New leaked photos of the long-awaited Windows Phone 8.1 update reveal Windows Phone users may soon be getting a notification center, similar to the one in iOS and Android.
According to the screenshots, the notification center, which will be called "Action Center," will display customizable shortcuts to the device's system settings and collect notifications from apps installed on the phone.
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The photos were first leaked by Winphollowers, and were later confirmed to be authentic by The Verge, who reported the photos came from an internal Microsoft presentation.
Rumors of a notification center in the 8.1 update first surfaced in June, when screenshots of an early version of Windows Phone 8.1, nicknamed "Blue," were leaked. Those photos, which reportedly came from an internal Windows Phone build, also showed a notification center and were also reported to be authentic by The Verge.
Subsequent photos leaked in September on an XDA-developer's forum also included what appeared to be a notification center, though both earlier leaks look different than those revealed Monday.
Further details about the Action Center, and other 8.1 updates, are expected to be revealed in April at the Build Developer's Conference in San Francisco.