Category: Windows 11

Microsoft has released new Windows 11 22621.2050 and 22631.2050 to Beta channel Insiders. New features are available in build 22631, and in build 22621 they are disabled by default, but will be available after the service pack is installed. The update includes a lot of new features that earlier were available only in Dev and Canary.

Microsoft has released a new version of Windows Subsystem for Android. WSA 2306.40000.4.0 is a small update that is available to all Windows Insider channels.

In addition to the officially announced features, Windows 11 Build 23506 includes a few hidden ones, and a number of user interface changes that weren't mentioned. Let's fill the gap and review all the remaining features.

Microsoft has released Windows 11 Build 23506 to Windows Insiders on the Dev channel. The update includes Unsafe password copy and paste warnings, new Passwordless experience with Windows Hello for Business, Local File Sharing improvements, and new Outlook as an inbox app. You will also find Windows Copilot Preview, updated color font format for emojis, Voice Access on the lock screen, and improved backup and restore options.  The new home page in the Settings app has been temporarily disabled due to a stability bug. Two additional recommendations have been added to the Power & Battery section in Settings. Finally, there are ISO images for this build that are available for download here.

During the Inspire 2023 event, Microsoft announced that enterprise customers with Microsoft 365 E3, E5, Business Standard, and Business Premium licenses will be able to subscribe to Microsoft 365 Copilot for $30 per month per user.

YouTube now has a new feature called "Stable Volume." It appears under video settings. While it doesn't have a prominent description as of this writing, it must be a normalizer and compressor. Such a feature normalizes the sound volume for entire video, so you don't face big volume jumps for sound events.

With Windows 11 Build 23493, which was earlier released to Insiders,  Microsoft made Windows Copilot available to everyone who runs the OS in the Dev channel. Initially, it was in A/B testing, but this has changed.

You may remember rumors telling that Windows 11 version 23H2 will be a small update to version 22H2, similar to how Windows 10 has received its last three updates. Today, Microsoft confirmed this information in the published roadmap for client versions of Windows. The updated roadmap should help users and organizations plan upgrades to new versions of the operating system, and sheds some light on the future of Windows 11 Version 23H2 and Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021 with Volume Licensing.

Two new Windows 11 builds are now available to insiders on the Beta channel. Windows 11 Build 22631.2048 adds the Gallery section to File Explorer, and a new Store with AI Hub. Its counterpart, build 22621.2048, comes with these features disabled by default.