Beta Channel builds

What's being tested 6 new · 6 improved · 11 fixes

• New Quick machine recovery: Quick machine recovery can detect widespread boot problems and apply fixes, reducing downtime and manual intervention.
• New Narrator: Speech recap lets you review live transcriptions and the last 500 things Narrator said, or copy its last spoken phrase.
• New Click to Do: Click to Do can turn text into a bulleted list in English, Spanish, and French.

What's being tested 2 new · 2 improved · 4 fixes

• New Improved Windows Search: On Copilot+ PCs, you can search for documents, photos, and settings by describing what you mean in your own words. Search works offline...
• New Improved Windows Search: Search can find photos saved in the cloud alongside photos on your PC, and show exact keyword matches in cloud-file text.
• Improved File Explorer: Extracting zipped files is faster, particularly when you unzip many small files.

What's being tested 2 improved · 6 fixes

• Improved File Explorer: Text scaling works in more File Explorer warning and error dialogs.
• Improved Login and Lock: The web sign-in icon better matches the other icons shown when you select a sign-in option.
• Fix File Explorer: File Explorer no longer hangs when the search indexer is stuck.

What's being tested 2 new · 2 improved · 6 fixes

• New Voice access: On Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs, voice access understands more natural ways of saying a command and shows real-time command suggesti...
• New Settings: A new Settings page lets you choose which apps can provide recommended actions on Copilot+ PCs.
• Improved Voice access: Voice access can navigate, dictate, and interact with Windows in Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.

What's being tested 1 new · 3 fixes

• New Voice access: Voice access supports Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese voice commands for navigating, dictating, and interacting with Windows...
• Fix Start menu: For users with the new grid or category views on the All page, Windows Tools-related apps no longer appear in separate folders instead...
• Fix Windows Update: A quality update that was installed no longer goes missing from Update History in Settings.

What's being tested 6 new · 3 improved · 7 fixes

• New File Explorer: File Explorer Home shows Recommended files based on your activity, including files you use often, recently downloaded, or added to the...
• New Start menu: The Recommended section may suggest two apps to snap together.
• New Notifications: A notification asks you to add a secondary email or recovery phone number if you use a Microsoft account on your PC and have not added...

What's being tested 1 new · 2 improved · 1 fix

• New File Explorer: Recommended files appear in File Explorer Home, with thumbnail previews, to give you quick access to files based on your activity. Pers...
• Improved Start menu: The Recommended section may suggest two apps as a snap group when they are likely to be snapped together.
• Improved Search on the Taskbar: Web search providers are better supported and easier to discover in Windows Search in the EEA.

What's being tested 3 new · 2 improved · 6 fixes

• New Lock screen widgets: You can add, remove, and rearrange lock screen widgets such as Weather, Watchlist, Sports, and Traffic. This rollout starts with Inside...
• New Group Policy: IT administrators can disable lock screen widgets without disabling widgets elsewhere on managed PCs.
• New Snipping Tool: You can trim screen recordings by adjusting their start and end times.

What's being tested 2 new · 1 improved · 4 fixes

• New Input: A new taskbar icon opens the emoji and more panel, so you can use emojis, GIFs, and Kaomoji across Windows apps and surfaces.
• New Snipping Tool: You can trim unwanted sections from the beginning or end of a screen recording.
• Improved File Explorer: More warning and error messages in File Explorer support larger text.

What's being tested 2 new · 2 improved · 6 fixes

• New Improved Windows Search: Taskbar search can find photos saved in the cloud as well as photos on the PC. It can also show exact keyword matches in cloud file tex...
• New Snipping Tool: Screen recordings can be trimmed by adjusting their start and end times.
• Improved Recall (Preview): This update deletes previous Recall snapshots. Recall saves new snapshots only if the option to save snapshots is turned on in Settings...

What's being tested 1 new · 2 improved · 3 fixes

• New File sharing: When you drag a local file from File Explorer or the desktop, a tray appears at the top of the screen. Drop the file on a displayed app...
• Improved Start menu: The All page is getting grid and category views. Grid view lists apps alphabetically, while category view groups them into categories o...
• Improved File Explorer: Text scaling works in more File Open/Save dialogs and Wizard dialogs.

What's being tested 4 new · 11 improved · 11 fixes

• New OneDrive: A notification lets you open on your PC a supported OneDrive file you recently viewed or edited on your phone.
• New Taskbar & System Tray: You can share a file from an app's taskbar jump list.
• New File Explorer: You can snooze or turn off the “Start backup” reminder from its address-bar prompt.

