Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.7051 (Dev & Beta Channels)

[ad_1] Good day Home windows Insiders, immediately we're releasing Home windows 11 Insider Preview Construct 26220.7051 (KB5067115) to the Dev & Beta Channels.

Beginning immediately, we're starting to supply the identical Dev Channel updates primarily based on Home windows 11, model 25H2 to Home windows Insiders within the Beta Channel as a advisable replace.

In case you are an Insider within the Dev Channel, you now have a window to change from the Dev Channel to the Beta Channel if you want. 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 change between these channels will shut. When the Dev Channel jumps forward, issues may not be as steady because the Dev Channel is immediately, so we extremely encourage you to judge which channel you wish to be in throughout the time by which the window to change is open.

For extra data, see the Reminders part on the backside of this weblog put up.

New options steadily being rolled out with toggle on* Introducing Ask Copilot in taskbar The Ask Copilot expertise within the Home windows taskbar demonstrating a question for ‘Out’ that reveals apps, recordsdata, settings, and Copilot chat options. With the brand new Ask Copilot in taskbar, Copilot turns into a pure a part of how you utilize your PC, prepared to assist, information and collaborate the second you want it.

This opt-in expertise provides you one-click entry to Copilot Imaginative and prescient and Voice, enabling extra pure interplay in your move. Whether or not by means of textual content, voice, or guided help with Copilot Imaginative and prescient, you'll be able to interact in your phrases, in the best way that works greatest for you. You’re all the time in management. As you sort, outcomes seem and replace immediately, making it simpler than ever to search out what you want.

To get began go to Settings > Personalization > Taskbar > Ask Copilot to allow the expertise. You may also handle whether or not the Copilot app launches robotically 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 present Home windows APIs to return apps, recordsdata, and settings—identical to Home windows Search—and doesn't grant Copilot entry to your private content material. For extra particulars, you'll be able to study 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, immediately’s preview to Home windows Insiders expands availability to extra Home windows 11 handheld gadgets presently 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 job switching and optimized efficiency, with background processes minimized and non-essential duties deferred—so gameplay stays responsive and uninterrupted.

A screenshot of the total display expertise with the Xbox PC app, with sport choice proven.

Settings display shot exhibiting Gaming and full display expertise enablement choices for startup. Learn how to allow FSE:On supported gadgets, go to Settings > Gaming > Full display expertise, then choose Xbox as your private 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 expertise, for Copilot+ PCs. Shared audio permits two members of the family to look at motion pictures 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).

Shared audio (preview) settings exhibiting two linked gadgets and the Share button to get began utilizing the expertise. Adjustments and Enhancements steadily 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 doable for extra 64-bit x86 (x64) functions to run beneath emulation by including help for extra CPU options beneath emulation. This help might be made accessible to any 64-bit x86 (x64) software beneath emulation by default, and 32-bit x86 functions could be opted in to the help utilizing the emulation settings within the Properties window. Please submit any suggestions on compatibility points or efficiency regressions by means of the Suggestions Hub (Win + F) beneath Apps and the particular 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 offers an important expertise.

Fixes steadily being rolled out with toggle on*[General]

Fastened an underlying subject resulting in keyboards or different USB gadgets not working for a small variety of Insiders after the newest flights.

[Start menu]

Fastened a difficulty the place interacting with a folder or its contents in Begin menu might consequence within the folder turning 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 scale back the launch time of File Explorer. Fastened a difficulty the place “Open” in File Explorer’s context menu wasn’t exhibiting the proper icon for .exe, .cmd & .bat recordsdata (was exhibiting a generic executable icon, as a substitute of the default app for that file sort). Fastened a difficulty the place you would possibly see your desktop icons transfer when interacting with recordsdata, similar to opening or renaming them. Fastened a pair points the place tooltips weren't exhibiting 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 might result in efficiency or reliability points over time when unlocking your PC. Fastened a difficulty which might trigger logging into be very gradual the primary time when logging into a brand new account.

[Settings]

Fastened a difficulty the place the search field in Settings might change into overlapped with the minimal and maximize buttons within the title bar.

[Other]

Fastened a difficulty the place after the newest updates, display readers would possibly unexpectedly say “legacy window” with out studying out the window contents when interacting with sure apps. Fastened a difficulty the place after the newest updates, textual content may not render appropriately when enhancing content material inside a multiline textual content field in sure apps. Fastened a difficulty the place protected content material playback would possibly fail on some machines after the newest updates. Fastened a difficulty which might trigger ethernet add speeds to be considerably decrease on some PCs after the newest updates.

Identified points [Taskbar & System Tray]

We’re investigating a difficulty which is inflicting the Begin menu to not open for some Insiders on click on, though it would open should you press the Home windows key. It’s believed this subject may probably influence the notification heart (which you'll be able to open with WIN + N). We’re investigating a difficulty the place for some Insiders apps aren’t exhibiting within the system tray when they need to be.

[File Explorer]

Copy progress would possibly flash when clicking roughly particulars in darkish mode model of the copy dialog. Scrollbar and footer are lacking and exhibiting a white block as a substitute 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 primarily based on Home windows 11, model 25H2 through an enablement package deal (Construct 26220.xxxx). Many options are rolled out utilizing Managed Function Rollout expertise, 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 steadily rolled out to you, you'll be able to flip ON the toggle to get the newest updates as they're accessible through Settings > Home windows Replace*. Over time, we are going to enhance the rollouts of options to everybody with the toggle turned on. Must you preserve this toggle off, new options will steadily 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 completely 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 might present up in future Home windows releases once they’re prepared. Some options in energetic growth we preview with Home windows Insiders might not be absolutely 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 through Suggestions Hub. Try Flight Hub for a whole have a look at what construct is by which Insider channel.