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Microsoft Edge Dev and Canary builds get a new Share menu with an 'Email to myself' feature Microsoft today announced that it is rolling out a new share menu for users running Canary and Dev builds of Microsoft Edge on the desktop, bringing a design that is akin to what is present on mobile apps. The new Share menu replaces the default. Windows and macOS share option, providing users with quick share targets in the way of app icons and a nifty way to add one’s email address to share webpages with themselves. The native share menu, however, can be accessed by clicking on the “share options” icon. Currently, the new menu supports a small list of apps that include Outlook, Gmail, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp – which is more than the existing options in the stable version. The firm says that it will be adding support for more apps in the coming weeks. Tapping on any of the app options opens those services in a new tab with the requisite information. There is also the option to copy a link to the webpage, similar to the option present in the native flyout on Windows. The other interesting and useful option being added especially for those who like to email themselves webpage links is the ‘Email to myself’ feature. Users can save their own email addresses and quickly share links to those addresses right from the browser. Clicking on the saved IDs automatically populates an email with the webpage title in the subject line and the URL in the body. This feature might prove useful for those who do not enable tab or history syncing on their mobile devices or use a different browser on their phones. Since the feature is just beginning to roll out to Dev and Canary channel builds, not all users will receive it right away. The Redmond firm says that it will be adding a separate flag to Edge Canary in the next few days to force-enable the feature. Microsoft Edge Dev and Canary builds get a new Share menu with an 'Email to myself' feature

This week's Edge Dev build enables Tab Groups by default, adds Collections integration It’s a new week, which means it’s time for a new Edge build for users in the Dev channel. Today, Edge Dev build 93.0.933.1 is rolling out to users, bringing with it a few new features and the usual set of bug fixes. In addition to this build for desktop users, the firm is officially announcing that all Insider versions of Edge are now available for Android users, with the latest entrant being the Beta version, which has been out for a few weeks. The release of Canary, Dev, and Beta channels for Android comes as part of the effort to unify the browser’s codebase across platforms. The company recently also opened up TestFlight sign-ups for iOS users. With the release of the latest Insider builds for Android, the browser version across devices will now be identical. However, there is no word on when the stable version based on the unified codebase will be released to all users. As for today’s build, the changes are minor as the teams head into the holiday weekend in the U.S. The most noteworthy change is that the Tag Groups feature is now being enabled by default, letting users select multiple tabs and group them without having to enable the feature via the hidden flags. Automatic tab grouping, however, still needs to be manually enabled. Additionally, users will be able to send entire groups to a Collection. Here is the complete list of fixes in today’s build: Enabled Tab Groups by default. Added the ability to add a Tab Group to a Collection and open the contents of a Collection in a Tab Group. Added a management policy to control which Internet Explorer Integration Cloud Site List to use. Note that updates to administrative templates and documentation may not have occurred yet. Enabled by default access to hand tracking data in Web XR scenarios. As usual, the release brings with it a bunch of fixes. Here’s are the fixes that improve the reliability of the browser: Fixed a crash when closing a tab. Fixed a crash when opening tabs. Fixed a crash when closing IE mode tabs. Fixed a crash on startup. Fixed a crash on Mac when using context menus in Collections. Fixed a crash when interacting with autofill popups. Fixed a crash when using the Find on Page bar. Fixed a crash when sending feedback. Fixed a crash when closing the Web Widget. Fixed a crash on Windows 7 when using PWAs. And here are the fixes that address changed behavior: Fixed an issue where the new tab page sometimes doesn’t load. Fixed an issue on Mac and Linux where Settings goes blank when searching for something. Fixed an issue where the Cookies and Site Data page in Settings is blank. Fixed an issue where passwords aren’t sorted properly in Settings. Fixed an issue where USB device permissions aren’t shown in the Site Information flyout. Fixed an issue where Collections don’t sync and are stuck in a “Syncing…” state. Fixed an issue where the Site Information dialog is too big. Fixed an issue where the Shopping flyout sometimes gets stuck and can’t be closed. Fixed an issue where the X to exit a fullscreen video sometimes doesn’t appear when it should. Fixed an issue where InPrivate is sometimes available when it shouldn’t be when using Family Safety. Fixed an issue where the button to exit Kids Mode doesn’t work. Fixed an issue where Price Comparison is triggered for trivial savings amounts. Fixed an issue where none of the UI is clickable in PWAs or websites installed as apps. Fixed an issue where the browser fails to close when clicking the Close button in the prompt to close all tabs when you close the browser if IE mode tabs are open. Fixed an issue where modal dialogs sometimes don’t display correctly when using IE mode tabs. Fixed an issue where devices running Windows 10 Pro for Workstations sometimes don’t get management policies applied correctly to them. Fixed an issue where improperly set management policies sometimes cause downloads to fail. There are a bunch of known issues that users running the Dev channel builds must be aware of. Here is the complete list: Certain extensions such as the Microsoft Editor extension don’t work on Linux. As soon as they’re installed, they crash and are disabled. We’re currently investigating. Users of certain ad blocking extensions may experience playback errors on Youtube. As a workaround, temporarily disabling the extension should allow playback to proceed. See this help article for more details. Some users are still running into an issue where all tabs and extensions immediately crash with a STATUS_INVALID_IMAGE_HASH error. The most common cause of this error is outdated security or antivirus software from vendors like Symantec, and in those cases, updating that software will fix it. Users of the Kaspersky Internet Suite who have the associated extension installed may sometimes see webpages like Gmail fail to load. This failure is due to the main Kaspersky software being out of date, and is thus fixed by making sure the latest version is installed. Some users are still seeing favorites get duplicated. This issue should be reduced now that automatic deduplication has been introduced into Insider channels, but we’re still rolling that out in Stable. We’ve also seen duplication happen when running the manual deduplicator on multiple machines before either machine has a chance to fully sync its changes, so make sure to leave plenty of time in between runs of the deduplicator. Some users are seeing “wobbling” behavior when scrolling using trackpad gestures or touchscreens, where scrolling in one dimension also causes the page to subtly scroll back and forth in the other. Note that this only affects certain websites and seems to be worse on certain devices. This is most likely related to our ongoing work to bring scrolling back to parity with Edge Legacy’s behavior, so if this behavior is undesirable, you can temporarily turn it off by disabling the edge://flags/#edge-experimental-scrolling flag. Lastly, the Redmond firm notes that there will not be a Dev channel build next week, likely due to the holidays. As is the case always, today’s build should be automatically downloaded and installed in the background. Alternatively, users can head into the About Microsoft Edge settings to force the browser to check for an update. This week's Edge Dev build enables Tab Groups by default, adds Collections integration

