By Abhijith M B
Publication Date: 2026-10-20 08:17:00
Windows 11 has a modern Settings app with dark mode, yet some settings still require the Control Panel from decades ago. Diego Baca, Vice President of Product Design, says designers are now contributing code fixes with AI’s help to clean up such inconsistencies.
Windows Latest spotted the comment in an X exchange with Lockergnome founder Chris Pirillo, who reminded Microsoft of the practically unlimited AI tokens that the company has in their arsenal to unify Windows design, but is moving too slowly, and I can’t help but agree with it. The conversation is more relevant as Microsoft is testing a rebuilt WinUI 3 Search with Windows 11 26H2 Insiders.
Microsoft says AI is helping Windows designers fix the code, too
When Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft’s consumer marketing chief, posted a video of the new Windows Search, which he says lets you take “thousands of quick…
