Windows 11 Build 27802 (Canary) adds file sharing to the taskbar, new battery tray icon, more

Windows 11 Build 27802 is rolling out to the Canary channel. The improved battery tray icon, Desktop spotlight, and the ability to share files right from the taskbar are among the changes.

Improved battery icon

Microsoft has introduced improved battery icons for Windows 11, designed to help you understand your battery charge level at a glance. Colored battery icons are now used to display the charge status, and you can now see the percentage of charge to the right of the icon.

A green battery icon means your device is currently charging. A yellow icon lets you know that power saving mode is in use, which turns on automatically when your battery drops to 20% or less. A red icon indicates a critically low battery, signaling that you need to connect your device to a power source as soon as possible.

New battery icons can be found in the taskbar, system tray area, quick settings flyout, and the Settings app. In future builds, these icons will appear on the lock screen, too.

As before, the device's battery status and other information will be available when you hover over the battery icon in the system tray and in Settings > System > Power & battery. This section also lets you adjust the percentage of battery charge at which power saving mode is activated.

Finally, Microsoft has added the ability to display the battery percentage next to the battery icon in the system tray. Users and Insiders have been asking for this feature for a long time, and Microsoft has listened to the feedback. To enable this feature, go to Settings > Power & Battery and turn on the Battery percentage option.

Changes and improvements

Taskbar and system tray

• • You can now share files directly from the taskbar jump list. This menu appears when you right-click on taskbar apps, such as Notepad.

    

Windows Spotlight

• • Microsoft is continuing to make changes to the way the Spotlight icon on your desktop works. You can now quickly get more information about the background image you're using by hovering over it or clicking the "Learn more about this image" icon.

Fixes

General

• • Fixed an issue resulting in Insiders seeing error code 0×8007000d when attempting to install Build 27788. The .NET update was also failing to install with error code 0×80073712. This issue should not occur with Build 27798+.

File Explorer

• • If you open the Explorer window and minimize it, it may not display correctly when you restore it.

Input

• • In Settings > Ease of Access > Mouse pointer & touch, you can choose a color for the mouse cursor other than the default. Fixed an issue where the cursor color could reset to the default after the User Account Control (UAC) dialog box appeared.

Lock screen

• • Fixed an issue resulting in the login screen crashing for some Insiders when clicking the Sign-in options link.

Administrator protection

• • Fixed a rare issue that occurred when Administrator Protection was enabled that could result in a resource loader cache error when loading a MUI file.
  • Removed extra space between "Dynamic Lock" and "Administrator Protection" in the Account Protection section of the Windows Security app.
  • Fixed an issue where the Admin Protection feature would not appear in search results when searching from the taskbar.

Audio

• • Fixed an issue resulting in a small percentage of Insiders experiencing voiceover playback not working due to a background process crashing in recent flights.

Remote Desktop

• • Fixed an issue where using Remote Desktop Connection to connect to a PC and then attempting to log in locally would result in a black screen.

Other

• • Fixed an issue resulting in some Insiders experiencing a GSOD with the error WIN32K_CRITICAL_FAILURE in recent flights.
  • Fixed an issue resulting in some Insiders experiencing a GSOD with the error KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE in recent flights.
  • Fixed an issue where the utility SFC /scannowfound corrupted files every time it was launched.

Known issues

General

• • [Important note for Copilot+ devices] If you are upgrading to the Canary channel from the Dev, Release Preview, or Stable channels on a Copilot+ device, you will encounter an issue using your PIN or biometrics when attempting to sign in. You will see the error "Something went wrong, your PIN is not available" with the code 0xd0000225. To reset your PIN, click the "Set up PIN" button.

Games

• • [New] Some popular games like Roblox may experience a GSOD (Green Screen of Death) in this build. Our engineers are working on a fix and hope to have it in the next build. You may want to pause updates and skip this build until a new one is released with a fix.

Print

• • [New] Printing from some applications may cause GSOD (Green Screen of Death).

Power and battery

• • [New]  The new battery icon is displayed with incorrect colors if Custom mode is selected with certain settings in Personalization > Colors.

Search

• • [New] Working on a fix for an issue resulting in some Insiders seeing a blank search window due to a background process crashing when launching Search from the taskbar.

Hyper-V

• • Investigating reports that Hyper-V and other features built on it, such as WSL, are not working correctly in the last few builds.