{"id":199366,"date":"2022-08-29T11:18:53","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T09:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=199366"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:29:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:29:50","slug":"windows-11-animated-settings-icons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/windows-11-animated-settings-icons\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 11 is testing animated settings icons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Windows, like most operating systems, isn\u2019t supposed to be the most exciting piece of software you can buy. Instead, you just want it to work. That is why Windows updates are such a controversial issue as a lot of the time they don\u2019t work. However, it is still nice to see some entertaining little elements <\/strong>added to the operating system now and then, which is why a new update bringing animated settings icons to Windows 11<\/strong> has raised a little smile here in Softonic HQ.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The new animated icons have been spotted in the Windows Ins<\/strong>ider Build 25188 by a Microsoft MVP called Rafael Rivera. If you scroll down a little further, you can see the animated icons in his tweet shared below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The animations activate whenever you hover the mouse cursor over a certain icon<\/strong>. The icons getting the animations are the System, Bluetooth and devices, Network and Internet, Personalization, Apps, Accounts, Time and Language, Gaming, Accessibility, Privacy and Security, and Windows Update icons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Microsoft is experimenting with the idea of animating Settings navigation icons (vso\/feature 34878152, Windows Insider Build 25188)

The Microsoft Design team calls these delightful unexpected moments of joy with purpose https:\/\/t.co\/rUIi924aIT<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/2zYmbqg97N<\/a><\/p>— Rafael Rivera (@WithinRafael) August 25, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>