Experimental Channel builds

What's being tested 2 new

• New Settings: You can navigate the Bluetooth quick settings page using a gamepad.
• New Windows Share: You can pin favorite apps in the Windows share window.

What's being tested 1 new · 6 improved · 4 fixes

• New Context menu: A first-time teaching tip can help you learn about context menu customization options.
• Improved Security: Memory Integrity might turn on during updates on more eligible supported PCs. It helps improve security and prepare devices for advance...
• Improved Context menu: The new context menu settings let you turn off the customize context menu entry.

What's being tested 1 improved · 4 fixes

• Improved Kerberos enhancements: Windows authentication can work when the PC cannot connect directly to a domain controller.
• Fix Input: The mouse cursor no longer repeatedly blinks for some Insiders.
• Fix Input: The mouse cursor is visible again in certain apps.

What's being tested 2 fixes

• Fix Input: Touchpad zoom works again in certain apps.
• Fix Input: The mouse cursor moves in the correct direction on portrait monitors for some Insiders.

What's being tested 4 new · 21 improved · 4 fixes

• New Narrator: Narrator can read math equations aloud in supported Microsoft 365 apps, including Word and PowerPoint. Math navigation lets you move th...
• New Magnifier: Each display can have its own zoom level, so magnification stays within that screen instead of spanning all your displays.
• New Magnifier: You can lock a display's magnified view so it stays in place while you move your pointer to another screen.

What's being tested 4 new · 12 improved · 1 fix

• New Personalization > Background: You can use DIB image files as desktop backgrounds.
• New Personalization > Background: Slideshow wallpapers work across multiple desktops without automatically switching back to Picture.
• New Windows Recovery Environment: During a recovery workflow that needs internet access, Windows Recovery Environment can automatically use eligible Wi-Fi profiles alrea...

What's being tested 2 new · 1 fix

• New File Explorer: The preview pane can automatically show PDFs and files other than HTML that you downloaded from the web.
• New Microsoft Store: Some packaged apps can offer purchases inside the app, including apps that need elevated permissions.
• Fix Input: The mouse cursor is visible again in certain apps.

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

• New Accessibility: A new setting automatically opens app windows maximized, so you do not have to maximize them yourself.
• New Manage camera, microphone, and location access for desktop apps: You can allow or deny camera, microphone, and location access separately for each desktop app. Apps that have not accessed a resource b...
• New Microsoft Store: Packaged WinUI 3 apps that need elevated permissions can support in-app purchases through Microsoft's integrated commerce platform.

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

• New Windows Security: Enterprise devices with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint enabled now show this information at the top of Virus & threat protection.
• Improved Windows Security: Windows Security gets small interface adjustments to align it with other Windows apps; you might notice subtle differences.
• Fix Accessibility: Magnifier launching works again for some Insiders who had trouble launching it in the previous flight.

What's being tested 2 fixes

• Fix Settings: Settings no longer crashes when you interact with System > Notifications.
• Fix Accessibility: Magnifier launches for Insiders affected by the issue in the previous flight.
• Removed Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC): The WMIC command-line tool is removed from Windows.

What's being tested 6 new · 12 improved · 4 fixes

• New File Explorer: The right-click menu has a cleaner layout, keeps common actions easy to reach, and adds settings for choosing what appears.
• New Camera Roll Backup: New links in Settings help you set up automatic backups of photos and videos from a mobile device to OneDrive.
• New Emoji: Emoji 17.0 adds new emoji, including distorted face, fight cloud, and hairy creature.

What's being tested 3 improved

• Improved Windows Update: You can extend update pauses as many times as you need.
• Improved Settings: You can navigate the Bluetooth quick settings page using a gamepad.
• Improved Smart card removal policy: Administrators can set Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 sessions to disconnect automatically when a redirected smart card is remov...

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

• New Windows Update: You can extend update pauses as many times as you need.
• New Touchpad: You can set the baseline speed for touchpad scrolling and zooming.
• New Touchpad: Repeated scrolling can accelerate, helping you move quickly through long documents.

