Seems like floating rounded dock-like taskbar is indeed on the way! Hope we are able to give it a whirl in 2022 still.
Rumors suggest that Microsoft Developing builds is already working on Windows 12, the next version of the Windows operating system.
Dev Channel. Current Windows dev channel builds are Next Valley. Of course Microsoft isn't going to confirm or deny any of this. Remember we tested Windows 11 for a whole year without even knowing it was Windows 11, because it didn't have the new UI or branding yet. Quoting Brandon LeBlanc: "Cobalt IS Windows 11." We are going to have the same level of secrecy or perhaps even more secrecy than we had with 11. I asked Zac Bowden and he says he believes we won't hear anything official about NV before Spring 2024 at the earliest.