center and several other areas of the interface.

This could mean a floating type of design with a clock flyout, volume flyout, and WiFi flyout. However, at this stage, without a similar living example such as the Jumpli menu, this is mere speculation.

Besides the Windows makeover news, fans have recently received battery-saving features and important bug fixes to improve the Windows user experience.

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