Overview of Task Manager features in Windows 11 Build 22557

You'll notice that Task Manager has undergone a major design overhaul. This includes some noteworthy features. The first is that the app will eventually respect your system theme, so if you're running dark mode, you'll see the app have the same theme as well. This is a very welcome change and ensures consistency. Second, content that previously appeared in tabs has been moved to the left as a hamburger menu with a new icon. I found this to be a very user-friendly change and also fits in with the Windows 11 design language. Some options have been moved to the top pane, but most are also accessible from the right-click context menu. While we can see the first page of Task Manager in the screenshot above, it's also worth discussing some of the new features. Back in April 2021, Microsoft introduced "Eco Mode" in the Windows 10 Insider Preview, which returns in Windows 11 in the form of "Productivity Mode." As the name suggests, this setting basically allows you to limit the resource consumption of individual processes via the associated context menu or by clicking on them and then tapping Efficiency Mode on the top options pane. You can also use other common controls, such as End Task and Run New Task, directly from this UI. You can also click the View button to group, expand, or collapse processes. It's nice to have these settings at your fingertips rather than having to navigate between drop-down menus like the typically available Task Manager implementation, so I appreciate the change as well. That said, the interface is clearly a work in progress, as the three-dot menu on the top options pane now does nothing but highlight sections of options, which is an unfamiliar behavior. Note that efficiency mode cannot be enabled for process groups, you must apply them individually. Processes running in efficiency mode display a green leaf symbol, while suspended processes should display a red pause icon. Although it may seem obvious in hindsight, your process group will not display the green leaf symbol until all of its related processes are running in efficiency mode. For example, in the screenshot above, I have two Chrome processes running in efficiency mode, but neither the individual process nor the process group is showing the green leaf symbol. Notepad, meanwhile, only has one process, so putting it into efficiency mode immediately displays a green leaf symbol next to the process group. It took me a while to figure it out because I also wanted to see this symbol next to individual processes. The performance page is basically the same. While the shaded area under the CPU utilization curve looks very nice and modern, especially in the dark theme. The copy and resource monitor options have been moved to the three-dot menu at the top, but other than that, it appears to be the same functionally. The App History page is mostly the same, but you'll notice the "Open App" button in the top options pane, once again within reach for certain use cases. The three-dot menu does nothing now. The Startup page has been renamed Startup apps, which makes sense to me. Functionally, it appears to be the same as the current implementation, with some common controls moved to the top options pane. The three-dot menu expands to show two configurations, Open File Location and Online Search. The user page is also the same, but some common controls have been moved to the top. The three-dot menu has the same options as the previous launch app page. The details page is the same, but the three-dot menu does nothing. Functionally, the service page is the same, but common controls have been moved to the top, and the three-dot menu has two options, Go to details and search online. Finally, we also have a dedicated settings menu. This is something I used to really like, the options are currently hidden behind drop-down menus. I think it makes perfect sense to have a dedicated section for them, and I think it's a very user-friendly and clear implementation. All in all, I really like most of the changes made to Task Manager now in Windows 11 Dev Channel build 22557. Of course, the UI isn't entirely consistent yet, as some of the three-dot menus don't even serve any purpose now, but these are definitely a step in the right direction. We finally have a dark theme, and we finally have a more modern UI than the current old implementation, at least. It's also important to note that this is a Dev Channel release, and ideally Task Manager will be further polished in this release before being pushed to a stable release. My only concern right now is performance. Currently, there is a small but nice animation when switching between pages, but I sometimes notice that when I move between pages or refocus the task manager window after navigating away, there is a slight jitter, which may A bit jarring. I hope this is something the Windows development team can address before this reaches general availability. But again, this is an Insider build, so hopefully Microsoft improves this further.

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