Experimental Channel builds

What's being tested 1 fix

• Fix Networking: You can connect to shared files and folders again when using SMBv1 over NetBIOS over TCP/IP.

What's being tested 2 improved · 8 fixes

• Improved Settings: After updating, Advanced Settings returns to the previous For Developers experience. The change is expected to return soon.
• Improved Gaming: Gaming performance may improve when Game Bar or other overlays appear over a game, particularly on PCs with multiple monitors that have...
• Fix Some installation attempts no longer roll back with errors 0xC1900101-0x20017 or 0xC1900101-0x30017.

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

• New Click to Do: On Copilot+ PCs, a translation suggestion appears when selected text is in a different language from your Windows display language or p...
• New Taskbar & System Tray: Hovering over an open app on the taskbar can show an option to share its window with Copilot and start a conversation using Copilot Vis...
• New Desktop Spotlight: When Windows Spotlight is your desktop background, the desktop context menu adds “Learn more about this background” and “Next desktop b...

What's being tested 10 new · 10 improved · 22 fixes

• New Click to Do: A new Copilot prompt box lets you type a prompt to use with selected on-screen content. Suggested prompts appear below it.
• New Click to Do: New and popular tags in the context menu help you find AI-powered actions.
• New Start menu: The Recommended section may show example prompts to try in the Copilot app, such as creating an image.

What's being tested 1 improved · 6 fixes

• Improved A small set of general changes improves the experience for Insiders running this build.
• Fix Storage: The Temporary files scan no longer gets stuck, and Storage Settings shows the option to clean up previous Windows installations.
• Fix Taskbar: Switching between desktops after minimizing an app no longer causes a duplicate preview thumbnail when you hover over the app.

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

• New AI actions in File Explorer: Right-click a supported image in File Explorer to choose web image search, background blur, object removal, or background removal witho...
• New Notification center clock: An option adds a larger clock with seconds above the date and calendar in notification center.
• Improved Settings: Settings shows which third-party apps recently used generative AI models provided by Windows, and lets you control which apps can use t...

What's being tested 2 new · 3 improved · 5 fixes

• New Voice access: Fluid dictation corrects grammar, punctuation, and filler words as you speak. It works in text apps, is disabled in secure fields, and...
• New Windows Studio Effects: On supported Copilot+ PCs, Windows Studio Effects can be used with an additional camera, such as a USB webcam or a laptop’s built-in re...
• Improved Agent in Settings: The agent in Settings is beginning to roll out to Insiders whose primary display language is French.

What's being tested 1 improved · 3 fixes

• Improved Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI): Registry scanning runs better.
• Fix Windowing: A problem that increased Desktop Window Manager crashes, which could cause a black flash, is fixed.
• Fix Launching cmd without administrator privileges from the Run dialog now opens Windows Terminal when it is the default terminal app.

What's being tested 3 new · 2 improved · 9 fixes

• New Click to Do: Select a simple table in an app to send it to Excel, copy it, or share it without retyping its contents.
• New Click to Do: Open a Microsoft 365 profile card from a work or school email to see contact details and past collaborations without leaving Click to D...
• New Narrator: The Braille viewer displays text and Braille output on screen. It shows the number of cells on a connected display, or 40 cells by defa...

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

• New Cross-device app resume: After you play Spotify on your Android phone, a taskbar alert lets you continue the same track or episode on your PC. If Spotify is not...
• New Lock screen: The lock screen shows updated battery icons and a battery percentage.
• New Input: Press Win + Minus to insert an en dash, or Win + Shift + Minus to insert an em dash. If Magnifier is running, Win + Minus continues to...

What's being tested 5 new · 3 improved · 12 fixes

• New Additional clocks: You can add additional clocks in Settings. They appear in Notification Center and when you hover over the taskbar clock.
• New Time server: You can change your time server in Settings.
• New Number and currency formats: You can change number and currency formats in Settings.

What's being tested 2 new · 3 improved · 13 fixes

• New Click to Do: You can select multiple items by drawing around them, dragging a rectangle, or holding Ctrl while clicking. The selection can include d...
• New Snipping Tool: You can record activity within a specific app window by choosing window mode under Recording area. The recording area stays in its orig...
• Improved Microsoft Store apps: Administrators can remove select pre-installed Microsoft Store apps on Enterprise and EDU devices.

What's being tested 10 new · 3 improved · 4 fixes

• New Recall: Recall is among the Copilot+ PC experiences being enabled for Canary Insiders.
• New Click to Do: Click to Do is among the Copilot+ PC experiences being enabled for Canary Insiders.
• New Improved Windows Search: Improved Windows Search is gradually rolling out to Copilot+ PCs.