How to get Windows 11 Dev builds if your PC does not meet minimum hardware criteria If you are eager to see what Microsoft cooked up with Windows 11, the Windows Insider program is a good place to get in on the action and see Microsoft build the OS in real-time. You may have a problem if your PC does not meet minimum criteria, however, and this may be particularly true if you want to install the in-development OS on your old laptop or in a virtual machine. Fortunately, Microsoft is making an exception for long-term Windows 10 Insiders, who will be allowed to install the Dev version of the OS on non-compliant hardware. You however need to have been part of the program before the 24th June, meaning it is too late to jump on that bandwagon now. Even with non-compliant hardware, you can still join the Insider programme, but you will be shoved into the Release Preview channel, which will likely get very few builds. There is however a simple hack (of course completely at your own risk) that will get you around this restriction, simply by making a few registry edits. Note: This is only needed if you are a new Insider and want to join the Insider Dev channel with old hardware. First, join the Insider program and select Release Preview ring, which should be your only option. Reboot, then open your Registry Editor. Then navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ WindowsSelfHost \ UI \ Selection Change the text in the UIBranch key to Dev Change the text in the ContentType key to Mainline Change the text in the Ring key to External Then navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ WindowsSelfHost \ Applicability Change the text in the BranchName key to Dev Change the text in the ContentType key to Mainline Change the text in the Ring key to External Exit the registry editor, reboot and you should find yourself in the Dev ring, and be ready to receive the first Insider builds of Windows 11 early next week. Let us know how you get on in the comments below. via HTNovo How to get Windows 11 Dev builds if your PC does not meet minimum hardware criteria

Tab Groups now enabled by default in Edge Dev builds After years of development, Microsoft is finally preparing to bring Tab Groups to Edge users. The feature has been available behind flags on Edge for a while, but the company is finally enabling the feature by default in Edge Canary and Edge Dev, suggesting it should reach the stable builds in a few weeks. Tab Groups is likely the best browser UI innovation in the last few years, allowing you to group related sites together under a single labelled tab, which can then be collapsed to save space in your browser tab row. On Edge, the feature is supported for both vertical and horizontal tabs. Try it out now in the Dev and Canary builds by right-clicking on a tab and selecting Add to Group. via Techdows Tab Groups now enabled by default in Edge Dev builds

Latest Edge Dev build adds dark mode for form controls, new Kids Mode themes, and more Microsoft has released this week’s Edge Dev build, bumping the version to 93.0.926.0. The release comes a day later than the usual Tuesday timeline and brings with it a few new features, including the “much requested” dark mode support for HTML form controls. The firm detailed the feature in a separate blog post last week and said that that it worked with Google to improve support for automatic theme switching for forms. Developers can choose to restrict dark mode to certain form controls alone – such as just the dropdown box –, as well. The feature will also make it to Chrome on Android starting with version 91, and eventually to Edge on Android as well. There is also a new Efficiency Mode feature that is rolling out to users, which the firm is currently tight-lipped about. While the first-load screen after the update will mention the feature, the company says that it will provide more details “soon”. Other newly added features include a keyboard shortcut for switching between vertical and horizontal tabs, new Kids Mode themes, and more. Here is the complete list of features added with this build: Enabled by default the ability to import passwords from a CSV file. Enabled by default the ability to change the font in Immersive Reader. Enabled Kids Mode by default. Added more themes in Kids Mode. Added a keyboard shortcut for toggling between vertical and horizontal tabs layouts. Added a message on the update Settings page to warn when the browser can’t be restarted to install an update because another user on the device has it open. Added a confirmation the first time F12 is pressed that allows users to disable it as an entry point for the Dev Tools. Note that it can be re-enabled or disabled at any time in Settings. Enabled support for management policies from Chromium to control if Insecure Private Network Requests are Allowed, Chromium to control the list of what Insecure Private Network Requests are Allowed For which Urls, and to control if Triple DES is Enabled, which allows/disallows the use of 3DES cipher suites in TLS. As usual, the build comes with a bunch of bug fixes and reliability improvements. These include reliability improvements that fix random crashes and installation issues. Here’s the list of fixes that have been made to address reliability issues: Fixed a crash on launch. Fixed a crash on shutdown. Fixed an issue where certain webpages crash with a STATUS_BREAKPOINT error. Fixed a hang when opening new tabs or windows. Fixed a crash when sending feedback. Fixed a crash when navigating using certain protocols in IE mode tabs. Fixed an issue where one installation of the browser can sometimes cause another on the same machine to be unable to update. Fixed an issue where the Web Widget is sometimes blank or doesn’t load. There are also fixes to problems that cause unexpected behavior, such as visual glitches in PWAs, Web Capture tool anomalies. Here is the complete list of what’s improved: Increased the number of PDFs that can be open at once. Fixed an issue where middle-clicking on a folder inside a folder on the favorites bar doesn’t open all of the favorites in that sub-folder in new tabs. Fixed an issue where shortcuts to PWAs are sometimes broken after the browser is updated. Fixed an issue where a sign-in prompt repeatedly appears when opening certain PDFs, and then keeps reappearing, even after the PDF is closed. Fixed an issue where Guided Switch preferences sometimes can’t be edited or deleted. Fixed an issue where dragged vertical tabs don’t follow the mouse cursor properly. Fixed an issue where extensions that were hidden unexpectedly become visible. Fixed an issue where the --start-minimized command line flag doesn’t work. Fixed an issue where Office file downloads sometimes fail. Fixed an issue where Office documents