By Abhijith M B
Publication Date: 2026-09-11 09:47:00
The Experimental Windows 11 build released September 8, Build 26340.9354, includes an official Microsoft screenshot showing the new Resume hovercard, but it surprisingly shows a new mouse pointer. It’s slightly broader, softer around the lower-left side, and more symmetrical, without the thin tail-like extension we saw for decades in Windows.
Microsoft hasn’t said it changed the system cursor. The release notes for this build do mention fixing a known issue where cursor customization doesn’t work correctly, which we first reported. But nothing about a redesign.
But there’s history here. Back in June, there were reports that Microsoft was internally testing a new Windows 11 mouse pointer as part of the Windows 11 modernization effort. However, Microsoft hadn’t shown the design publicly back then. Three…
