Experimental Channel builds

What's being tested 2 new · 5 improved · 8 fixes

• New Recall: Recall has a personalized homepage with recent snapshots and the apps and websites you used most in the past 24 hours.
• New Hardware indicators: You can choose to show brightness, volume, airplane mode, and virtual desktop indicators at the bottom, top left, or top center of the...
• Improved Recall: A navigation bar on the left gives you access to Recall Home, Timeline, Feedback, and Settings.

What's being tested 6 new · 7 improved · 15 fixes

• New Voice typing: A new setting lets you choose whether voice typing filters profanity or types it as spoken.
• New Narrator: Speech recap lets you review recent Narrator speech, follow live transcription, and copy the last spoken phrase.
• New Windows Share: You can edit and compress local images in the Windows share window before sharing them.

What's being tested 5 new · 8 improved · 9 fixes

• New Settings agent: Describe a problem in Settings, such as a small mouse pointer, and the agent recommends steps. With your permission, it can automate an...
• New Recall export: Insiders in the EEA can export Recall snapshots to share with third-party apps and websites. The export code is shown only during initi...
• New Notification Center clock: A larger clock with seconds can appear above the date and calendar in Notification Center.

What's being tested 4 new · 3 improved · 12 fixes

• New Start menu: The Start menu puts All at the top level and adds category and grid views for installed apps. Its sections adapt to screen size and ava...
• New Lock screen widgets: You can add, remove, and rearrange widgets such as Weather, Watchlist, Sports, and Traffic on the lock screen.
• New Narrator Screen Curtain: Screen Curtain blacks out the display while Narrator reads its contents aloud, helping keep on-screen information hidden from people ne...

What's being tested 4 new · 1 improved · 20 fixes

• New Energy saver: IT administrators can manage energy saver settings on Windows 11 PCs to help extend battery life.
• New Phone Link: Notifications from mobile apps appear in the Start menu, grouped by app.
• New Phone Link: You can start mirroring a supported Android device's screen from its Start menu icon or the footer menu.

What's being tested 9 new · 4 improved · 16 fixes

• New Click to Do: You can use recognized text on screen to start a draft in Word with Copilot.
• New Quick machine recovery: A new Settings page lets you check and configure recovery that can apply fixes after widespread boot problems.
• New Widgets: A navigation bar lets you switch between a Widgets dashboard and other dashboards, such as My feed.

What's being tested 1 new · 4 fixes

• New Voice access: An in-product experience announces new Voice access features and improvements, helping you discover and learn about them. You can open...
• Fix Input: Pen input responds again on some PCs that support pen inking. Some touch interactions might also have been affected.
• Fix An underlying issue affecting some apps, such as Spotify, was mitigated. The issue caused apps to fail to launch or install from Micros...

What's being tested 2 new · 3 fixes

• New SDKs: SDKs are not planned for 27xxx series builds for the time being.
• New Post-Quantum Cryptography: Windows adds support for post-quantum signature algorithms, which developers can use to work with ML-DSA certificates.
• Fix Windows Sandbox: Windows Sandbox opens without error 0xc0370106.

What's being tested 4 new · 9 improved · 6 fixes

• New File Explorer: Right-click a file and choose AI actions to edit or search with images, or work with Microsoft 365 files without opening them.
• New Advanced settings: A redesigned Advanced settings page brings developer settings together and adds controls for long paths, virtual workspaces, and Git de...
• New Widgets: The widgets board gets a more organized, personalized feed with Copilot-curated stories that combine summaries, videos, and images from...

What's being tested 1 new · 2 improved · 14 fixes

• New Input: A new taskbar icon gives you another way to open the emoji and more panel and use emojis, GIFs, and kaomoji across Windows.
• Improved File Explorer: Text scaling works in more parts of File Explorer and its file dialogs.
• Improved Desktop icons: Icons for packaged apps pinned to the desktop no longer have an accent-colored background and should be larger and easier to see. Creat...

What's being tested 3 new · 3 improved · 7 fixes

• New Click to Do: On AMD and Intel Copilot+ PCs, selecting text lets you summarize it, make a bulleted list, or rewrite it in a different style.
• New Settings: A new FAQs section on Settings > System > About provides answers about PC configuration, performance and compatibility.
• New Paint and Notepad: Commercial users on IT-managed PCs can use AI features in Paint and Notepad with a work or school account.

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

• New Energy saver: IT administrators can manage energy saver settings on Windows 11 PCs through Microsoft Intune.
• New Graphics: On PCs with HDR displays, you can allow HDR video streaming even when HDR is off in settings.
• New Graphics: On PCs with Dolby Vision displays, Dolby Vision mode can be switched independently of HDR.