can’t be opened in Kids mode. Fixed an issue where printing multiple pages per sheet sometimes rotates the page unexpectedly. Fixed an issue where the Web Capture toolbar sometimes stays onscreen unexpectedly. Fixed an issue where the browser profile picture sometimes isn’t shown in places it should be. Fixed a visual glitch with extensions in PWAs. Fixed an issue where app info for PWAs or websites installed as apps sometimes is incorrect or gone. Fixed an issue where prices aren’t visible on Collections items that come from shopping sites. Fixed an issue where multiple files can’t be downloaded from a single website while in IE mode. Deprecated the management policy to control if Legacy Same Site Cookie Behavior is Enabled. Obsoleted the management policy to control how the New Tab Page Set the Feed Type. Lastly, as with every release, the firm has detailed the known issues that users should be aware of. Some of these issues, such as the one with Microsoft Editor, have been present for a while. There are a couple of bugs that are caused by specific security software. Here are all the known issues in this build: Certain extensions such as the Microsoft Editor extension don’t work on Linux. As soon as they’re installed, they crash and are disabled. We’re currently investigating. Users of certain ad blocking extensions may experience playback errors on Youtube. As a workaround, temporarily disabling the extension should allow playback to proceed. See this help article for more details. Some users are still running into an issue where all tabs and extensions immediately crash with a STATUS_INVALID_IMAGE_HASH error. The most common cause of this error is outdated security or antivirus software from vendors like Symantec, and in those cases, updating that software will fix it. Users of the Kaspersky Internet Suite who have the associated extension installed may sometimes see webpages like Gmail fail to load. This failure is due to the main Kaspersky software being out of date, and is thus fixed by making sure the latest version is installed. Some users are still seeing favorites get duplicated. This issue should be reduced now that automatic deduplication has been introduced into Insider channels, but we’re still rolling that out in Stable. We’ve also seen duplication happen when running the manual deduplicator on multiple machines before either machine has a chance to fully sync its changes, so make sure to leave plenty of time in between runs of the deduplicator. Some users are seeing “wobbling” behavior when scrolling using trackpad gestures or touchscreens, where scrolling in one dimension also causes the page to subtly scroll back and forth in the other. Note that this only affects certain websites and seems to be worse on certain devices. This is most likely related to our ongoing work to bring scrolling back to parity with Edge Legacy’s behavior, so if this behavior is undesirable, you can temporarily turn it off by disabling the edge://flags/#edge-experimental-scrolling flag. Today’s update has just begun rolling out to users, so it could be a while till the release propagates to all systems. When it is available, it should be automatically downloaded and installed by the browser. Alternatively, you can force check for updates through the About Microsoft Edge settings page. Latest Edge Dev build adds dark mode for form controls, new Kids Mode themes, and more

Microsoft releases Edge Dev build 93.0.916.1 with a bunch of bug fixes It’s a new week, which means it’s time for a new Edge Dev build. Today, build 93.0.916.1 is heading out to Dev channel users, and there isn’t much in the way of features. This is the second release for version 93, which was released last week and brought with it improvements for macOS users such as support for biometric authentication when auto-filling content, and more. There were a few PWA improvements as well. This week, the Redmond firm is also linking to a few announcements related to the Add-ons Growth Campaign to allow users to win prizes for installing extensions. The main goal is to “create a surge in extension downloads”, the firm says. Additionally, the company is also detailing the visibility improvements it is making to DevTools. As for features, this week’s build adds to management policies from Chrome, along with the fixes to reliability and the like. Here is what’s new in today’s Dev channel release: Enabled support for a management policy from Chromium to control if CECPQ2 is Enabled. Enabled support for the management policy to control if Local Browser Data Share is Enabled, which lets surfaces in Windows search through the browser’s user data. Here are the improvements that the firm is making to improve the reliability of the browser: Fixed an issue on Mac where the browser sometimes doesn’t open. Fixed a crash on launch. Fixed an issue where clicking on the … menu sometimes crashes the browser. Fixed a crash when using the Collections popup menu. Fixed a crash when clicking the Vertical Tabs button. Fixed a crash when setting the default browser. Fixed a crash when clicking the … menu in PWAs. Fixed an issue where selecting the Define option from the mini context menu crashes the browser. And here is the list of changes that will address changed behavior: Fixed an issue where certain website permission Settings pages appear blank. Fixed an issue where searching for Settings brings up inaccurate results. Fixed an issue where the keyboard shortcut to enter Immersive Reader works on pages it isn’t supposed to. Fixed an issue where password generation puts the new password in more fields than necessary. Fixed an issue where the profile switcher is appearing on PWAs that aren’t eligible for profile switching. Fixed an issue where the … menu in PWAs sometimes doesn’t render properly. Fixed an issue where turning on vertical tabs when in full screen sometimes leads to tabs no longer being visible. Fixed an issue where UI is unexpectedly pink. Fixed an issue where pasting content into a Collection sometimes creates extra text notes. Fixed an issue where dragged vertical tabs don’t follow the mouse cursor properly. Lastly, there are the known issues that are detailed, with some of them having been present for a while. There is the complete list: Certain extensions such as the Microsoft Editor extension don’t work on Linux. As soon as they’re installed, they crash and are disabled. We’re currently investigating. Users of certain ad blocking extensions may experience playback errors on Youtube. As a workaround, temporarily disabling the extension should allow playback to proceed. See this help article for more details. Some users are still running into an issue where all tabs and extensions immediately crash with a STATUS_INVALID_IMAGE_HASH error. The most common cause of this error is outdated security or antivirus software from vendors like Symantec, and in those cases, updating that software will fix it. Users of the Kaspersky Internet Suite who have the associated extension installed may sometimes see webpages like Gmail fail to load. This failure is due to the main Kaspersky software being out of date, and is thus fixed by making sure the latest version is installed. Some users are still seeing favorites get duplicated. This issue should be reduced now that automatic deduplication has been introduced into Insider channels, but we’re still rolling that out in Stable. We’ve also seen duplication happen when running the manual deduplicator on multiple machines before either machine has a chance to fully sync its changes, so make sure to leave plenty of time in between runs of the deduplicator. Some users are seeing “wobbling” behavior when scrolling using trackpad gestures or touchscreens, where scrolling in one dimension also causes the page to subtly scroll back and forth in the other. Note that this only affects certain websites and seems to be worse on certain devices. This is most likely related to our ongoing work to bring scrolling back to parity with Edge Legacy’s behavior, so if this behavior is undesirable, you can temporarily turn it off by disabling the edge://flags/#edge-experimental-scrolling flag. As usual, the update should automatically be pulled by the browser in the background. However, you can always head into the About Microsoft Edge settings to manually check for updates and initiate the download. Microsoft releases Edge Dev build 93.0.916.1 with a bunch of bug fixes

