Microsoft copies the features of the popular audio program for Windows. In the latest Windows 11 test build, you can enable a new volume mixer, very similar to EarTrumpet. A new feature in Windows 11 provides quick access from the taskbar to switching audio outputs and controlling the volume of individual programs.
This is exactly what EarTrumpet was created to do almost five years ago. Ironically, The Verge’s Tom Warren described the app a few years ago as “the Windows 10 volume control app that Microsoft should have made.”
Former Microsoft engineer Dave Amenta and former Microsoft MVP Rafael Rivera created EarTrumpet. Now, Rivera has pointed out the similarities of Microsoft’s new Windows 11 feature on Twitter. “Microsoft is catching up with EarTrumpet,” Rivera said.
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However, it is pleasing that Microsoft pays attention to such small conveniences as sound control in Windows. The operating system has been in need of improvement for a long time, and Windows users will not need to resort to third-party tools in this case. The work of Microsoft’s utility is not as fast and simple as in the case of EarTrumpet, but the company still has time to finalize the function at launch.
Microsoft has yet to officially comment on the new audio features in the Windows 11 test builds. The feature is hidden under an experimental flag, part of a way for Microsoft to test Windows 11 features that may never see the light of day. But some experimental features are revealed in advance, usually weeks before Microsoft officially announces them.
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