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Build 29550.1000: Windows Insider Experimental Channel, March 2026. Emoji panel additions and camera pan-and-tilt controls

In short

Adds Emoji 16.0 emojis, camera pan-and-tilt controls, and voice typing for renaming files, alongside reliability and power-setting changes.

Does it affect you? Applies to: Devices enrolled in the Windows Insider Canary Channel.

Build
29550.1000

This is a test build for people in the Windows Insider Program. Features in it can change, be removed, or never reach regular Windows releases.

What changes

Improvements 8 changes

Platform

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders with the toggle on

  • The build includes platform changes as Windows moves to a new active development build.1

Power

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders with the toggle on

  • Changes to global power settings now apply to all power plans, helping your chosen settings persist.2
    This includes Display, Sleep, and Hibernate timeouts, Power/Sleep button settings, and lid close actions.

Settings

Gradual rollout 4 items

For: Insiders with the toggle on

  • Settings Home loads faster.3
  • Navigating to Privacy & Security in Settings is more reliable.4
  • Updating necessary File Explorer components when prompted is more reliable.5
    The prompt is under System > Advanced > File Explorer.
  • Configuring custom tools for a wheel in Bluetooth & Devices is more reliable.6

Nearby Sharing

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders with the toggle on

  • Sending larger files using Nearby Sharing is more reliable.7

Other

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders with the toggle on

  • Running the System File Checker command is more reliable.8
    The command is sfc /scannow.

New features 3 changes

Emoji

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders with the toggle on

  • The emoji panel now includes new emojis from Emoji 16.0.9

Camera Settings

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders with the toggle on and a supported camera

  • Settings provides pan and tilt controls for supported cameras.10
    Find the controls under Settings > Bluetooth & devices > Cameras, in Basic settings for the selected camera.

File Explorer

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders with the toggle on

  • You can use voice typing to rename files in File Explorer.11
    Start voice typing with Windows key + H.

Technical details

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Data sheet

Released
2026-03-13
Type
Windows Insider build
VersionBuildChannel
— 29550.1000 Experimental Channel

Security

No vulnerabilities are listed for this update.

Sources

Updated
Cited passages from Microsoft's official notes (11)
  1. 1. This update includes platform changes in moving to a new active development build. blogs.windows.com
  2. 2. Changes to global power settings (for example, Display, Sleep, Hibernate timeouts, Power/Sleep button, and lid close actions) from Settings are now applied to all power plans. blogs.windows.com
  3. 3. Improved performance of loading Settings Home. blogs.windows.com
  4. 4. Improved Settings reliability when navigating to Privacy & Security. blogs.windows.com
  5. 5. Improved reliability of updating necessary components when prompted under System > Advanced > File Explorer. blogs.windows.com
  6. 6. Improved reliability of configuring custom tools in Bluetooth & Devices > Wheel. blogs.windows.com
  7. 7. Improved the reliability of sending larger files using nearby sharing. blogs.windows.com
  8. 8. Improved reliability of running sfc/scannow. blogs.windows.com
  9. 9. These new emojis now appear in the emoji panel. blogs.windows.com
  10. 10. You can control pan and tilt for supported cameras in the Settings app. blogs.windows.com
  11. 11. You can now use voice typing (Windows key plus H) when renaming files in File Explorer. blogs.windows.com
Checked automatically: 8 of 8 checks passed, 11 quoted passages
  • Quotes found in the official pages: passed
  • Numbers found in the sources: passed
  • Vulnerabilities from the dossier only: passed
  • Links to allowed domains only: passed
  • Every official change covered: passed
  • Readable plain text: passed
  • Changes confirmed by the file list: passed
  • Sources agree: passed

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