This week's Edge Dev build lets users tweak icons for installed PWAs, brings more fixes Microsoft today released a new Edge build to users running the Dev channel version of the browser, bumping the version to 93.0.957.0. Edge version 93 is now reaching its final few builds as the company prepares to promote this version to the Beta channel early in August. Therefore, the changes on these few final builds will be minor, as is the case with today’s build. Additionally, the company has also posted a blog to detail the steps to be taken by enterprise users to opt into the Extended Stable channel, a version of the stable channel release geared towards business users that will adhere to an 8-week update cadence, which is a departure from the stable channel’s 4-week update schedule. The Extended Stable channel will be available starting with Edge 94, which is slated to be released in September. As for today’s build, the feature list is short, with the only notable change being the addition of the ability to change installed PWA icons. These are accompanied by a bunch of new management policies. Here is the complete changelog: Added the ability to change the icon for PWAs or websites installed as apps when they’re installed. Added management policies (administrative templates and documentation to come): Added a management policy to control if OneAuth Authentication is Enforced. Added a management policy to control Printing a Webpage Layout. Added a management policy to set an Autoplay Allowlist. Added a management policy to give or take away Feature Flag Overrides Control. Added a management policy on Mac to control if MAU is Enabled, which controls if updates occur through Microsoft AutoUpdate. As is always the case, there are a bunch of fixes that help with making the browser more reliable, especially for those that cause crashes. Here is the complete list of reliability improvements: Fixed an issue where the browser doesn’t open. Fixed an issue on Linux where the browser doesn’t open. Fixed a crash when typing into the address bar. Fixed a crash when closing a window. Fixed a crash when spellcheck is enabled. Fixed a crash on startup when certain extensions are installed. Fixed a crash when closing certain popups. Fixed a crash when playing certain videos. Fixed an issue where PWAs can’t be installed or repaired. Fixed a crash on Mac when syncing Collections. Fixed an issue where pressing F6 sometimes crashes the browser. Fixed a hang when closing the browser. Fixed an issue where the browser sometimes can’t be uninstalled and gives an error saying to close all windows and try again. These are followed by fixes that address changed behavior. These include fixes to Edge PWAs, PDF reader issues, and much more. Here are all the fixes: Fixed an issue where certain videos don’t have any sound. Fixed an issue where websites pinned to the Taskbar sometimes unexpectedly disappear. Fixed an issue on Linux where the Password Settings page is blank. Fixed an issue where certain AV1 or HEVC videos don’t play. Fixed an issue on Linux where tabs sometimes disappear visually from the tab band. Fixed an issue where the cookie exceptions list in the delete browsing data settings sometimes doesn’t remember changes. Fixed an issue where the PDF viewer sometimes reports being on a different page than it actually is. Fixed an issue where the button to set the Default browser in Settings doesn’t work. Fixed an issue where the management policy to import browsing data sometimes misses data. Fixed an issue where dragging an image into a Collection sometimes fails. Fixed an issue where the arrow keys sometimes can’t be used to move the cursor when editing a text note in a Collection. Fixed an issue where empty text notes sometimes crash the Collections pane. Fixed an issue where the Collections pane sometimes doesn’t fully load. Fixed an issue where profiles sometimes say Not Syncing when it’s not expected that there should be any message. Fixed an issue where the site information popup sometimes doesn’t open properly. Fixed an issue where the option to open a downloaded PDF in the system viewer doesn’t work. Fixed an issue where password health and leak alerts sometimes don’t appear in Settings. Fixed an issue where pages sometimes don’t get translated when it’s expected that they should be. Fixed an issue where context menu options on certain popups don’t work. Fixed an issue where deleting a profile sometimes unexpectedly opens a Kids Mode window. Fixed an issue where autofill popups sometimes don’t appear if the text in the textbox has a misspelling that triggers the spellcheck popup. Fixed an issue in WebView2 where files with certain names sometimes fail to download. Fixed an issue in WebView2 where microphones sometimes can’t be used because permission requests are never shown. Fixed an issue where PDFs that should have Information Protection applied to them don’t. Fixed an issue where browser windows sometimes open unexpectedly if extensions are installed. Lastly, there are the known issues that Dev channel users need to be aware of. Interestingly, some issues have been on the list for a while now, spanning multiple versions, such as the Microsoft Editor bug. There is no word on what is causing the issue or when a proper fix is expected to be made. With that said, here are all the known issues listed for this build: Certain extensions such as the Microsoft Editor extension don’t work on Linux. As soon as they’re installed, they crash and are disabled. We’re currently investigating. Users of certain ad blocking extensions may experience playback errors on Youtube. As a workaround, temporarily disabling the extension should allow playback to proceed. See this help article for more details. Some users are still running into an issue where all tabs and extensions immediately crash with a STATUS_INVALID_IMAGE_HASH error. The most common cause of this error is outdated security or antivirus software from vendors like Symantec, and in those cases, updating that software will fix it. Users of the Kaspersky Internet Suite who have the associated extension installed may sometimes see webpages like Gmail fail to load. This failure is due to the main Kaspersky software being out of date, and is thus fixed by making sure the latest version is installed. Some users are still seeing favorites get duplicated. This issue should be reduced now that automatic deduplication has been introduced into Insider channels, but we’re still rolling that out in Stable. We’ve also seen duplication happen when running the manual deduplicator on multiple machines before either machine has a chance to fully sync its changes, so make sure to leave plenty of time in between runs of the deduplicator. Some