Experimental Channel builds

What's being tested 1 improved · 3 fixes

• Improved Storage: Navigating storage settings for large volumes is faster.
• Fix General Reliability: Repeated green-screen crashes with KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE after the previous flight should now be resolved.
• Fix Windows Security: The incorrect notification that Windows Defender was disabled when it was enabled should now be resolved.

What's being tested 1 new · 2 improved

• New Accessibility: Screen tint adds a color overlay across the display to reduce its intensity. You can choose a preset or custom color and adjust the str...
• Improved General Performance: Apps launch faster, and Start, Search, and Action Center respond faster.
• Improved Task Scheduler: Task Scheduler remembers task-list column widths between sessions.

What's being tested 3 new · 9 improved · 6 fixes

• New File Explorer: Middle-click a folder in the Address Bar or on the Home page to open it in a new tab.
• New Remote Recovery Management: A recovery remote-management plug-in extends remote recovery management capabilities.
• New Voice Access: Voice Access supports Portuguese (Portugal), Portuguese (Brazil), and Korean (South Korea).

What's being tested 1 new · 1 fix

• New Administrator protection: A Settings toggle lets you enable Administrator Protection. A restart is required.
• Fix Minor bug fixes and improvements: The update includes a small number of minor bug fixes and improvements.

What's being tested 2 improved · 1 fix

• Improved Platform: Windows moves to a new active development build with platform changes.
• Improved Task Manager: After resuming from hibernate, the Performance page shows CPU speeds for virtual machines without unexpectedly high numbers.
• Fix Microsoft account sign-in: Some Insiders no longer see a false message saying they are not connected to the internet when signing into a Microsoft account in cert...

What's being tested 1 improved

• Improved Platform: Platform changes move Windows to a new active development build.

What's being tested 1 improved · 1 fix

• Improved A small number of minor improvements are included, but the notes do not describe them.
• Fix A small number of minor bugs are fixed, but the notes do not specify which ones.

What's being tested 1 new · 6 improved · 2 fixes

• New Taskbar: A touch swipe can bring up the taskbar when it is in an alternate position.
• Improved Start menu: The “Recommended” section is renamed “Recent” in Start and its Settings page.
• Improved Start menu: Separate controls let you show or hide Pinned, Recommended, and All sections.

What's being tested 2 new · 4 improved

• New Windows Update: You can skip updates immediately during the initial Windows setup.
• New Shared audio: Two people can listen to the same audio from one PC at the same time using supported, paired, and connected audio devices.
• Improved Windows Update: Windows Update is intended to let you extend update pauses as many times as you need. This option is not yet available in this channel.

What's being tested 3 improved · 1 fix

• Improved Closing the input switcher and switching between multiple desktops become more reliable.
• Improved Storage: When creating a Dev Drive or changing volume sizes, you can specify the size in GB instead of only MB.
• Improved Fonts: Greek and Cyrillic text in Times New Roman has more accurate placement of combining marks, improving readability.

What's being tested 4 new · 3 improved · 5 fixes

• New Narrator: Narrator works with compatible braille displays over USB or Bluetooth. USB braille displays also work during initial Windows setup.
• New Accessibility: Screen tint overlays the display with a color you choose, with six presets or a custom color and an adjustable strength. It cannot be o...
• New Windows Ready Print: A new setting lets you choose whether Windows uses its default IPP installation method for supported printers.

What's being tested 4 improved · 1 fix

• Improved Changes and improvements: The build includes platform changes as Windows moves to a new active development build.
• Improved Print Drivers: The Internet Protocol Print driver gets new hardware IDs ahead of upcoming changes to printer-driver ranking.
• Improved Touch Keyboard Experience for Voice Typing: Voice typing animations appear on the touch keyboard’s dictation key instead of in a full-screen overlay.

