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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23435
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23435 to the Dev Channel. [HEADING=1]What’s new in Build 23435[/HEADING] [HEADING=2]Gallery in File Explorer[/HEADING] We are introducing Gallery, a new feature in File Explorer designed to make it easy to access your photo collection. The set of content shown in Gallery is the same as what you’ll see in the All Photos view in the Photos app. [caption id=attachment_176205" align="alignnone" width="732] Gallery in File Explorer.[/caption] Gallery is optimized for accessing your most recently taken photos. If you have OneDrive Camera Roll Backup set up on your phone, photos you take will show…
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23440
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23440 to the Dev Channel. We are releasing ISOs for this build – they can be downloaded here. If you miss this month’s Windows Insider webcast featuring the Phone Link team, you can watch it on demand here: Windows Insider Webcast | April 2023. [HEADING=1]Changes and Improvements[/HEADING] [HEADING=2][start menu][/HEADING] We are trying out a recommendation in the Start menu to quickly access the release notes for Windows Insider Preview builds. Insiders can click the recommendation in Start where it will open this blog post for Build 23440 to learn about all the changes and improvements i…
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23451
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23451 to the Dev Channel. [HEADING=1]What’s new in Build 23451[/HEADING] [HEADING=2]Modernized Details Pane in File Explorer[/HEADING] We are introducing a modernized details pane in File Explorer (ALT + Shift + P) designed to help you easily access related content, stay up to date with file activity, and collaborate without even opening a file. [caption id=attachment_176248" align="alignnone" width="354] New modernized details pane in File Explorer.[/caption] When a user selects a file in File Explorer and enables the pane, a modern pane will display contextual information about the file i…
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23466
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23466 to the Dev Channel. We are releasing ISOs for this build – they can be downloaded here. This build includes a set of these new features that were announced and shown at Build this week. [HEADING=1]What’s new in Build 23466[/HEADING] [HEADING=2]Dev Drive [/HEADING] Dev Drive is a new form of storage volume available to improve performance for key developer workloads. Dev Drive is built upon Resilient File System (ReFS) technology and includes file system optimizations and features that enable developers to better manage their performance and security profile. It has been designed to me…
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23471
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23471 to the Dev Channel. [HEADING=1]What’s new in Build 23471[/HEADING] [HEADING=2]Add Phone Photos in File Explorer Gallery[/HEADING] Accessing your phone’s camera roll from your PC is an important everyday task that is now easier with File Explorer Gallery. There is a new button in the Command Bar titled “Add Phone Photos” that will help with setting up your PC to be ready to show these photos in Gallery. Clicking this button today will open a URL with a QR code that you can scan with your phone to get started. [caption id=attachment_176313" align="alignnone" width="905] Add Phone Photos…
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23475
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23475 to the Dev Channel. TL;DR: This build includes a handful of new features we’re beginning to roll out to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel including a modernized File Explorer Home and address bar, Dynamic Lighting, and support for Emoji 15. As part of introducing these new features, we’ve also added some new known issues. We’re also releasing a new Microsoft Store update. Check out all the details in the below blog post! [HEADING=1]What’s new in Build 23475[/HEADING] [HEADING=2]Modernized File Explorer Home and Address Bar[/HEADING] Now that File Explorer is powered by Windows App S…
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23481
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23481 to the Dev Channel. We are releasing ISOs for this build – they can be downloaded here. [HEADING=1]What’s new in Build 23481[/HEADING] [HEADING=2]Improvements for Windows Ink[/HEADING] Windows Ink is being modernized to allow users to enable inking directly onto edit fields. In addition, we are improving the accuracy from the recognition technology and a scratch out gesture for when users need to make edits. The goal with Windows Ink is to let users use their pen and handwrite anywhere they can type on their Windows device. [caption id=attachment_176350" align="alignnone" width="810] …
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23486
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23486 to the Dev Channel. [HEADING=1]What’s new in Build 23486[/HEADING] [HEADING=2]Passwordless Improvements[/HEADING] Microsoft believes that the future is passwordless. Passkeys will allow you to replace passwords when you sign into a web site or application that supports them. Passkeys represent a future where bad actors will have a much harder time stealing and using your credentials when signing into a web site or application. Passkeys are phish-resistant, recoverable, and faster for users. Enroll and use passkey to sign into apps and websites: We are improving the passkey experience …
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23493