users are seeing “wobbling” behavior when scrolling using trackpad gestures or touchscreens, where scrolling in one dimension also causes the page to subtly scroll back and forth in the other. Note that this only affects certain websites and seems to be worse on certain devices. This is most likely related to our ongoing work to bring scrolling back to parity with Edge Legacy’s behavior, so if this behavior is undesirable, you can temporarily turn it off by disabling the edge://flags/#edge-experimental-scrolling flag. As usual, these updates are automatically installed in the background. However, since they are generally released in a staggered fashion, not all users will see the update show up right away, even when trying to force-check for it via the About Microsoft Edge page. For those running stable builds, version 92 is expected to be released to all users sometime this week. This will be followed by version 93 moving to the Beta channel. It is currently not known as to when the stable version of the browser based on the unified codebase will make it to mobile users. This week's Edge Dev build lets users tweak icons for installed PWAs, brings more fixes

Latest Edge Dev build adds a flag to enable the Windows 11 design, brings more features After a bit of a hiatus, Microsoft is back to releasing Edge Dev builds this week. Today, build 93.0.946.1 is heading out to users, bringing a few new features, including the ability to upload payment card information to a Microsoft Account and sync it across devices. The new share menu with the ‘email to myself’ option that was added earlier this month also gets a mention in the release notes. Edge Canary UI on Windows 11 with visual refresh flag enabled Additionally, the firm is also adding to Edge Dev the flag to enable a refreshed UI for Windows 11. The flag that was spotted last week can be enabled on both Windows 10 and Windows 11. It enables rounded corners across the UI elements in the browser, though, the Mica element can only be viewed in Windows 11. For PWAs and websites that are installed as apps for the first time, there is a new dialog that prompts users to pin the app to the Start menu or taskbar. When using vertical tabs, the title bar is now hidden by default. In addition to these, the firm notes the completion of the rollout of features like Quiet Notifications, adding Web Capture to Collections, and more. There are a bunch of new policy additions from Chrome, as well. Here is the complete list of features that are added with this build: Added the ability to upload payment card info from a webpage to your Microsoft Account in order to sync it across devices. Note that this is currently only available in the United States. Added the ability to share websites directly to email or social media sites via the Share tool. Added a dialog after installing a PWA or website as an app that gives easy access to the capability to pin the app to the taskbar, Start menu, or desktop. Added a flag to enable visual changes for Windows 11. Enabled by default the setting to hide the title bar when Vertical Tabs are enabled. Finished feature rollouts: Quiet Notifications Device authentication before autofilling a password Adding Web Captures to Collections Added management policies (note that updates to documentation or administrative templates may not have occurred yet): MSA Web Site SSO Using This Profile is Allowed, which controls if MSA credentials on the device can be used for SSO, regardless of the browser profile’s sign-in state Show PDF Default Recommendations is Enabled Implicit Sign In is Enabled Configure View In File Explorer capabilities for Sharepoint Enabled management policies from Chromium: Relaunch the Window interval Remote Debugging is Allowed Default Javascript Jit Setting JavaScript Jit Allowed For Sites JavaScript Jit Blocked For Sites Enabled mainstream support for keyboard accessible tooltips in web content. Added support for Open XR Extended Features. As is always the case, the release also brings a bunch of fixes that improve the reliability of the browser. Here is the complete list: Fixed a crash when opening a new tab. Fixed a crash when switching tabs. Fixed a crash when interacting with tabs. Fixed a crash on Mac when closing a window. Fixed a crash when switching to a different profile. Fixed a crash on launch. Fixed a crash on launch on Mac. Fixed a crash when using Web Capture. Fixed a crash when using spellchecking to replace a misspelled word. Fixed a crash when closing certain popups. Fixed a crash when interacting with extensions. Fixed a crash on Mac when updating the browser. Fixed a crash on Windows 11. Fixed an issue where the browser sometimes crashes after re-opening a PWA or installed app. Fixed a crash when clicking the Efficiency Mode button. Fixed a crash on Mac when entering fullscreen from within a PWA or website installed as an app. The release also includes a ton of improvements that address changed behavior, including a bunch of Settings issues. Here is the complete list: Improved the number of sites that are shown as eligible for Immersive Reader. Added more sites to the Kids mode allow list. Fixed an issue where Netflix playback sometimes fails with error D7355. Fixed an issue where dropdown menus in webpages sometimes are missing items or don’t open. Fixed an issue on Mac and Linux where searching on the Settings page causes it to go blank. Fixed an issue where the Appearance Settings page is sometimes blank. Fixed an issue where the Site Permissions Settings page is blank. Fixed an issue where payment card nicknames don’t sync. Fixed an issue where clicking a link on a work account to change the account’s picture doesn’t load a page where the picture can be changed. Fixed an issue where certain Dev Tools panes like 3D View are blank. Fixed an issue where PWAs or websites installed as apps created from IE mode sites don’t launch. Fixed an issue where exporting a Collection to OneNote from an InPrivate window doesn’t work. Fixed an issue where downloading a currently-open Office file causes the tab to become blank. Fixed an issue where Favorites to non-webpages sometimes don’t open. Fixed an issue where Web Capture area selection stops unexpectedly. Fixed an issue where text notes in Collections sometimes aren’t saved properly. Fixed an issue where the button to send feedback doesn’t work. Fixed an issue where popups are sometimes rendered offscreen. Fixed an issue where generated passwords sometimes aren’t saved for later use with autofill. Fixed an issue where Favorites can be added via an IE mode tab even though this ability is disabled in regular tabs via a management policy. Fixed an issue where certain payment card details aren’t imported correctly from other browsers. Fixed an issue where favicons are sometimes blank or black squares. Fixed an issue on HoloLens where the on-screen keyboard doesn’t appear when it should. Fixed an issue where a banner to set the default browser sometimes appears even though the browser is already set as the default. Fixed an issue where certain fonts in Immersive Reader don’t work. Fixed an issue where favicons don’t appear in History for synced tabs. Fixed an issue where prices aren’t correct when adding items from shopping sites into a Collection. Fixed an issue where PWAs or websites installed as apps sometimes are slow to open. Fixed an issue on Mac where Shy UI sometimes doesn’t work or is partially obscured. Fixed an issue where the Efficiency Mode popup can’t be unpinned once it’s pinned. Fixed an issue where downloads are unexpectedly blocked by