Howdy Home windows Insiders, at present we’re releasing Home windows 11 Insider Preview Construct 26220.7051 (KB5067115) to the Dev & Beta Channels.
Beginning at present, we’re starting to supply the identical Dev Channel updates based mostly on Home windows 11, model 25H2 to Home windows Insiders within the Beta Channel as a really useful replace.
In case you are an Insider within the Dev Channel, you now have a window to modify from the Dev Channel to the Beta Channel if you need. This window will solely be open for so long as we’re releasing the identical 25H2-based updates throughout each the Dev and Beta Channels. After we transfer Dev Channel ahead to a better construct quantity, the chance to modify between these channels will shut. When the Dev Channel jumps forward, issues may not be as secure because the Dev Channel is at present, so we extremely encourage you to judge which channel you wish to be in in the course of the time wherein the window to modify is open.
For extra info, see the Reminders part on the backside of this weblog publish.
New options regularly being rolled out with toggle on*
Introducing Ask Copilot in taskbar
With the brand new Ask Copilot in taskbar, Copilot turns into a pure a part of how you employ your PC, prepared to assist, information and collaborate the second you want it.
This opt-in expertise offers you one-click entry to Copilot Imaginative and prescient and Voice, enabling extra pure interplay in your stream. Whether or not by textual content, voice, or guided assist with Copilot Imaginative and prescient, you’ll be able to interact in your phrases, in the best way that works finest for you. You’re all the time in management. As you kind, outcomes seem and replace immediately, making it simpler than ever to seek out what you want.
To get began go to Settings > Personalization > Taskbar > Ask Copilot to allow the expertise. You can even handle whether or not the Copilot app launches routinely at sign-in utilizing the “Auto begin on log in” toggle within the Copilot app settings.
Ask Copilot in taskbar enhances the acquainted Home windows Search expertise, so you’ll be able to proceed utilizing Search as you all the time have from Begin whereas making an attempt out this new expertise.
Ask Copilot makes use of current Home windows APIs to return apps, information, and settings—similar to Home windows Search—and does not grant Copilot entry to your private content material. For extra particulars, you’ll be able to find out about privateness and management choices for Microsoft Copilot right here.
Suggestions: Share your ideas in Suggestions Hub (WIN + F) beneath Desktop Atmosphere > Ask Copilot in taskbar.
Full display expertise
Following the preliminary launch of the total display expertise (FSE) on the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X, at present’s preview to Home windows Insiders expands availability to extra Home windows 11 handheld units at the moment in market.
Designed with console-style navigation in thoughts, the Xbox PC app paired with the total display expertise delivers a clear, distraction-free interface for handheld gaming. You’ll get easy activity switching and optimized efficiency, with background processes minimized and non-essential duties deferred—so gameplay stays responsive and uninterrupted.
Tips on how to allow FSE:
On supported units, go to Settings > Gaming > Full display expertise, then choose Xbox as your own home app. As soon as enabled, you’ll be able to entry FSE from Job View and Recreation Bar or configure your handheld to enter full display expertise on startup.
Availability:
Suggestions: Share your ideas in Suggestions Hub (WIN + F) beneath Gaming and Xbox > Gaming Handhelds.
Shared audio (preview)
- On this replace, we’re starting rollout of shared audio (preview), a brand new expertise constructed on Bluetooth® LE Audio broadcast know-how, for Copilot+ PCs. Shared audio permits two members of the family to observe films collectively whereas touring, or two college students to share music whereas finding out.
- To get began, entry the “Shared audio (preview)” tile in fast settings, choose two supported paired and linked equipment and click on “Share” to start.
- For extra details about shared audio (preview), together with particulars about appropriate PCs and equipment, go to Extending Bluetooth® LE Audio on Home windows 11 with shared audio (preview).
Modifications and Enhancements regularly being rolled out with toggle on*
[Prism]
- We’re enabling the characteristic replace to Prism, our emulator for Home windows on Arm, that makes it attainable for extra 64-bit x86 (x64) functions to run beneath emulation by including assist for extra CPU options beneath emulation. This assist might be made out there to any 64-bit x86 (x64) utility beneath emulation by default, and 32-bit x86 functions could be opted in to the assist utilizing the emulation settings within the Properties window.
