Windows Phone 8 is pretty, and there’s a lot of things to like about it. But for every one of those there’s also a glaring absence. Hopefully one of those is soon to disappear, leaked screenshots of an internal build of the OS shows that there’s finally a notification center, presumably coming soon.
https://gizmodo.com/wp-8-doesn-t-have-a-notification-center-because-microso-5956318
The screenshots were shared by a Redditor who bought a 920 off Ebay and found that it was running a peculiar OS: an internal beta. In addition to the notification center, there seem to be some improvements to multitasking as well, including the ability to close applications in that view.
As with any leak, there’s always the possibility it’s just a big fake, but there’s nothing about this set of screenshots to make it wildly suspicious. On top of that, we know Microsoft’s pushing out a Windows 8.1 update soon, and when an update comes to Windows Phone 8, you’d hope it would include something so basic as a notification center. Here’s to hoping. [Reddit via The Verge]
Update: WPCentral is citing unnamed sources saying that this notification center thing was legit, but has since been nixed from the upcoming update. Meanwhile The Verge is citing different unnamed sources who say this is a current, preliminary version of WP8’s “Windows Blue” update.