SmartScreen when they shouldn’t be. Fixed an issue where the management policy to control if Legacy Same Site Cookie Behavior is Enabled doesn’t work. Note that this policy will be removed in a future release. Changed the management policy to control if Autoplay is Allowed. The Autoplay setting is now set to Limit instead of Block if the policy is set to False in order to improve website compatibility. Obsoleted TLS versions 1.0 and 1.1 in the SSL Version Min management policy. Lastly, there is a list of known issues that users must be aware of, including some that have found their place on the list for months now. Here are all the issues that the firm has listed: Certain extensions such as the Microsoft Editor extension don’t work on Linux. As soon as they’re installed, they crash and are disabled. We’re currently investigating. Users of certain ad blocking extensions may experience playback errors on Youtube. As a workaround, temporarily disabling the extension should allow playback to proceed. See this help article for more details. Some users are still running into an issue where all tabs and extensions immediately crash with a STATUS_INVALID_IMAGE_HASH error. The most common cause of this error is outdated security or antivirus software from vendors like Symantec, and in those cases, updating that software will fix it. Users of the Kaspersky Internet Suite who have the associated extension installed may sometimes see webpages like Gmail fail to load. This failure is due to the main Kaspersky software being out of date, and is thus fixed by making sure the latest version is installed. Some users are still seeing favorites get duplicated. This issue should be reduced now that automatic deduplication has been introduced into Insider channels, but we’re still rolling that out in Stable. We’ve also seen duplication happen when running the manual deduplicator on multiple machines before either machine has a chance to fully sync its changes, so make sure to leave plenty of time in between runs of the deduplicator. Some users are seeing “wobbling” behavior when scrolling using trackpad gestures or touchscreens, where scrolling in one dimension also causes the page to subtly scroll back and forth in the other. Note that this only affects certain websites and seems to be worse on certain devices. This is most likely related to our ongoing work to bring scrolling back to parity with Edge Legacy’s behavior, so if this behavior is undesirable, you can temporarily turn it off by disabling the edge://flags/#edge-experimental-scrolling flag. As is always the case, the update will slowly make it out to devices, meaning not all systems will receive the update right away, even if users force check for it by heading into the About Microsoft Edge settings page. However, the release should automatically be downloaded in the background eventually. Latest Edge Dev build adds a flag to enable the Windows 11 design, brings more features

The latest Windows 11 Dev channel build 22572 has arrived today and it brings with it several changes like File Explorer changes, new Sandbox icon, and more. Plus it also announces a new "Search highlights" feature. The full changelog is given below: What’s new in Build 22572 Microsoft Family is now an inbox app: The family safety features you use on web and mobile are now available on Windows 11 starting with this build with the Microsoft Family app. Set parental controls to filter inappropriate apps and games and set browsing to kid-friendly websites for Microsoft Edge. Help your kids balance their screen time activity on Windows, Xbox, and Android and use activity reporting to better understand your family’s digital activity. Stay connected even when you’re apart with family location tracking. The Microsoft Family app for Windows 11. The Microsoft Family app for Windows 11.The Microsoft Family app will only be an inbox app on the Windows 11 Home edition and will be updated via the Microsoft Store. Windows Insiders who are on Windows 11 Pro can go to Settings > Accounts > Family and download the Microsoft Family app from the Store. Let us know what you’d like to see in these updates to help you better care for and empower your family! FEEDBACK: Please file feedback by clicking in the feedback icon in the top header of the app. Clipchamp is now an inbox app: Clipchamp is our new video editor focused on making video creation easy, fast, and fun. Clipchamp is equipped with all the basic tools you’d expect, like trimming and splitting, as well as more pro-style features like transitions and animated text. For real-time content capture, there are also built-in webcam and screen recorders. Clipchamp’s video editing experience with the timeline. But what really sets Clipchamp apart from other video editors is its timeline. Normally, this is an interface reserved for pros because it offers more control (and complication) than the everyday editor can handle. When it comes to Clipchamp, however, things are delightfully different. We’ve kept all the best parts of timeline editing — the flexibility, the ability to fine tune details — and done away with the rest. The result is a refreshingly simple video editing experience anyone can enjoy. The highlights don’t stop there — in Clipchamp, users will discover more unique offerings, like a stock library filled with more than a million royalty-free videos, audio tracks, and images that can be added to videos. There’s even an Azure-powered text-to-speech generator capable of creating voice overs in more than 70 languages. And, speaking of Microsoft integrations, Clipchamp also connects with OneDrive, meaning you can import files and save videos quickly and securely. To start creating your own videos, look for Clipchamp in the Start menu on your PC. FEEDBACK: Please file feedback in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Apps > Clipchamp. Coming Soon Search highlights in Windows 11 Starting early next week, we will begin rolling out an update for Search in Windows 11 that highlights interesting moments in time. Search is right there on your taskbar—your window to discover what’s trending online, in the world, and in your organization. Of course, you can still type to start searching for your apps, files, settings, and quick answers on the web. The search box in Start and Search will periodically update with content, including fun illustrations, that help you discover more, be connected, and stay productive. These hints in the search box give you a sneak peek into what to expect in search home. Search highlights will present notable and interesting moments—like holidays, anniversaries, and other educational moments in time both globally and in your region. You’ll find rich, bold content in search home that highlights what’s special about today. Search on the taskbar showing an updated experience for Earth Day. Includes relevant content and illustration in the search box and content relevant to Earth Day in search home. To dig deeper, you can explore additional content in search home related to today’s moment and daily content like word of the day, Microsoft Rewards offers, trending searches, and more. Each day features something different to learn about! The left side of search home also shows an extended list of your recently launched apps, files, settings, and websites to help you get back to what you were doing last. Search on the taskbar showing an updated experience for an organization, Contoso. Includes relevant content and illustration in the search box and the organization’s people chart in search home. Signing in with your work or