Experimental Channel builds

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

• New Windows Security app: The Secure Boot section shows colored badges and text for your device’s Secure Boot state and certificate status.
• Improved Platform: The build includes platform changes as Windows moves to a new active development build.
• Improved Bubbles screensaver: The Bubbles screensaver runs faster on monitors with higher refresh rates.

What's being tested 1 new · 5 improved · 2 fixes

• New Touchpad: A new setting lets you choose a default, small, medium, or large right-click zone on your touchpad.
• Improved Sharing: The drag tray’s smaller preview is less likely to open accidentally and is easier to dismiss when you interact near the top of the scre...
• Improved Windows Security app: Windows Security shows colored badges and text that reflect your device’s Secure Boot state and certificate status.

What's being tested 1 new · 5 improved · 3 fixes

• New Windows Security app: Device security shows colored badges and text reflecting Secure Boot and certificate status.
• Improved Storage: The command-line limit for formatting FAT32 volumes increases from 32GB to 2TB.
• Improved Storage: Settings loads storage information for large volumes faster.

What's being tested 2 improved · 2 fixes

• Improved Windows platform: The build includes platform changes as Windows moves to a new active development build.
• Improved Screensaver Settings: Setting Screensaver Settings back to None is more reliable.
• Fix An issue that caused some Insiders to experience more freezes after recent flights is fixed.

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

• New Pen settings: The Pen settings page is refined, including small changes to pen tail button options. A new “Same as Copilot key” option makes the pen...
• Improved Voice typing: Configuring the fluid dictation option in voice typing settings is more reliable.
• Improved Settings Developer Mode dialog: The Developer Mode dialog in Settings is being updated to look consistent with other Windows 11 dialogs.

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

• New Input: Compatible input devices can provide haptic feedback for actions such as aligning objects in PowerPoint, snapping or resizing windows,...
• Improved Xbox mode: The Xbox full screen experience is now called Xbox mode.
• Improved Xbox mode: The first time you enter Xbox mode, the setup experience is improved.

What's being tested 4 new · 9 improved · 5 fixes

• New Windows Console: An optional graphics-based rendering mode gives the Console another way to draw its contents.
• New Windows Console Find dialog: You can search Console text using patterns, rather than only matching a simple string.
• New Windows Console clipboard: Terminal applications can use a supported terminal command to write selected text to the clipboard.

What's being tested

• Note A small set of general improvements and fixes aims to improve the experience on PCs running this build; the changes are rolling out gra...
• Note Canary builds can be unstable and may come with limited documentation.

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

• New Administrator Protection: You can turn on Administrator Protection in Windows Security settings. A restart is required.
• New Touchpad: You can choose a default, small, medium, or large right-click zone on supported touchpads.
• New Task Manager: Optional Isolation columns show which apps run in an isolated container.

What's being tested 4 new · 4 improved

• New Feedback Hub: A refreshed Feedback Hub app is available to Insiders in the Dev and Canary Channels.
• New Compliment feedback: You can submit compliments to call out what is working well.
• New Feedback privacy: You can choose whether your feedback is visible to the Insider community.

What's being tested 5 new · 7 improved

• New Shared audio: A taskbar indicator appears while audio is being shared. Clicking it opens sharing settings to change the volume or stop sharing.
• New Feedback Hub: A redesigned Feedback Hub app is available, with a refreshed interface for sharing and exploring feedback.
• New Feedback Hub: You can submit compliments to highlight what is working well.

What's being tested 5 new · 6 improved · 1 fix

• New Pointer Indicator: Low-vision users can turn on a pointer indicator to locate and use the cursor more easily.
• New Feedback Hub: A refreshed Feedback Hub app is available as an app update for Dev and Canary Insiders.
• New Feedback Hub: You can submit compliments to call out what is working well.

What's being tested 3 new · 8 improved

• New Emoji: The emoji panel now includes new emojis from Emoji 16.0.
• New Camera Settings: Settings provides pan and tilt controls for supported cameras.
• New File Explorer: You can use voice typing to rename files in File Explorer.

What's being tested 1 new

• New Pen settings: Pen settings get small refinements, including changes to pen tail button options. A new option lets the pen tail button launch the same...

What's being tested 4 new · 7 improved · 2 fixes

• New Windows Setup Experience: During setup, you can choose a custom name for your user folder on the Device Name page. If you skip this step, Windows uses the defaul...
• New Windows Driver Policy: Windows trusts third-party WHCP drivers by default and keeps an allow list for trustworthy publishers and drivers from the cross-signin...
• New Account Settings: Microsoft 365 Family subscribers see an option to upgrade to a different 365 plan on the Accounts page in Settings. Turning off suggest...

What's being tested 1 new · 1 improved

• New File Explorer: You can use voice typing while renaming files in File Explorer.
• Improved Storage: Removing Windows Update and Windows.old files through Storage settings is more reliable.

What's being tested 2 new · 3 improved

• New Administrator Protection: Administrator protection lets administrator accounts use admin functions with just-in-time privileges. It is off by default.
• New File Explorer: You can use voice typing when renaming files in File Explorer.
• Improved Sharing: The drag tray uses a smaller peek view, which reduces accidental opening and makes it easier to dismiss near the top of the screen.

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

• New Emoji: New emojis appear in the emoji panel.
• New Backup & Restore: First-sign-in restore can restore your settings and Microsoft Store apps on more kinds of devices.
• New Taskbar & System Tray: You can open a built-in network speed test from the taskbar’s network controls.

What's being tested 2 new · 7 improved

• New Batch files and CMD scripts: Administrators can enable a mode that prevents batch files from changing while they run. This can also reduce repeated signature checks...
• New Narrator: A new keyboard command reads the status bar in apps. For example, it can read page or word counts in Word and the sum or average of sel...
• Improved Shared audio: Each listener can adjust their own volume without changing the other listener’s volume.

What's being tested 2 new · 8 improved

• New Voice Typing: A new setting lets you choose how long Voice Typing waits before carrying out a voice command. The update is rolling out to all desktop...
• New Paint: You can rotate shapes, text, and active selections to any angle using the rotate handle, or enter an angle with Custom rotate.
• Improved Cross-Device Resume: You can continue more activities from an Android phone on your PC, including Spotify playback, work in Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, and...

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

• New Paint: You can rotate shapes, text, and selections to any angle.
• Improved Context Menu: The Open command for .exe, .bat, and .cmd files uses the icon of the file’s default app.
• Improved Device Cards: The consumer Device info card simplifies device specifications and makes the path from the Settings Home card to the About page more co...

What's being tested 1 improved

• Improved Platform development path: This build moves your device to a new active development path.

What's being tested 2 new · 1 fix

• New Built-in Sysmon: Windows includes Sysmon functionality to capture system events that can help with threat detection. It is disabled by default and must...
• New Windows Share: When you copy a link to a OneDrive cloud file, the share window offers options to send the link through other apps.
• Fix Desktop watermark: The desktop watermark shows the correct build number.

What's being tested 2 new · 3 improved

• New Emoji 16.0: New Emoji 16.0 emoji appear in the emoji panel.
• New Camera Settings: Supported cameras gain controls for pan and tilt.
• Improved The taskbar’s autohide area at the bottom of the screen gets visual and performance improvements.

What's being tested 1 fix

• Fix Apps working with files on OneDrive or Dropbox: An issue with apps working with files on OneDrive or Dropbox is fixed.