Microsoft has released two builds to Insiders. The Canary channel now hosts Build 25393, but the company didn't share what is new in it. For the Dev channel, Microsoft has released Windows 11 Build 23481. The latter comes with a pack of new features that include a new "Focus session" widget, changes made to the Folder Options dialog in File Explorer. Also, it makes the "never combine" taskbar option available to everyone!
Author: Sergey Tkachenko
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