school account enables Search to be your one-stop-shop for your organization’s files and contacts through Microsoft Search. Search highlights will feature the latest updates from your organization and suggested people, files, and more. Explore files that may be of interest to you or browse through your organization’s people chart. As always, just start typing to find everything related to your organization, right at your fingertips using Search. You have control over the search highlights experience where if you prefer not to see this, you can turn it off or back on in Settings > Privacy & security > Search settings and toggling “Show search highlights”. For organization administrators, there are additional controls available in the M365 admin center. You can learn more about those policies here: Policy CSP – Search. Search highlights is also coming to the Windows 10 search box where you’ll be able to get the same updates in the search box and search home. Stay tuned for more information in an upcoming blog post when we begin trying out this experience with Insiders on Windows 10 in the Release Preview Channel. This feature will begin rolling out early next week and won’t be available to all Insiders right away as we plan to monitor feedback and see how it lands before pushing it out to everyone. FEEDBACK: Please file feedback in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Desktop Environment > Search. Here are all the changes and improvement in Build 22572: Changes and Improvements [General] The new Print Queue has an updated design to align with Windows 11 design principles, allow you to easily identify your desired print job, see the status, and manage it. The feature is designed with simplicity in mind, and to allow you better access to your print jobs. To get started, just click print and watch the Print Queue pop up. A print job showing in the new Print Queue in dark theme. Quick Assist now has a new Fluent-style icon. The new Fluent-style Quick Assist icon. [Focus] Building off the Focus changes announced in Build 22557, we have updated the icon for Notification Center when do not disturb is set to on. Updated icon for Notification Center when do not disturb is on. [File Explorer] Shift + Right-clicking in File Explorer and the Desktop will now open the “Show more options” context menu. [Narrator] Narrator natural voices are now available for all English languages. [Terminal] Windows Terminal is now called Terminal under Start. [Settings] WMIC is now available as an optional feature that can be uninstalled or reinstalled via Settings > Apps > Optional Features. Switched the touch keyboard icon option under Settings > Personalization > Taskbar from being a toggle to now being a dropdown where you can select Never, Always, or When no keyboard attached. [Windows Sandbox] Windows Sandbox now has a new Fluent-style icon. New Fluent-style icon for Windows Sandbox. [Other] The legacy version of Windows Media Player available in Windows Tools has been renamed to Windows Media Player Legacy. The fixes that come with Build 22572 are given below: Fixes [General] Fixed an issue for Enterprise edition devices going through the setup experience (OOBE) where the network add screen was skipped on the first attempt. Addressed an issue which was causing some Insiders to see a bug check with a CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED error in the previous build while attempting to do various things including logging in, opening outlook, and accessing network shares in File Explorer. Mitigated an underlying issue that was leading to audio stutters and touchpad issues in the previous flight. Addressed an explorer.exe crash Insiders were seeing in recent builds when attempting to use Windows Mixed Reality. Fixed an issue with scroll bars not rendering appropriately on some Win32 applications. Fixed another issue where users weren’t hearing the startup sound. Images should no longer be backwards when using a lock screen slideshow with an Arabic or Hebrew display language. [Taskbar] We fixed the issue that was causing explorer.exe to crash if you right clicked on the Start button or used WIN + X. Mitigated an explorer.exe hang that could happen in the last few flights related to the visual indicator in the taskbar when sharing a window in Microsoft Teams. Adjusted the sensitivity so quickly sliding your mouse across the widgets icon on the path to an open flyout or menu will no longer make it dismiss. Made a change to help address a memory leak in Shell Experience Host when repeatedly opening and closing the Notification Center. Addressed a scenario where the Notification Center might not light dismiss if it was opened on top of certain apps. Fixed an underlying issue when the display scaling was greater than 100% which was causing drag and drop in the taskbar to unexpectedly show that it wasn’t available. [Tablet-optimized taskbar] NOTE: These fixes will only show if tablet-optimized taskbar is enabled on your device, which is beginning to roll out to Windows Insiders and not yet available for everyone. Touch gestures are restored on all device types, as we resolved the issue that broke several of the new touch gestures announced as part of Build 22557 on non-tablet devices. Improved reliability of taskbar auto-collapsing after launching an app. Fixed several bugs related to the taskbar state change when disconnecting or reconnecting your keyboard. Addressed positioning issues with the hidden icons button and flyout when using the Arabic or Hebrew display language. [Start menu] Improved how the “Pinned” header name is rendered in the Arabic display language. [File Explorer] Made some more improvements to help with context menu invocation performance. Using the Filter option in Quick Access should work for images now. Fixed an underlying issue causing the title bar in File Explorer when colored to not visually occupy the full area it was supposed if you maximized the File Explorer window. Fixed an issue where if you had a folder selected in the navigation pane and right clicked another folder, options like Open in Windows Terminal would unexpectedly open the first folder. “Pin to Quick Access” is now available in the command bar when a file in Recent Files in Quick Access is selected. [Input] Mitigated an issue where clicking hyperlinks in RichTextBlocks wasn’t working when performed with touch or pen. Addressed an issue where custom mouse pointers might revert to the default Windows one after rebooting. Fixed an issue where voice typing might display “there is a connection issue” when that wasn’t the cause of the error. Addressed an issue where voice typing might not launch after unlocking your PC. Fixed a touch keyboard crash that could happen on the login screen when there were multiple accounts on the PC. Mitigated an issue impacting pen sensitivity in recent flights. Fixed a rendering issue causing the screen to have small freezes in recent flights when trying to ink in certain apps. Made some refinements to help improve detection of the pinch to zoom gesture on touchpads. Addressed an issue leading to IME toolbar options being unresponsive in some cases for the Chinese (Simplified) IMEs. [Search] Did some work to address a high hitting search crash. [Settings] Fixed an issue causing a hang when trying to access Personalization > Taskbar > Taskbar behaviors. Addressed an issue where font previews under Personalization > Fonts might not be visible when a contrast mode was enabled. Improved performance when switching between the different available views on Apps > Installed