Microsoft is planning to introduce a different Start button in Windows 8.1

Apr 22, 2013 12:32 GMT  ·  By

Sources familiar with the matter revealed last week that Microsoft is planning to re-launch the classic Start button in Windows 8.1, mostly thanks to customer feedback, as users have apparently been very confused with the lack of such a feature.

It turns out, however, that Windows 8.1’s Start button will have a different behavior as compared to the traditional one, according to a report by The Verge. Microsoft is looking to bring us a Start button that would launch the Start Screen, instead of a Start Menu.

What’s more, it’s rumored that the Start button will look very similar to the Windows logo used in the Charms bar, but it would only play the role of a more visible option to quickly access the Start Screen.

Microsoft hasn’t said a thing about such a feature, so more details will most likely be provided in June at the BUILD developer conference when the company is expected to unveil the public beta of the new OS.