Build 26120.3653: Windows Insider Beta Channel, March 2025. Quick machine recovery and Narrator speech recap

For: Insiders using a PC in a tablet posture

• Taskbar icons increase in size as expected when you use the PC in a tablet posture.¹

For: Windows Insiders

• File Explorer is less likely to hang when its search indexer stops responding.²
• Dates for files and folders in Home no longer unexpectedly appear blank.³
• File Explorer launches more reliably.⁴
• Searching from Home works even if you have disconnected network drives.⁵
• File Explorer no longer crashes when you move or rename certain files.⁶

For: Windows Insiders

• Dragging a window or hovering over its maximize button no longer causes the described snap-layout crash.⁷
  Fixes an explorer.exe crash related to snap layouts.

For: Windows Insiders

• Windows Update no longer asks you to reboot to install a cumulative update that is already installed.⁸
• Installed cumulative updates appear in Settings > Windows Update > Update History.⁹

• Settings no longer crashes for some Insiders when they open System > Power & Battery.¹⁰
• Text in Advanced Camera Options loads correctly.¹¹
  The issue affected Bluetooth & devices > Cameras.

For: Insiders in the Beta, Dev, and Canary Channels

• The screen shown after an unexpected restart has a simpler design while retaining its technical information.¹²
  The updated green screen is beginning to roll out to Windows 11, version 24H2 and higher in the Beta, Dev, and Canary Channels.

• You can launch Copilot on Windows with Win + C and customize that shortcut or the Copilot key.¹³
  Customize the Copilot key and Win + C behavior under Settings > Personalization > Text input > “Customize Copilot key on keyboard.”
• Press and hold the Copilot key for 2 seconds to talk with Copilot. On PCs without a Copilot key, press and hold Win + C for 2 seconds. Press Esc to end the conversation; Copilot also ends it after several seconds without speech.¹⁴
  Alt + Spacebar is also supported for press to talk. The feature requires Copilot app version 1.25033.139.0 or higher.

• Developers can add the same press-to-talk trigger to their apps that support the Copilot key.¹⁵
  The Microsoft 365 Copilot app does not currently support this feature.

For: Insiders with Copilot+ PCs

• You can open Click to Do from the Start menu and pin it to Start or the taskbar.¹⁶
  Click to Do is in preview for Windows 11, version 24H2, on Copilot+ PCs in the Dev and Beta Channels.
• Click to Do's intelligent text actions support Spanish and French as well as English.¹⁷
  Text actions are currently available on Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs; support for AMD- and Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs is coming soon.

For: Windows 11 Insiders; enabled by default for home users

• Quick machine recovery can detect widespread boot problems and apply fixes, reducing downtime and manual intervention.¹⁸
  When a critical boot failure occurs, the device enters Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), connects to the network, and sends diagnostic data so targeted remediations can be delivered through Windows Update. It is enabled by default for home users; IT admins can enable, customize, or test it.

For: People who use Narrator

• Speech recap lets you review live transcriptions and the last 500 things Narrator said, or copy its last spoken phrase.¹⁹
  Open the speech recap window with Narrator key + Alt + X; copy the last spoken phrase with Narrator key + Control + X. The window's text refreshes whenever Narrator starts.

• Click to Do can turn text into a bulleted list in English, Spanish, and French.²⁰
  The bulleted-list action is currently available on Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs; support for AMD- and Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs is coming soon.
• Organizations can use policies to manage Click to Do.²¹
  Policies for managing Click to Do in a commercial environment are available to IT admins.

• The Windows share window shows a visual preview when you share links or web content.²²
• You can crop, rotate, filter, and compress local images in the Windows share window before sharing them.²³
  This works only with local images in .jpg, .jpeg, .dib, .png, .tif, .tiff, and .bmp formats.