OCTOBER 2019 • TECH ADVISOR 107FEATUREscreen. Microsoft also overhauled the Eye Control UI,
which uses eye tracking to help those who can’t use a
mouse or a trackpad to navigate Windows.
Windows Insider build 18932 is part of what you
might call Microsoft’s “feature release” of Windows 10,
also known as 20H1. To test them out, your Windows
10 PC will need to be on the Fast Ring of the Windows
Insider programme, accessible from the Windows
10 Settings > Update & Security menu. Microsoft
recently revealed plans for what might be called an
‘improvement release’ of Windows, also known as
19H2.Similartoa servicepack,19H2canbetested
outvia the Slow Ring of the Insider programme.
A nest of notifications
Notifications slide in and out from the Action Centre.
Sometimes they go unnoticed, and sometimes they’re
distracting. Focus Assist, already within the May 2019
Update of Windows 10, allows you to suppress all
notifications except for the important ones. Now, there’s
even more control: when a notification slides out, you
can click the gear icon (assuming you’re fast enough)
and have a choice: either turn off all notifications for
that app, or open the notifications settings menu for
that app for further control.
The notifications section within the settings (Settings
System > Notifications and Settings) now includes
two controls: a toggle that allows notifications to play
sounds, and a way to more easily find a particular app
through a ‘most recent’ drop-down list.
This particular settings menu also includes a
‘Notifications Visualizer’, which allows you to see