What's being tested 1 new · 4 improved · 10 fixes

• New Voice typing: A new setting lets you choose whether voice typing masks profanity with asterisks or types it as spoken.
• Improved Click to Do (Preview): If your PC supports pen and inking, you can set the pen shortcut button to open Click to Do with a click, double-click, or press and ho...
• Improved Click to Do (Preview): Click to Do can be added to the pen menu as one of the four apps available there.

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

• New Unexpected restart screen: Unexpected restarts show a more streamlined screen that keeps the technical information. For Insiders, this screen appears as a green s...
• New Mouse settings: More mouse settings are available in Accessibility, including mouse indicators, pointer trails, and options to customize mouse behavior...
• New Pen and touch settings: Pen and touch settings offer an option to use press and hold to perform a right-click action.

What's being tested 5 new · 8 improved · 9 fixes

• New Click to Do: You can send selected on-screen text to Reading Coach to practise reading aloud and get feedback on fluency and pronunciation.
• New Click to Do: You can open recognized text in Immersive Reader, which offers reading display options and tools such as read-aloud and word highlighti...
• New Windows Search: In the taskbar search box, you can describe cloud photos in your own words and see them alongside photos stored on your PC. Search resu...

What's being tested 3 new · 2 improved · 8 fixes

• New Windows search box: On Copilot+ PCs, you can search for settings using your own words, even when you are offline.
• New Narrator: Narrator can provide detailed descriptions of images, charts, and graphs on Copilot+ PCs.
• New Widgets: The widgets board can show full articles, slideshows, and videos directly in the MSN feed.

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

• New Taskbar icon scaling: When the taskbar gets crowded, its icons can shrink so more apps remain visible. You can choose whether this happens when the taskbar i...
• New Drag tray: When you drag a local file from File Explorer or the desktop, a tray appears at the top of the screen. Drop the file on an app or choos...
• New Recall (Preview): Recall is testing a basic search history feature.

What's being tested 12 new · 3 improved · 13 fixes

• New Improved Windows Search: On AMD- and Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs, you can describe documents, photos, and settings in your own words to find them in File Explore...
• New Improved Windows Search: Search results can include cloud photos alongside local photos. You can also find exact keyword matches in the text of cloud files.
• New Narrator: Speech recap lets you review recent Narrator speech, follow live transcription, and copy the last phrase Narrator spoke.

What's being tested 1 new · 1 improved · 13 fixes

• New Settings: Cards on Settings > System > About show your PC’s processor, RAM, storage, and GPU. They appear only on some PC form factors, such as d...
• Improved File Explorer: Text scaling works across more of File Explorer and its file and copy dialogs.
• Fix File Explorer: File Explorer no longer might appear blank when you switch to it with Alt+Tab from a minimized state.

What's being tested 2 improved

• Improved Dev Channel: The Dev Channel moves to 26200-series builds, closing the option to switch to Beta after this build is installed.
• Improved Click to Do: Intelligent text actions are moderated on the device instead of in the cloud and are available in Click to Do in Recall.

What's being tested 1 new · 2 improved · 13 fixes

• New Windows Security: For PCs with a Pluton chip, Windows Security is beginning to show the chip’s manufacturer and manufacturer version.
• Improved The build includes general improvements and fixes to the overall experience.
• Improved File Explorer: Extracting zipped files is faster, particularly when extracting many small files.

What's being tested 2 fixes

• Fix Audio: Some apps no longer crash because of an issue with the audio driver after recent MIDI work.
• Fix Settings: Color Management shows the expected color profiles for the selected monitor.
• Removed Location History: Windows no longer saves Location History locally, and its settings are removed from the Location page.

What's being tested 1 new · 3 improved · 8 fixes

• New Microsoft Store: Department pages are trying a new spotlight design that shows more products at a glance.
• Improved Task Manager: Task Manager reports CPU use consistently across its Processes, Performance, and Users pages. An optional, hidden-by-default Details co...
• Improved BitLocker: The early boot screens, including the BitLocker PIN and recovery key screens, load more quickly.

What's being tested 3 new · 1 improved · 13 fixes

• New Battery icons: Colored battery icons show charging and battery states at a glance.
• New Battery percentage: You can show the battery percentage next to the battery icon in the system tray.
• New Taskbar & System Tray: You can share files directly from an app’s taskbar jump list.

What's being tested 5 new · 2 improved · 4 fixes

• New Windows MIDI Services: The in-box public preview brings a new MIDI system for musicians, with support for MIDI 2.0 and updated MIDI 1.0 features.
• New OneDrive cross-device resume: After you open a supported OneDrive file on your phone while your PC is locked, a notification can offer to open that file on your PC i...
• New File Explorer: You can snooze or turn off the “Start backup” reminder in the address bar if your Documents, Pictures, or Desktop folders are not being...