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Earlier this year, we announced a new privacy-preserving ads API coming to Microsoft Edge. The Ad Selection API is intended to enable the web ecosystem to leverage privacy-preserving approaches to support key advertising use cases—even when unpartitioned 3rd-party cookies are not available. Today, we're happy to announce a limited, developer opt-in, preview of the Ad Selection API. This preview facilitates early developer testing and feedback with the goal of enabling users to have more private browsing experiences while providing an effective solution for the web advertising ecosystem. This preview is only available in limited regions right now and excludes European Economic Area (EEA) and United Kingdom (UK). To read the full...

Passkeys on Windows just got easier! As part of Microsoft’s vision for a passwordless future we are working to make passkeys on Windows simple and intuitive. Passkeys are safer and easier to use than passwords, which are vulnerable to phishing and data breaches. That is why, in support of a passwordless future, we partnered in the FIDO alliance with other platforms in supporting passkeys. As part of our cross-industry commitment, we launched new native support for cross-device authentication and an updated experience to help users along the journey from website to platform. Continuing that journey at Authenticate 2024 we are introducing the following, which will be available in our Windows Insider channels in the coming months: A...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.1930 (KB5044388) to the Dev Channel. Changes in Dev Channel builds and updates are documented in two buckets: new features, improvements, and fixes that are being gradually rolled out for Insiders who have turned on the toggle to get the latest updates as they are available (via Settings > Windows Update)* and then new features, improvements, and fixes rolling out to everyone in the Dev Channel. For more information, see the Reminders section at the bottom of this blog post. Changes and Improvements gradually being rolled out to the Dev Channel with toggle on* [General] This update includes a small set of general improvements and fixes that improve...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.4300 (KB5044386) to the Beta Channel. Changes in Beta Channel builds and updates are documented in two buckets: new features, improvements, and fixes that are being gradually rolled out for Insiders who have turned on the toggle to get the latest updates as they are available (via Settings > Windows Update)* and then new features, improvements, and fixes rolling out to everyone in the Beta Channel. For more information, see the Reminders section at the bottom of this blog post. Changes and Improvements gradually being rolled out to the Beta Channel with toggle on* [Start menu] "All apps" is now just "All" on the Start menu. This change began rolling...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27718 to the Canary Channel. We are releasing ISOs for this build – they can be downloaded here. We are also not planning to release SDKs for 27xxx series builds for the time being. Changes and Improvements [General] [REMINDER] Insider Preview Build Expiration: The expiration date for Insider Preview builds flighted to the Canary Channel has been updated to 9/15/2025 starting with Build 27695. Please make sure you are updated to the latest build in the Canary Channel. [Lock screen] We have updated the Lock screen so that the media controls will now show at the lower bottom center of the Lock screen now when media is being played. Updated position of...