Microsoft Quietly Adds New Notifications Options in Windows 10

Microsoft has quietly added a couple of new notifications options in the latest Windows 10 preview builds as the company wants to make managing notifications a more straightforward process.

One reddit user discovered that starting with Windows 10 build 18917, which is a preview of Windows 10 20H1 due in the spring of 2020, the Action Center comes with a new “Manage notifications” option in the top right corner.

This new button, which is only available for a limited numbers of Fast ring insiders, most likely as part of an experimental release, launches the notification section in Settings and located at:

Settings System Notifications & actions

More notification refinements

A second improvement for notifications makes it possible to turn off notifications and access notification settings for a selected app right from the Action Center.

While the same reddit post claims the feature was introduced in build 18917, I’m actually seeing the same option on a device that is currently running Windows 10 build 18912, also available for Fast ring.

However, it looks like only a number of devices are getting this feature, mostly because Microsoft is just conducting a…