Home windows 11’s battery indicator isn’t nice. It’s complicated, arduous to learn (particularly when charging), and inconsistent. Happily, Microsoft is lastly fixing it. The newest Home windows 11 Dev Channel, 26120.2510, accommodates a hidden new battery indicator with some much-needed enhancements.

The brand new battery indicator is noticeably bigger, which provides it extra pixels to precisely show the present cost stage. Subsequent, it’s now not black and white: when linked to a charger, the indicator turns inexperienced. Turning on the power saver makes the remaining battery stage yellow. For reference, the present battery indicator in Home windows 11 solely shows a lightning icon when charging and a leaf when saving power.

For now, the redesigned battery indicator is simply current on the taskbar. The lock display screen nonetheless makes use of the previous variant, however it’s secure to imagine that one shall be up to date finally as properly.

If you wish to strive the brand new battery indicator in Home windows 11, replace your system to construct 26120.2510 from the Dev Channel and use the ViVeTool app to allow a number of function IDs:

1. Obtain ViveTool from GitHub and unpack the information in a handy and easy-to-find folder.
2. Run Command Immediate as Administrator and navigate to the folder containing the ViveTool information with the CD command. For instance, you probably have positioned ViveTool in C:Vive, sort CD C:Vive.
3. Kind vivetool /allow /id:48822452,48433719 and press Enter.
4. Restart your pc.

Different adjustments in Home windows 11 construct 26120.2510 embody a bunch of AI-powered options for extra Copilot+ PCs. Now, homeowners of computer systems with the most recent Intel and AMD processors with neural processing models can strive Recall, Click on To Do, Paint Cocreator, Picture Restyle, and different beforehand unique to Snapdragon-powered PCs.

Credit score for the IDs goes to @PhantomOfEarth on X.