Microsoft begins testing new OneNote design for Windows 11

Back in August 2021, Microsoft promised that OneNote on Windows 10 and Windows 11 would receive a series of major feature updates in the coming months, as the tech giant rolled out multiple versions of Customers are part of an effort to unify the note-taking app into a single version.

OneNote has undergone many changes over the past few years. In 2018, when Microsoft really wanted people to use its UWP version of OneNote, the company stopped bundling the original and feature-rich version of OneNote with pre-installed Office apps. Instead, Microsoft only provided a UWP client and added new features for the modern version.

Microsoft later changed its decision and began pushing new features to the Win32 client. Users who liked the functionality of UWP features and app design were dissatisfied with Microsoft's treatment of Win32 clients and convinced the company to start bundling Win32 versions in Office 2019 or 365 again.

So we have two apps for OneNote - the original Win32 version is just called "OneNote", while the UWP version uses the "OneNote for Windows 10" branding. Neither the Win32 version nor UWP have made significant progress over the past few months as the company struggles to maintain both apps.

Microsoft has finally dropped the UWP version of OneNote, which combines the best of both apps to update the existing Win32 version with new features and design.

Over the weekend, Microsoft quietly began rolling out early parts of the new OneNote design to users who signed up for the beta program. This update provides a new navigation UI layout for the sidebar as well as a visual refresh to bring it in line with the Windows 11 design.

The new sidebar shows all sections and notebooks by default, and synchronization has been greatly improved. The app also feels snappy, with rounded corners now visible throughout the app, but there's no sign of touch and pen and other features found in the current UWP version.

# It’s worth noting that Microsoft is still working on the redesign, and screenshots released last year seemed to indicate that more design changes are in the works.

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