What's being tested 2 improved · 7 fixes

• Improved Desktop Spotlight: The Desktop Spotlight icon gets a new color and backplate and moves to the bottom-right of the desktop, making it easier to find.
• Improved File Explorer: Extracting zipped files performs better, particularly when you unzip a large number of small files.
• Fix File Explorer: File Explorer reliability issues are fixed.

What's being tested 1 new · 1 fix

• New Paint: Paint adds a Copilot menu with Cocreator, Image Creator, Generative erase, and Remove background. Each feature has a short description.
• Fix Settings: The Home page of Settings no longer crashes for some Insiders.

What's being tested 2 new · 1 improved · 8 fixes

• New Lock screen widgets: In the EEA, you can add, remove, and rearrange supported widgets such as Weather, Watchlist, Sports, and Traffic on the lock screen.
• New Widgets policy: Administrators can disable widgets on the lock screen without disabling widgets elsewhere on managed PCs.
• Improved File Explorer: File Explorer Home can show people icons under Activity and in Recommended. Selecting or hovering over an icon displays that person's M...

What's being tested 3 new · 16 fixes

• New Improved Windows Search: On Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs, File Explorer can find photos saved in your personal OneDrive using descriptions of what the photos...
• New Settings: The Settings homepage is adding cards for enterprise device information and accessibility preferences on managed commercial PCs. Some u...
• New Paint: Paint's Copilot menu puts Cocreator, Image Creator, Generative erase, and Remove background in one dropdown with short descriptions. Co...

What's being tested 3 new · 1 improved

• New Input: The touch keyboard is beginning to support using an Xbox controller to navigate and type, with keys arranged vertically for easier cont...
• New Narrator: Narrator can jump to list items and to the beginning or end of large tables, lists, and landmarks.
• New Settings: Eligible Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass subscribers may see a card on the Settings homepage to refer a friend to try PC Game Pass...

What's being tested 3 new · 3 improved · 1 fix

• New Widgets: Web developers can use existing web content to build interactive widgets that can be added to Windows 11 widget surfaces.
• New Settings: Cards on Settings > System > About show your PC’s processor, RAM, storage, and GPU specifications. They do not yet appear on managed co...
• New Settings: The Settings homepage is starting to appear on PCs managed by an IT administrator, with cards for device information and accessibility...

What's being tested 2 improved · 1 fix

• Improved File Explorer: The context menu labels actions such as cut, copy, paste, rename, share, and delete, making them easier to identify.
• Improved Magnifier: New buttons let you fit the zoom to the screen or restore your last or preferred magnification.
• Fix File Explorer: Several issues affecting File Explorer’s performance and reliability are fixed.

What's being tested 1 new · 3 improved · 1 fix

• New Windows Share: The Windows share window shows a visual preview of links and web content you share.
• Improved Start menu: Recommended websites are filtered to show higher-quality sites based on your browsing history.
• Improved Spotlight on the lock screen: Clicking the “Like” icon on the lock screen opens the Spotlight landing page with more information about the image.

What's being tested 1 new · 4 improved · 5 fixes

• New File Explorer: A right-click option lets users snooze or turn off the “Start backup” reminder in the address bar.
• Improved Taskbar & System Tray: The shortened date and time in the system tray is temporarily disabled while issues are addressed.
• Improved File Explorer: Folders launched from outside File Explorer open in a new tab when a File Explorer window is already open.

What's being tested 2 new · 4 improved · 3 fixes

• New OneDrive: If a supported OneDrive file is open on your phone while your PC is locked, unlocking the PC within 5 minutes can show a notification t...
• New WebAuthn APIs: Windows adds API support for third-party passkey providers. Customers will be able to choose one alongside the native Windows provider...
• Improved Start menu: You can right-click a local file in the Recommended section and share it.

What's being tested 4 new · 1 improved · 1 fix

• New Taskbar & System Tray: You can share files directly from an app’s jump list on the taskbar.
• New Input: The on-screen keyboard has a gamepad layout that lets you navigate and type with an Xbox controller.
• New Narrator: Narrator can skip past a link to the text that follows it, which can help when navigating long emails, articles, and wiki pages.

What's being tested 1 new · 1 improved · 4 fixes

• New Start menu: The Recommended section begins showing some Microsoft Store apps from a curated group of developers. You can turn these suggestions off...
• Improved Country and Operator Settings Asset (COSA): Profiles for certain mobile operators are brought up to date.
• Fix App list backup: Win32 shortcuts that might not back up to the cloud are addressed.

What's being tested 1 new · 1 improved · 7 fixes

• New File Explorer: The navigation pane’s right-click menu includes a New Folder option.
• Improved File Explorer: Context menus open and File Explorer navigation perform better.
• Fix Taskbar: For some Insiders, right-clicking taskbar apps no longer sometimes crashes File Explorer.