What's being tested 2 new · 5 improved · 6 fixes

• New Search: Windows Search can expand its indexing scope based on your activity, including recent files and frequently accessed locations, so more...
• New Phone Link: Hover over a recent message or notification in the Start menu's Recent section to preview its content without opening it on your phone.
• Improved Certificate renewal for Windows Insiders: The renewed flight certificate helps your device stay on a supported Insider build and continue receiving future Insider Preview update...

What's being tested 3 new · 10 improved

• New Voice isolation in Voice Access: Voice Isolation helps Voice Access understand your speech by filtering other voices and background noise. Voice data stays on your devi...
• New Narrator: HID braille displays can connect to Narrator over USB without extra setup, or wirelessly after Bluetooth pairing.
• New Narrator: HID braille displays work over USB during the initial Windows setup, so deaf-blind users can set up a PC independently from the first s...

What's being tested 4 new · 3 improved · 1 fix

• New Smart card removal policy: Administrators can configure remote sessions to disconnect automatically when a redirected smart card is removed.
• New Narrator: Narrator connects instantly to HID braille displays. Compatible displays work over USB without additional setup, or wirelessly over Blu...
• New Narrator: HID braille displays can be used over USB during the initial Windows setup, so people who are deaf-blind can set up a PC from the first...

What's being tested 10 improved · 4 fixes

• Improved File Explorer: Deleting large, fragmented files is faster in some situations.
• Improved File Explorer: File Explorer Home opens faster and responds more quickly.
• Improved File Explorer: You can scroll through the Recommended files carousel on Home with touch.

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

• New Taskbar — Alternate Taskbar Position: You can move the taskbar to the bottom, top, left, or right edge of the screen. Some features are still unsupported or in progress in a...
• New Taskbar — Smaller Taskbar: A smaller taskbar option reduces icon size and taskbar height, leaving more room for apps.
• New EDU: Eligible K-12 education Insiders can upgrade Windows 11 Home devices to Pro Education at no additional cost. The upgrade is one-way; re...

What's being tested 1 new · 7 improved · 2 fixes

• New Recovery: Cloud rebuild reinstalls Windows to a clean state, even if the PC will not boot. It downloads the Windows image and device drivers from...
• Improved Search: Several Windows Search Box improvements are rolling out to Insiders on this build.
• Improved Backup and restore on by default for commercial: Windows settings backup and restore is enabled by default on eligible work or school devices joined to Microsoft Entra. It backs up use...

What's being tested 5 new · 7 improved

• New Windows Magnifier: You can enter an exact zoom percentage in the Magnifier toolbar.
• New Windows Magnifier: A Settings dropdown offers preset zoom steps from 5% to 400%.
• New Accessibility: Screen tint applies a color overlay across the display to reduce its intensity. You can choose a preset or custom color and adjust the...

What's being tested 1 new · 2 improved

• New Remote Recovery Management: A remote management plug-in adds recovery management capabilities for providers that manage devices.
• Improved Mobile Device Settings: Settings lets people add and manage mobile devices, including features for using a device as a connected camera or accessing its files...
• Improved Input: The emoji panel now uses GIPHY to browse and share GIFs.

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

• New Taskbar: A dedicated Taskbar Size setting makes it easier to find and choose a taskbar size.
• Improved Taskbar: Transitions between taskbar sizes are smoother.
• Improved File Explorer: Thumbnail previews for cloud files are more reliable in the Details pane.

What's being tested 5 improved

• Improved All sound devices: You can change the default audio devices from the All sound devices page.
• Improved All sound devices: A volume meter next to each device shows when audio is playing.
• Improved All sound devices: You can filter the page to show input or output devices.

What's being tested 3 improved

• Improved A small number of minor bug fixes and improvements are included, though the notes do not describe them individually.
• Improved Accessibility: Captions redraw immediately when you change their style. If no caption is visible, a sample caption appears.
• Improved Audio: The inbox HD Audio driver is more reliable.

What's being tested 4 improved · 2 fixes

• Improved Settings > System > About and winver show version 26H2.
• Improved File Explorer: The Copy dialog is more consistent and reliable in Dark mode, including when it opens and when you expand its progress view.
• Improved Start menu: The Start menu more reliably reflects newly installed or removed apps without requiring a sign-out or restart.