What's being tested 5 improved

• Improved Windows Update: During first-run setup, you can skip updates immediately.
• Improved Windows Update: You can extend update pauses as many times as you need.
• Improved Windows Update: Options to shut down or restart while updating are always available.

What's being tested 3 new · 10 improved · 2 fixes

• New Taskbar: You can move the taskbar to the bottom, top, left, or right side of the screen.
• New Taskbar: A smaller taskbar uses smaller icons and less height, leaving more room for apps.
• New Voice access and Voice typing: Fluid Dictation is available in Spanish and French. It can correct grammar, punctuation, and filler words as you speak.

What's being tested 6 improved

• Improved Feedback Hub: Feedback Hub is more reliable.
• Improved Feedback Hub: Feedback Hub's design fit and finish, accessibility, and localization get further improvements.
• Improved Feedback Hub: People using the Community feedback section in a language other than English can switch to an English view.

What's being tested 3 improved

• Improved Input: Typing with the ADLaM keyboard is more reliable.
• Improved Input: Clipboard history opens faster.
• Improved Fonts: Font updates improve how Thai, Lao, Khmer, and Lontara text is arranged and displayed.

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

• New Touchpad: Touchpad settings let you control the baseline speed of scrolling and zooming gestures.
• New Touchpad: Automatic scrolling continues without lifting your fingers. Start it by moving your fingers near the touchpad edge while scrolling, or...
• New Touchpad: Repeated scrolling increases scroll speed, making it quicker to move through long documents.

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

• New Task Manager: On PCs with an NPU, optional columns show NPU use and NPU engine activity on the Processes, Users, and Details pages. The Details page...
• New Task Manager: Neural engines that are part of a GPU appear on Task Manager's Performance page.
• New Task Manager: Optional columns show which apps are running in an isolated app container.

What's being tested 4 new · 8 improved · 5 fixes

• New Run dialog: An opt-in refreshed Run dialog has updated visuals, a cleaner interface, and controls for managing the experience in Settings.
• New Windows Share: AAD users can discover and install suggested apps in the ShareSheet without leaving the sharing flow, and can turn promotional app reco...
• New Windows Magnifier: You can enter an exact zoom percentage in the Magnifier toolbar and choose preset zoom steps in Settings.

What's being tested 6 improved · 1 fix

• Improved Xbox Mode: Xbox full screen experience is now called Xbox mode.
• Improved Xbox Mode: The first time you enter Xbox mode, the experience is improved.
• Improved Touch Keyboard Experience for Voice Typing: Voice typing animations appear on the dictation key instead of in a full-screen overlay, reducing visual distractions while you dictate...

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

• New Windows Update: You can skip updates immediately during the out-of-box experience.
• New Windows Update: You can extend update pauses as many times as needed.
• New Windows Update: Options to shut down or restart while updating are always available.

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

• New Sound settings: If your audio device supports hardware acceleration, you can enable it in the device's Properties in Settings.
• New Point-in-time restore for Windows: You can restore Windows to a previous state, including apps, settings, and user files, to help recover from disruptions.
• New Task Manager: On PCs with an NPU, optional columns show NPU use and memory; neural engines that are part of a GPU also appear on the Performance page...

What's being tested 4 new · 3 improved

• New Gaming: Xbox mode provides a full-screen interface that puts games front and center on Windows 11 laptops, desktops, and tablets.
• New Policy-Based Removal of Preinstalled Microsoft Apps: Enterprise and Education administrators can specify additional packaged apps to remove using Group Policy.
• New Touchpad: You can choose a default, small, medium, or large right-click zone on touchpads with a pressable surface.

What's being tested 1 fix

• Fix Some apps can sign in again when Windows falsely reports that there is no internet connection.

What's being tested 8 improved

• Improved Settings: When Location services is off, Default location and Allow location override appear disabled until you turn Location services back on.
• Improved Settings: Navigating to Installed apps is more reliable.
• Improved File Explorer: The search box's icons are positioned more consistently across different PCs.