It's part flower, part corporate-graphic-design blob art: nature imagery married with modern sleekness. Windows 11's updated wallpaper retains Windows 10's royal blue color scheme but ditches the right-aligned Windows logo - opting instead for an amorphous sapphire bloom at the center of the screen, etched with innumerable rounded folds. Read more: Windows 11 review: Microsoft's OS upgrade is subtle, but we like that If you decide you don't like the new operating system after all, you may be able to roll back to Windows 10 for a limited time. Check out our comparison of Windows 10 and Windows 11 and find out what Windows 11's best features are before making the decision. Though Windows 11 is available to download today (even if you don't get the prompt), you don't have to upgrade from Windows 10 right away.

(Well, and the fact that Microsoft is killing Windows 10 in 2025.) But despite this emphasis on straightforwardness, Microsoft still aims to evoke a sense of wonder with its branding for Windows 11 - and that's particularly evident in its revamped wallpaper and startup sound. Microsoft/Screenshot by Oliver Padilla/CNETĪnnounced earlier this summer and rolling out starting today, Windows 11 offers key selling points of simplicity and ease of use.

Windows 10 startup sound change