Windows 11's new battery design, one of the best additions to the OS, is getting retired for now

Windows 11’s new battery indicator, which was released back in December, has been one of the best additions to the operating system, due to its changing colors, and the natural way of letting users know when their batteries were depleting.

However, in the updated blog post for KB5052093 (the patch was ultimately released this week), the Redmond-based tech giant stated that the new design will be retired for a while as the company needs to address an issue with it.

[UPDATE 2/25] We have stopped the roll out of this change to address some issues. We plan to begin rolling it out in a future update soon.

Spotted by Windows enthusiast @phantomofearth, the new battery indicator in build 26120.2510, which rolled out to Windows Insider Dev Channel members, is more significant in scale and features several colors.

For example, the battery indicator turns green when the battery is charged, and the saver mode turns the battery yellow. However, the redesigned battery indicator is only on the taskbar, and the lock screen still uses the old version.

The new Windows 11 battery design was initially hidden, but it could be enabled using ViveTool, and typing in the following command:

1. vivetool /enable /id:48822452,48433719

Press Enter, and then restart your PC.

KB5048780 also brought Recall, Cocreator, and many other AI capabilities to AMD and Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs, back in December. You can read more about it here.

Photo and ID credits: @phantomofearth