Build 26120.2415: Windows Insider Dev Channel, November 2024. Recall search and actions on Copilot+ PCs

Brings Recall and Click to Do previews to Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs in the Dev Channel, alongside Narrator additions and fixes for the taskbar, desktop, File Explorer, input, and Narrator.

Does it affect you? Applies to: Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. Recall and Click to Do previews in this build are for Insiders with Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs. Recall is removed by default on work or school PCs managed by an IT administrator and on Enterprise editions of Windows 11; IT administrators control whether it is available.

This is a test build for people in the Windows Insider Program. Features in it can change, be removed, or never reach regular Windows releases.

What changes

Fixes 5 changes

Taskbar & System Tray

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders with the latest-updates toggle on

Interacting with taskbar app icons no longer causes explorer.exe to crash in the affected cases.¹
Fixes an issue causing explorer.exe to crash sometimes when interacting with app icons in the taskbar in recent flights.

Desktop

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders with the latest-updates toggle on and multiple monitors

Desktop backgrounds display correctly on affected multi-monitor setups instead of showing large black areas.²

File Explorer

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders with the latest-updates toggle on

The File Explorer search box no longer draws past the edge of the window.³

Input

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders with the latest-updates toggle on who use Windows wheel devices

Windows wheel devices can scroll again in the affected cases.⁴

Narrator

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders with the latest-updates toggle on who use Narrator natural voices

Narrator no longer crashes on launch for affected users of natural voices such as Jenny.⁵

New features 3 changes

Recall

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders with Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs; availability is controlled by IT on managed or Enterprise devices

Recall (Preview) lets eligible Insiders find apps, websites, images, and documents in saved snapshots by searching or describing what they remember. Saving snapshots is opt-in, and Recall is removed by default on IT-managed work or school PCs and Enterprise editions.⁶
This preview is for Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs. Recall requires Windows Hello enrollment and BitLocker and Secure Boot to be enabled; it can filter detected sensitive information.

Click to Do

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders with Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs

Click to Do (Preview) recognizes text and images in Recall snapshots and offers actions such as copying text, searching the web, sharing images, or editing images with Photos and Paint.⁷
In this update, Click to Do works only within the Recall experience.

Narrator

Gradual rollout

For: Narrator users

Narrator scan mode adds shortcuts to skip past links and jump directly to lists on web pages and in documents.⁸
Press N to skip past links and L to jump to lists while Narrator scan mode is on.

Improvements 2 changes

Windows Hello

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders in the Dev Channel

A revamped Windows Hello experience is scheduled to start rolling out to Dev Channel Insiders soon.⁹

Speech in Windows

Gradual rollout

Speech-to-text and text-to-speech are improved. Some users of Narrator, voice access, live captions, live translations, or voice typing may be asked to update language files manually.¹⁰
The language files will be released separately through Microsoft Store.

Technical details

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Data sheet

Released: 2024-11-22
Type: Windows Insider build

Version	Build	Channel
—	26120.2415	Dev Channel

Security

No vulnerabilities are listed for this update.

Sources

Windows Insider Blog

Updated Oct 27, 2026

Cited passages from Microsoft's official notes (10)

1. Fixed an issue causing explorer.exe to crash sometimes when interacting with app icons in the taskbar in the latest flights. blogs.windows.com
2. Fixed the issue where your desktop background may not show correctly sometimes with multiple monitors (showing big black areas). blogs.windows.com
3. Did some work so the search box in File Explorer shouldn’t draw off the end of the window anymore. blogs.windows.com
4. Fixed an underlying issue in the last few flights that could cause Windows wheel devices to not scroll. blogs.windows.com
5. Fixed an issue in the previous flight which caused Narrator to crash on launch if you used one of the natural voices (like Jenny). blogs.windows.com
6. With this update, we welcome Windows Insiders with Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs to join the Dev Channel to try out Recall (Preview) with Click to Do (Preview). blogs.windows.com
7. Click to Do recognizes text and images in snapshots and offers AI powered actions you can take on these blogs.windows.com
8. Skip past links (N’) allows you to navigate to the text after a link. This is most helpful when navigating through long emails, news articles, and wiki pages. blogs.windows.com
9. The revamped and modernized Windows Hello user experience that is rolling out to Windows Insiders in the Beta and Canary Channels will start rolling out to Insiders in the Dev Channel soon. blogs.windows.com
10. We have improved our speech-to-text and text-to-speech experience on Windows. blogs.windows.com

Checked automatically: 8 of 8 checks passed, 10 quoted passages

Quotes found in the official pages: passed
Numbers found in the sources: passed
Vulnerabilities from the dossier only: passed
Links to allowed domains only: passed
Every official change covered: passed
Readable plain text: passed
Changes confirmed by the file list: passed
Sources agree: passed

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