- Please submit any suggestions on compatibility points or efficiency regressions by the Suggestions Hub (Win + F) beneath Apps and the precise app you’re seeing points with (should you don’t see the app listed, use “All different apps”) to assist us to make sure that this up to date Prism gives a fantastic expertise.
Fixes regularly being rolled out with toggle on*
[General]
- Fastened an underlying difficulty resulting in keyboards or different USB units not working for a small variety of Insiders after the most recent flights.
[Start menu]
- Fastened a problem the place interacting with a folder or its contents in Begin menu may outcome within the folder changing into invisible.
[File Explorer]
- Made some underlying modifications to assist responsiveness of File Explorer when navigating in community areas.
- Made some extra underlying enhancements to assist cut back the launch time of File Explorer.
- Fastened a problem the place “Open” in File Explorer’s context menu wasn’t displaying the correct icon for .exe, .cmd & .bat information (was displaying a generic executable icon, as an alternative of the default app for that file kind).
- Fastened a problem the place you would possibly see your desktop icons transfer when interacting with information, resembling opening or renaming them.
- Fastened a pair points the place tooltips weren’t displaying up as anticipated when utilizing navigating Residence with a keyboard.
[Lock and login screens]
- Fastened a reminiscence leak when your lock display was set to slip present, which may result in efficiency or reliability points over time when unlocking your PC.
- Fastened a problem which may trigger logging into be very gradual the primary time when logging into a brand new account.
[Settings]
- Fastened a problem the place the search field in Settings may change into overlapped with the minimal and maximize buttons within the title bar.
[Other]
- Fastened a problem the place after the most recent updates, display readers would possibly unexpectedly say “legacy window” with out studying out the window contents when interacting with sure apps.
- Fastened a problem the place after the most recent updates, textual content may not render appropriately when enhancing content material inside a multiline textual content field in sure apps.
- Fastened a problem the place protected content material playback would possibly fail on some machines after the most recent updates.
- Fastened a problem which may trigger ethernet add speeds to be considerably decrease on some PCs after the most recent updates.
Recognized points
[Taskbar & System Tray]
- We’re investigating a problem which is inflicting the Begin menu to not open for some Insiders on click on, though it can open should you press the Home windows key. It’s believed this difficulty can also probably impression the notification heart (which you’ll be able to open with WIN + N).
- We’re investigating a problem the place for some Insiders apps aren’t displaying within the system tray when they need to be.
[File Explorer]
- Copy progress would possibly flash when clicking kind of particulars in darkish mode model of the copy dialog.
- Scrollbar and footer are lacking and displaying a white block as an alternative when textual content is scaled in darkish mode model of the copy dialog.
Reminders for Home windows Insiders within the Dev & Beta Channels
- Updates are based mostly on Home windows 11, model 25H2 by way of an enablement package deal (Construct 26220.xxxx).
- Many options are rolled out utilizing Managed Function Rollout know-how, beginning with a subset of Insiders and ramping up over time as we monitor suggestions to see how they land earlier than pushing them out to everybody on this channel.
- For Home windows Insiders who need to be the primary to get options regularly rolled out to you, you’ll be able to flip ON the toggle to get the most recent updates as they’re out there by way of Settings > Home windows Replace*. Over time, we are going to improve the rollouts of options to everybody with the toggle turned on. Do you have to preserve this toggle off, new options will regularly be rolled out to your PC over time as soon as they’re prepared.
- Options and experiences included in these builds might by no means get launched as we check out totally different ideas and get suggestions. Options might change over time, be eliminated, or changed and by no means get launched past Home windows Insiders. A few of these options and experiences may present up in future Home windows releases once they’re prepared.
- Some options in energetic improvement we preview with Home windows Insiders might not be totally localized and localization will occur over time as options are finalized. As you see points with localization in your language, please report these points to us by way of Suggestions Hub.
- Try Flight Hub for an entire take a look at what construct is wherein Insider channel.
Thanks,
Amanda
