Dev Channel builds

What's being tested 2 new · 4 improved · 9 fixes

• New Widgets: On left-aligned taskbars, the Widgets entry point moves to the left of the system tray and becomes wider. The Widgets board opens from...
• New Taskbar & System Tray: When the taskbar has keyboard focus, pressing a letter jumps to an open or pinned app whose name starts with that letter. Home and End...
• Improved Widgets: The Widgets board gets security and API changes for creating widgets and feeds.

What's being tested 2 new · 3 fixes

• New Installing an MSIX package locally or from the web is beginning to get an extra check of its source and safety.
• New Windows Share: You can share content from the Windows share window to a paired Android device.
• Fix Task Manager: Graphs on the Performance page show the correct colors again when you use dark mode.

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

• New Energy Saver: On a laptop running on battery, a notification asks you to plug in when the battery reaches 20% and Energy Saver is set to “Always On.”
• New Settings: Energy recommendations include an option to turn off HDR to save energy on PCs with HDR displays.
• Improved Input: Mouse settings let you turn off enhanced pointer precision and change the direction of mouse scrolling.

What's being tested 1 new · 5 improved · 1 fix

• New File Explorer: You can duplicate a tab by right-clicking it in File Explorer.
• Improved Taskbar & System Tray: The setting for showing seconds in the system tray clock is now under Settings > Time & language > Time & date.
• Improved Narrator: Narrator scan mode responds more quickly, especially when you use Microsoft Edge or read large documents.

What's being tested 7 new · 5 improved · 11 fixes

• New Start menu: Drag an app from the pinned section of the Start menu to the taskbar to pin it there.
• New File Explorer: You can drag and drop files between breadcrumb sections in the File Explorer address bar.
• New Lock screen: The lock screen is starting to show finance, traffic, and sports updates alongside weather. The cards also have updated sizing, spacing...

What's being tested 1 improved

• Improved Microsoft Store: At checkout, Microsoft Wallet lets you make purchases and redeem Microsoft Rewards points for a gift card to use toward your purchase.

What's being tested 1 new

• New Snipping Tool: Screen recordings are automatically saved in the Screen Recordings folder inside Videos. You can turn off automatic saving in Snipping...

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

• New Settings: A new Linked devices page lets you manage PCs and Xbox consoles signed in with your Microsoft account.
• New Phone Link: When you receive a message, three suggested replies appear as bubbles; select one to send it immediately. Suggested Replies is on by de...
• Improved A small set of general changes improves the overall experience on PCs running this build.

What's being tested 1 improved · 4 fixes

• Improved DNS validation: A DNS validation limit is now 1,000 checks. Each check validates one label in one iteration.
• Fix File Explorer: The Network Locations heading appears again in the This PC section of File Explorer.
• Fix Domain controllers: The amount of authentication network traffic on domain controllers might otherwise increase.

What's being tested 1 new · 8 improved · 24 fixes

• New Settings: The Settings homepage can show a Game Pass recommendation card if you actively play games on your PC. The homepage appears only on Wind...
• Improved Windows Hello for Business: IT admins can turn off the prompt that appears after users sign in to an Entra-joined device.
• Improved Remote Desktop Session Host: Clipboard sharing can be set to work in either direction between a local computer and a remote computer.

What's being tested 2 improved · 1 fix

• Improved Windows 11, version 24H2: Dev Channel updates now use the Windows 11, version 24H2 update path through an enablement package.
• Improved Copilot in Windows: Rollouts of some Copilot preview experiences are paused for further refinement. Copilot continues to work as expected.
• Fix Copilot in Windows: A fix is rolling out for Copilot launching unexpectedly after a PC restart.

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

• New Cumulative Update Build 26100.268: A cumulative update is rolling out to Dev Channel Insiders to test the servicing pipeline.
• Improved Desktop build watermark: The build watermark is absent from the desktop in this build and will return in a future Insider Preview build.
• Fix Shutdown and hibernate: Shutdown and hibernate work again for the issue affecting recent builds.

What's being tested 4 new · 6 improved · 6 fixes

• New SMB over QUIC: Administrators can disable the SMB over QUIC client using Group Policy or PowerShell.
• New SMB over QUIC: Successful SMB over QUIC client connections are now recorded in the event log, including the QUIC transport.
• New SMB signing and encryption: Administrators can audit whether SMB clients or servers support signing and encryption.

What's being tested 5 new · 2 improved · 7 fixes

• New Improved Windows Search: On Copilot+ PCs, you can describe a document, image, or setting in your own words to find it, including when the PC is offline.
• New Click to Do: A new Refine action can proofread and refine text selected on a Copilot+ PC.
• New File Explorer: Right-clicking a location in the navigation pane now offers a New Folder option.