Build 26120.3000: Windows Insider Dev Channel, January 2025. Battery percentage, Narrator shortcuts, and File Explorer fixes

Build 26120.3000 for Dev Channel Insiders adds battery percentage and new Narrator shortcuts, restores the gamepad touch-keyboard layout, and includes File Explorer fixes.

Does it affect you? Applies to: Devices enrolled in the Windows Insider Program in the Dev Channel.

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 6 changes

General

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders with the latest-updates toggle on

Performance improves for a small group of Insiders who experienced significant slowdowns.¹
The slowdowns were caused by repeated background crashes in the previous flight.

File Explorer

Gradual rollout 3 items

For: Insiders with the latest-updates toggle on

You can navigate to a location by entering its path in the address bar again.²
The address bar no longer unexpectedly covers content in full-screen view.³
Applies to full-screen (F11) view.
Searching no longer causes the text box to lose keyboard focus while you type.⁴

Scanners

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders with the latest-updates toggle on

Scanning apps can detect scanners that are connected to the PC.⁵

Screen orientation

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders with the latest-updates toggle on

Some 2-in-1 PCs no longer unexpectedly change screen orientation when waking from sleep.⁶

Improvements 4 changes

Input

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders with the latest-updates toggle on

The touch keyboard's gamepad layout returns, so you can use an Xbox controller to navigate and type.⁷
The layout adds button accelerators, including X for backspace and Y for spacebar, and vertically aligns keys for controller navigation.

Search on the Taskbar

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders with the latest-updates toggle on in the EEA

Web search providers are better supported in Windows Search in the EEA, with clearer provider labels in tabs.⁸

File Explorer

Gradual rollout 2 items

For: Insiders with the latest-updates toggle on

Context menus open faster when you right-click cloud files.⁹
Thumbnails for cloud files appear more consistently in File Explorer search results.¹⁰

New features 2 changes

Battery icons

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders with the latest-updates toggle on

Colored battery icons show charging and battery status at a glance, and you can choose to show the battery percentage beside the taskbar icon.¹¹
The icons appear in the taskbar system tray, Quick Settings, and Settings. Turn on Battery Percentage under Settings > Power & battery.

Narrator

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders with the latest-updates toggle on

New Narrator shortcuts help you jump to list items and move to the beginning or end of large tables, lists, and landmarks.¹²
With scan mode on, use I to jump to a list item, and comma and period to move to the beginning or end of an element.

Removal 1 change

Suggested actions

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders with the latest-updates toggle on

Suggested actions for copied phone numbers and future dates are deprecated, and the feature is beginning to be disabled.¹³

Technical details

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Data sheet

Released: 2025-01-24
Type: Windows Insider build

Version	Build	Channel
—	26120.3000	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 (13)

1. Fixed an underlying issue which was causing significant performance degradation for a small population of Insiders in the previous flight due to repeated background crashes. blogs.windows.com
2. Fixed an issue where sometimes you would be unable to navigate by entering a path in the address bar. blogs.windows.com
3. Fixed an issue where the File Explorer address bar unexpectedly overlapped with content while in full screen (F11) view. blogs.windows.com
4. Fixed an issue where searching might lose keyboard focus on the text box while you were typing. blogs.windows.com
5. Fixed an underlying issue which could lead to scanners not being detected by scanning apps, although the scanner was connected. blogs.windows.com
6. Fixed an underlying issue which could result in 2 in 1 PCs unexpectedly changing screen orientation when coming out of sleep. blogs.windows.com
7. This change introduces the ability to use your Xbox controller to navigate and type. blogs.windows.com
8. Improved support for web search providers in Windows Search for the EEA, including clearer provider attribution in tabs. blogs.windows.com
9. Improved performance of context menu launches for people when right-clicking on cloud files. blogs.windows.com
10. Made a change to help ensure thumbnails for cloud files are displayed more consistently in search results within File Explorer. blogs.windows.com
11. Introducing new and improved battery icons in Windows 11! These icons have been designed to communicate battery status of your PC with just a quick glance. blogs.windows.com
12. Jump to list item (I’) allows you to quickly access and jump to a list item on a page or a document. blogs.windows.com
13. Suggested actions that appear when you copy a phone number or future date in Windows 11 are now deprecated. With this build, we’re beginning to disable the feature. blogs.windows.com

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