Microsoft has just announced a new developer features that are coming to Windows 10 and Mobile with the Anniversary release later this summer. In short, notifications are going to get a lot more feature-rich later this summer with bigger images, more options, more information, and just a more immersive experience. The features were revealed in the session titled 'What's New for Tiles and Toast Notifications'. Interactive toast notifications now reflect the rich information displayed on Live Tiles giving users a more consistent user capability along with more detailed notifications.

No code change is needed for most of the new features, including: Larger 'hero' images in toast

App identity and attribution

New button style

Better discoverability

More current and relevant Users can also now disable notifications for apps via a Settings icon within the notification in the Notification Center. Developers can also add a context menu to notifications to give users advanced functions unique to their app or service. Best VPN providers 2020: Learn about ExpressVPN, NordVPN & more When an app is opened and residing in the Task Bar users can also now see a badge number count to highlight which app has a new notification waiting in the Notification Center.