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23493 to the Dev Channel. What’s new in Build 23493 Windows Copilot Preview Back in May at the Build conference, we introduced Windows Copilot for Windows 11. In today’s flight we are offering an early look of Windows Copilot to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel via a controlled feature rollout. This first preview focuses on our integrated UI experience, with additional functionality coming down the road in future previews. To use Copilot in this flight you must have Windows Build 23493 or higher in the Dev Channel, and Microsoft Edge version 115.0.1901.150 or higher. To get st…
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23506
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23506 to the Dev Channel. We are releasing ISOs for this build – they can be downloaded here. [HEADING=1]What’s new in Build 23506[/HEADING] [HEADING=2]Passwordless experience with Windows Hello for Business[/HEADING] With Windows Hello for Business (WHFB), Windows provides organizations with a strong, phish-resistant credential, helping customers move to a passwordless future. Enterprise customers can now set the EnablePasswordlessExperience policy that promotes a user experience on AAD joined machines for core authentication scenarios without requiring a password. This new experience hide…
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23511
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23511 to the Dev Channel. August 2023 Bug Bash Coming Soon: Starting on August 2nd, we’ll be having our next bug bash! The bug bash will span the latest features available in preview builds across the Canary, Dev, and Beta Channels. Stay tuned for more details in next week’s flight blog posts. [HEADING=1]What’s new in Build 23511[/HEADING] [HEADING=2]More improvements for Windows Spotlight[/HEADING] After trying out different treatments for how Windows Spotlight looks, we’re now rolling out a single Windows Spotlight experience for Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel that includes previewin…
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23516
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23516 to the Dev Channel. August 2023 Bug Bash: Starting today August 2nd, the bug bash begins and will run through Monday August 7th at 11:59pm PDT. The bug bash will span the latest features available in the currently available preview builds across the Canary, Dev, and Beta Channels. Check Feedback Hub for quests! [HEADING=1]What’s new in Build 23516[/HEADING] [HEADING=2]Improving the screen casting experience[/HEADING] Casting from your Windows PC allows you to wirelessly extend your display to another nearby PC, TV or other external displays. We are making some improvements that focus …
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23521
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23521 to the Dev Channel. [HEADING=1]What’s new in Build 23521[/HEADING] [HEADING=1]Changes and Improvements[/HEADING] [HEADING=2][Windows 365][/HEADING] Windows Insiders in the Dev and Beta Channels can participate in the public preview of Windows 365 Switch. Windows 365 Switch provides the ability to easily move between a Windows 365 Cloud PC and the local desktop using the same familiar keyboard commands, as well as a mouse-click or a swipe gesture through Task View on the Windows 11 taskbar. Please read this blog post for all the details on how to participate. [caption id=attachmen…
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23526 (Dev Channel)
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23526 to the Dev Channel. We are releasing ISOs for this build – they can be downloaded here. [HEADING=1]Changes and Improvements[/HEADING] [HEADING=2][General][/HEADING] Insider Preview Build Expiration: The expiration date for Insider Preview builds flighted to the Dev Channel has been updated to 9/15/2024 starting with Build 23526. Please make sure you are updated to the latest build in the Dev Channel. [HEADING=2][start menu][/HEADING] For files that do not have rich thumbnail previews that can be provided, it will no longer show a blank preview area. This is part of the work for …
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23531 (Dev Channel)
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23531 to the Dev Channel. [HEADING=1]Changes and Improvements[/HEADING] [HEADING=2][General][/HEADING] [REMINDER] Insider Preview Build Expiration: The expiration date for Insider Preview builds flighted to the Dev Channel has been updated to 9/15/2024 starting with Build 23526. Please make sure you are updated to the latest build in the Dev Channel. In the European Economic Area (EEA), Windows system components use the default browser to open links. [HEADING=2][search on the Taskbar][/HEADING] We're re-introducing the search experience for invoking the search flyout when you hover o…
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23536 (Dev Channel)
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23536 to the Dev Channel. [HEADING=1]Fixes[/HEADING] [HEADING=2][Windows Copilot][/HEADING] Fixed an issue that was causing the Windows Copilot icon in the taskbar to be flipped backwards for right-to-left languages. [HEADING=2][Taskbar][/HEADING] Fixed an explorer.exe crash impacting taskbar appearing correctly after powering on your device. Fixed an issue which was causing apps in the taskbar to appear cut off without a rounded corner on the end when you had a lot of app windows open, and the taskbar was set to not combine. [HEADING=2][Live captions][/HEADING] Fixed an issue t…
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23541 (Dev Channel)
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23541 to the Dev Channel. [HEADING=1]Changes and Improvements[/HEADING] [HEADING=2][start menu][/HEADING] Rich thumbnail previews (tooltips) for cloud files under Recommended on the Start menu and the ability to right-click to share on these files which rolled out with Build 23511 may temporarily disappear for some Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. [HEADING=1]Fixes[/HEADING] [HEADING=2][Taskbar][/HEADING] Fixed an issue where dragging app icons in the taskbar may sometimes lead to an explorer.exe crash. [HEADING=2][search on the Taskbar][/HEADING] Fixed an issue where sometim…
