Windows 10 also includes a number of icons. redesigned screen icon with a more angular design and softer gradients.
Around 2020, Windows started rolling out new app icons in the Microsoft Store, ditching the flat, angular Live Tile interface in favor of more colorful icons with a more rounded design.
Like today, Windows 10's icon set was still a mixed bag, combining at least three or four icon styles inherited from earlier versions of Windows.
Over the past few years, Microsoft has introduced a whole new unified set of icons for Windows 10, including them first in Windows 10X and then planning to release them in the upcoming 'Sun Valley' update. . Now, it seems that these icons may only launch with Windows 11, but the answer certainly remains to be seen.
Notably, it seems that Windows 11 will completely abandon the Metro/Live Tile concept of Windows 8 and 10, which means icons can have more depth and freshness.
Microsoft is aiming for a flat animated interface with low detail and gentle gradients. For many users, this is a welcome change, especially if Microsoft can get past the mixed bag of legacy icons present in Windows 10.