Hi all, last Friday Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Build 26300.8687 to the Experimental Channel.
Smooth upgrades on all Experimeltal (used to be Dev) Channel devices here, Happy Flighting!
Less update reboots due to coordinating patches, drivers and .net updates is starting to roll out in this build, you will start seeing ‘available’ updates, you can install manually or will be installed together with the next update cycle.
Changes and improvements gradually being rolled out
[Windows Update]
- As announced in the Windows Update announce blog, we are now bringing a new unified update experience to reduce the number of reboots you see per month. We are starting by coordinating driver, .NET, and firmware updates to align with the monthly quality update, reducing the update experience to a single monthly restart. See the blog for more information.
[File Explorer]
- Middle click to open a folder in a new tab is now supported in the Address Bar and the Home page for a more consistent and efficient tabbed navigation experience across File Explorer.
- Improved screen reader announcements for conflict resolution dialog (“Which files do you want to keep?”) when moving / copying files.
- Made some more improvements to how File Explorer responds to increased text scaling.
[Search]
- Finding apps is more forgiving. Search is better at handling typos, dropped letters, extra letters, and partial words for apps. Queries like “utlook” can still find Outlook.
- Settings results are improving. We’ve made ranking improvements to help more relevant settings appear higher in results.
[Taskbar]
- Improved reliability of loading the system tray area of the taskbar.
- Fixed an issue where tooltips might unexpectedly appear on top of the Start menu icon in the taskbar when using the taskbar in an alternate position. Also fixed a few other visual polish issues when using the taskbar with small icons.
[Windows setup]
- The digital safety of users and supporting families is central to how we think about the Windows experience. We’re improving information on parental controls and their availability during Windows setup, so families can more easily understand available protections and make informed choices from the very beginning.
[Input]
- Update: The emoji panel (Windows key + period (.)) now uses GIPHY as the GIF provider, delivering a smoother GIF browsing and sharing experience following the deprecation of Tenor.
- Fixed an issue which was causing the mouse cursor to potentially move in the wrong direction in recent Insider builds on secondary monitors when set to portrait mode.
[Remote Recovery Management]
- Adding recovery remote management plug-in for extending WinRE management capabilities for MDM providers
[Audio]
- Fixed an issue resulting in audio not working for some Insiders after the latest flights.
[Settings]
- Fixed an issue impacting the reliability of Settings > Apps > Installed Apps after the latest flights.
[General Reliability]
- If you were experiencing freezes in the previous flight when interacting with search, Notepad, or certain other scenarios, that should be resolved now.
[Other]
- When using dark mode, if you open “Run new task” from Task Manager it will now show in dark mode too.
source: Flight Hub