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23545 (Dev Channel)
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23545 to the Dev Channel. We are releasing ISOs for this build – they can be downloaded here. [HEADING=1]Changes and Improvements[/HEADING] [HEADING=2][search on the Taskbar][/HEADING] Instead of providing a hover experience that opens the search box on the taskbar, we are trying out some different experiences for when you click on the search highlight gleam in the search box instead. In some cases, clicking on the gleam will take you to a Bing.com page for the search highlight. A tooltip will always be shown for the search highlight gleam when hovering over the search box. As a reminder, …
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23550 (Dev Channel)
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23550 to the Dev Channel. [HEADING=1]What’s new in Build 23550[/HEADING] [HEADING=2]Voice Access in OOBE [/HEADING] As part of the work mentioned in Build 23516 for making voice access available to use on more areas in Windows, voice access can be used for setting up your new Windows devices and navigate through OOBE (“out of box experience”). You can launch the accessibility flyout on the bottom right corner of their screens and click on voice access to enable it. [caption id=attachment_176590" align="alignnone" width="680] Users can use the accessibility flyout in OOBE to launch voice ac…
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23555 (Dev Channel)
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23555 to the Dev Channel. [HEADING=1]Fixes[/HEADING] [HEADING=2][Copilot][/HEADING] Fixed an issue that was causing explorer.exe to crash when trying to open Copilot from the taskbar. [HEADING=2][Narrator][/HEADING] Fixed an issue that was preventing you from previewing Narrator natural voices in Settings. Fixed an issue that prevented Narrator from reading the time stamp on Start's recommended items correctly. [HEADING=2][Task Manager][/HEADING] Fixed an issue which was causing a Task Manager crash when changing Always on Top mode. NOTE: Some fixes noted here in Insider Prev…
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23560 (Dev Channel)
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23560 to the Dev Channel. There will not be a SDK for this build. [HEADING=1]Changes and Improvements[/HEADING] [HEADING=2][Copilot in Windows*][/HEADING] We’re beginning to roll out the ability to use Copilot in Windows with ALT + TAB. Using the ALT + TAB hotkey now displays the thumbnail preview for Copilot in Windows among the other thumbnail previews of open windows, which you can switch between by pressing Tab. [uPDATE] This change does not change the ALT + TAB experience in Windows 11. Copilot only shows in ALT + TAB if Copilot is invoked from the taskbar. [HEADING=1]Fixes[/HEADIN…
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23570 (Dev Channel)
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23570 to the Dev Channel. [HEADING=1]Changes and Improvements[/HEADING] [HEADING=2][Copilot in Windows*][/HEADING] Copilot in Windows can now be used across multiple monitors. Simply press the Copilot button on the taskbar on whichever monitor you want Copilot to show on or use the WIN + C shortcut to show Copilot on the last monitor that it was visible on. If you are using a keyboard, you can use the WIN + T keyboard shortcut to put the keyboard focus on the taskbar and navigate to the Copilot taskbar button to show Copilot on any monitor. [HEADING=2][start menu][/HEADING] The Xbox G…
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23575 (Dev Channel)
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23575 to the Dev Channel. There will not be a SDK release for this build. [HEADING=1]Changes and Improvements[/HEADING] [HEADING=2][start menu][/HEADING] We’re trying out grouping recently added apps on your PC into a folder under the Recommended section of Start with some Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. [caption id=attachment_176666" align="alignnone" width="346] Grouping of recently added apps under the Recommended section of the Start menu.[/caption] [HEADING=1]Fixes[/HEADING] [HEADING=2][General][/HEADING] Fixed an issue which was causing certain games to fail to launch wit…
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23580 (Dev Channel)
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23580 to the Dev Channel. [HEADING=1]Changes and Improvements[/HEADING] [HEADING=2][Copilot in Windows*][/HEADING] Starting with Build 23580 in the Dev Channel, users with local accounts will be able to access Copilot in Windows for a limited number of queries before needing to sign in. [HEADING=2][Windows Share][/HEADING] We have significantly improved nearby share transfer speed for users on same network. Before these changes, users had to be on the same private network but now users just have to be on the same network, which could be public or private. You can quickly turn on nearb…
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23585 (Dev Channel)
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23585 to the Dev Channel. [HEADING=1]Changes and Improvements[/HEADING] [HEADING=2][General][/HEADING] The Camera app, Cortana, Photos app, and People app, and Remote Desktop (MSTSC) client can be uninstalled. [HEADING=1]Fixes[/HEADING] [HEADING=2][General][/HEADING] Fixed a few issues leading to explorer.exe crashes. [HEADING=2][File Explorer][/HEADING] Fixed an issue causing the context menu to draw off screen when invoked using touch or pen on the side of your desktop. [HEADING=2][Taskbar][/HEADING] Fixed the issue causing the purple Chat button to show up again on the t…