What's being tested 1 improved · 3 fixes

• Improved Windows Search: Windows Search settings are beginning to move into one page, so you can find them together under Settings > Privacy & security > Search...
• Fix File Explorer: File Explorer no longer might crash when you view a file’s digital signatures tab in its properties.
• Fix Input: Microsoft Changjie Input works properly again.

What's being tested 3 new · 10 improved · 11 fixes

• New Settings — additional clocks: You can add additional clocks from Settings instead of Control Panel. The clocks appear in Notification Center and when you hover over...
• New Settings — Unicode UTF-8: A Settings toggle lets you enable Unicode UTF-8 for worldwide language support.
• New Settings — language and region: You can copy your current language and region settings to the welcome screen, system account, and new user accounts.

What's being tested 1 new · 4 fixes

• New File Explorer: For work or school accounts, File Explorer Home can show people icons under Activity and Recommended; hovering over or selecting an ico...
• Fix Start menu: The updated Start menu no longer crashes for some Insiders.
• Fix Taskbar & System Tray: Clicking a taskbar preview thumbnail works after an accidental mouse click-and-drag on it.

What's being tested 2 improved · 8 fixes

• Improved Input: The pointer indicator accessibility setting is available again for low-vision Windows users.
• Improved Settings: The search box in Settings is at the top center.
• Fix The Windows 11 boot sound plays instead of the Windows Vista boot sound.

What's being tested 3 new · 5 improved · 14 fixes

• New Settings: An agent in Settings can suggest steps when you describe what you want to change. It works when English is your primary display languag...
• New Click to Do (Preview): A first-use tutorial shows how to summarize text and remove an image background. You can start it again from the three-dot menu.
• New Search on the Taskbar: Image search results in Windows Search appear in a grid, making images easier to identify.

What's being tested 6 fixes

• Fix Administrator Protection: The Xbox app launches when administrator protection is enabled. Other apps might also have been affected, showing errors 0xC0000142 or...
• Fix Settings: The battery percentage appears again at the top of System > Power & Battery.
• Fix Remote desktop: Remote desktop no longer has the extreme graphical distortion and rendering issues described for Arm64 PCs.

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

• New Click to Do: Click to Do can describe images, charts, and graphs on AMD- and Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs. The descriptions are generated locally on t...
• New Narrator: Narrator can read detailed descriptions of images, charts, and graphs on AMD- and Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs. Press Narrator key + Ctrl...
• New Settings: A Text and image generation page shows which third-party apps recently used Windows-provided generative AI models and lets you control...

What's being tested 2 fixes

• Fix File Explorer: File Explorer keeps view changes, and desktop icons no longer unexpectedly move or revert to their default size.
• Fix Camera: The Camera app no longer gets stuck on some PCs after you switch between the front and back cameras.

What's being tested 2 new · 2 improved · 13 fixes

• New Click to Do: Click to Do can generate detailed descriptions of images, charts, and graphs. The descriptions are generated on your device.
• New Administrator protection: Administrator protection is a security feature that lets administrator users perform admin tasks with temporary, just-in-time privilege...
• Improved App permission requests for location, camera, microphone, and other access appear in a centered dialog, with the rest of the screen sli...

What's being tested 10 new · 9 improved · 6 fixes

• New Taskbar icon scaling: When the taskbar gets crowded, its icons can shrink so more apps remain visible. You can choose whether they shrink when the taskbar is...
• New Quick machine recovery: When enabled, quick machine recovery detects widespread Windows issues and can deliver a targeted fix through Windows Update. It is ena...
• New Voice access: You can add words, including difficult-to-pronounce words, to the voice access dictionary to help it recognize your vocabulary more acc...

What's being tested 1 new · 1 improved · 15 fixes

• New Microsoft Store: You can install apps and games directly from featured sections at the top of the Store homepages, with fewer steps.
• Improved SDKs: SDKs are not planned for 27xxx-series builds for the time being.
• Fix Reset this PC: Reset this PC under Settings > System > Recovery works again after upgrading from recent Canary builds.

What's being tested 1 new · 3 improved · 9 fixes

• New Passwordless Improvements: You can use passkeys saved in 1Password or save new passkeys there, then verify with Windows Hello to sign in.
• Improved Settings and winver show version 25H2, identified as this year's annual feature update.
• Improved Voice access: Japanese support in Voice access is temporarily unavailable while bugs are addressed.