Microsoft has released a new Windows 10 build 21H2 preview build 19044.1947. It is out with the patch KB5016688 to Insiders in the Release Preview channel. Among various fixes and improvements, there are options to remotely manage language options and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint improvements.
Author: Sergey Tkachenko
Enable Encrypted Client Hello in Microsoft Edge to secure connections
You can now enable Encrypted Client Hello in Microsoft Edge, starting in version 105. After that, the browser will encrypt all parameters of the TLS protocol, making connections more secure.
The Windows 11 Weather widget will now detect location more accurately
Microsoft has improved the accuracy of the device's location detection for widgets. Earlier, the weather forecast in the taskbar could detect a different city from the Weather app, with the latter showing the proper data. To resolve this inconsistency, Microsoft has made Widgets poll the location data more frequently, that resulted in better accuracy.
Microsoft banned Rufus from downloading Windows ISOs
Looks like Microsoft isn't happy with third-party tools that replace and extend features of its very own Media Creation Tool. So it has silently made a change to servers that host Windows ISO files. The change now affects the popular Rufus tool, which can't now download Windows 8, Windows 10 and Windows 11.
How to enable new taskbar animation in Windows 11 Dev channel
Just a few days ago Microsoft has released a new Dev channel build 25179 to Insiders. The most important change in it is tabs in File Explorer enabled for everyone. It also includes a new navigation pane, also enabled for everyone. Besides, it comes with a hidden gen. There's a new taskbar animation.
The Inspiration feed in Edge Collections goes live
Earlier in June, Microsoft has announced several improvements for Collections. One of them, "Inspiration Feed", is now available to some users. It finds on the Internet content similar to what you have saved to your Collections.
A new Screen Ruler tool is soon coming to PowerToys
Microsoft is adding a new tool to the set of PowerToys utilities that will allow you to measure a screen area in pixels. The user will be able to launch it with a customizable key sequence, and adjust a few more its settings like the cursor color.
Microsoft updates OneDrive with new features to celebrate its 15th anniversary
OneDrive cloud storage is now 15 years old. To celebrate its presense on the market, Microsoft is rolling out a number of nice updates.
Windows 11 Build 22621.575 and 22622.575 are in the Beta channel
Besides the new Dev channel build, Microsoft today updated the Beta channel for Insiders with Windows 11 version 22H2, builds 22621.575 and 22622.575. They are out with KB5016694 and have quite a different set of features.
Windows 11 Build 25179 (Dev) brings up File Explorer tabs and navigation pane to everyone
Today's build in the Dev channel finally makes File Explorer tabs and the new navigation pane available to everyone. Also, Microsoft is experimenting with how File Explorer shows search results. Finally, there are input improvements, and ISO images available for clean install.
