Windows 11's Blue Screen of Death is now black and more streamlined - but I'm worried the simplification goes too far.

The new design has a black background instead of the traditional blue, which has been used since the feature's introduction in Windows 3.0 in 1990.

With its release of the update KB5062660 for Windows 11 24H2, Microsoft has killed the infamous Blue Screen of Death and changed it to the Black Screen of Death. Now, when your system crashes, you ...

The black screen, Microsoft says, is a signifier of better days ahead. It will be “easier than ever to navigate unexpected restarts and recover faster,” the company said in its blog post.

Windows’ infamous ‘blue screen of death’ will soon turn black Microsoft says this “simplified” user interface for unexpected restarts will be available later this summer on all of its ...

The new black screen will roll out this summer with Windows 11 version 24H2. According to Microsoft, these updates are designed to make recovery from system crashes faster and easier.