apps. Uninstalling an update via Windows Update > Update History > Uninstall Updates should show a confirmation now before it proceeds. [Windowing] An acrylic area should no longer get stuck on the screen if you press WIN + D while interacting with snap layouts at the top of the screen. Fixed an issue where if you used snap assist to snap a window that had been minimized, it might not fill the entire available space. Fixed a few animation stutters when using 3-finger on screen gestures. Addressed an explorer.exe crash that could happen if you attempted to use 3-finger on screen gestures while no windows were visible on screen. Addressed an underlying issue which could impact the animations and performance when invoking Task View. Mitigated an underlying issue which was causing you to unexpectedly see an X when attempting to rearrange Desktops in Task View in certain scenarios. Tweaked the logic to help further reduce the number of sounds heard when connecting and disconnecting monitors and docks. Mitigated a recent issue where windows for minimized apps weren’t launching on the expected monitor upon undocking and redocking. The title bar should no longer peek out onto secondary monitors when maximizing certain apps. Fixed an issue which was causing certain windows to show an unexpected white rectangle poking out from underneath, spanning the top of the window. Updated the new full screen gripper for edge gestures to use acrylic. [Narrator] Fixed an issue preventing Narrator from reading in the Run dialog correctly in scan mode. Narrator in scan mode will now read error messages in the Error List correctly in Visual Studio. Errors while setting up a PIN in device setup (OOBE) will now be read out by Narrator. Pitch range for Narrator natural voices has been adjusted to provide more levels of control. Addressed an underlying issue which was leading to the pitch not changing when adjust Narrator’s speed in the 0 to 5 and 15 to 20 ranges in Narrator settings. [Task Manager] Improved visibility of content when a contrast mode is enabled. Fixed an issue where critical system processes were unexpectedly displaying as background processes. Addressed an issue that was causing random rows in the processes list to be unexpectedly written in black text when using dark mode. Right clicking the Task Manager icon in the system tray should now actually show the context menu rather than a blank box. Pressing Esc should no longer unexpectedly close Task Manager. NOTE: Some fixes noted here in Insider Preview builds from the active development branch may make their way into the servicing updates for the released version of Windows 11 that became generally available on October 5th, 2021. And finally the list of known issues in Build 22572 are: Known issues [General] Users running Windows 10 who try to upgrade directly to build 22563 or higher in the Dev Channel may encounter an install failure with error code 0x8007007f. To bypass, please join the Beta Channel, install the offered Windows 11 build there, and then switch to the Dev Channel to receive the current Dev Channel update. This issue is understood and will be fixed in an upcoming build. [Tablet-optimized taskbar] The taskbar doesn’t always automatically collapse after launching an app or tapping outside of the expanded taskbar on 2-in-1 devices. Some areas of the OS are not yet tracking the height of the expanded taskbar on 2-in-1 devices so you may see overlapping components, such as Widgets overlapping with the taskbar. [File Explorer] Opening suggested results shown while entering search terms in File Explorer’s search box may not work. We’re working fixing issues regarding icon sizing, visual bugs, and text clipping in the flyout showing OneDrive storage. [Widgets] Sometimes when pinning from the Feed, the pinned widget is placed at the top instead of below other pinned widgets. If this happens this will autocorrect within 30 minutes, moving the recently pinned widget to the expected default location. Or you can sign out of your Widgets board and immediately signing back in should correct the problem. After rearranging widgets in the widgets board, some users experience problems with widgets in the pinned section rendering incorrectly. If this happens, signing out of your widgets board and immediately signing back in should correct the problem. [Focus] The Clock app does not yet update Windows Focus state when configuring focus sessions within the app. This will be addressed in a future app update. [Narrator] Narrator natural voices sounds garbled and will not read out text accurately. This happens when doing quick navigation, typing or pitch changes. As a workaround, you can switch back to the older voices such as Microsoft David, Mark or Zira. [Live captions] Certain apps in full screen (e.g., video players) prevent live captions from being visible. Certain apps positioned near the top of the screen and closed before live captions is run will re-launch behind the live captions window positioned at top. Use the system menu (ALT + Spacebar) while the app has focus to move the app’s window further down. The very top of maximized apps (e.g., title bar window management buttons) can’t be reached with touch while live captions is positioned at the top. [Task Manager] Some tooltips do not accurately display the preferred visual setting when Task Manager is configured for dark mode. The Dev channel release is now known as the "NI_RELEASE" or Nickel branch in preparation for the major feature update to Windows 11 later this year. You can find the official press release here. Windows 11 Dev build 22572 announces new Search, new Sandbox icon, File Explorer changes

The latest Windows 11 build Microsoft released this week contains an updated taskbar with new search buttons. As usual (and incredibly annoyingly), Microsoft grants access to new features only to some insiders, effectively playing the software lottery with those willing to test pre-release software from a company worth $1.9 trillion for free. If you are one unlucky insider with no access to the latest stuff from Microsoft, here is how to enable the new taskbar in Windows 11 Dev build 25158. Disclaimer: Enable experimental features in Windows 11 at your own risk, and always backup important files and data. How to enable the new search button on the taskbar in Windows 11 Dev: Download the ViveTool app from its repository on GitHub and extract files anywhere you like. Run Windows Terminal as Administrator and go to the ViveTool's folder using the CD command. For example, CD C:ViveTool. Type .\vivetool /enable /id:39072097 /variant:, then place a number after the colon. 1 and 2 - a button with the “Search” word. 3 - a button with a magnifying glass with a globe inside it. 4 - a button with a globe and a small magnifying glass. 5 - a “Search the web” button. Here is an example of a working command: .\vivetool /enable /id:39072097 /variant:4. Note that the app now uses new commands introduced in recent updates. Restart the explorer.exe process in Task Manager, or simply restart your computer. If you want to revert the changes, use the .\vivetool /disable /id:39072097 command. In case you missed it, Microsoft is also testing a search bar on the desktop, similar to the one Google uses in Android. We have a dedicated guide that describes how to enable search on the desktop in Windows 11. Which one of the new search icons in Windows 11 build 25158 do you like the most? Share your thoughts in the comments. Guide: How to enable the updated taskbar in Windows 11 Dev build 25158

Microsoft has released another weekly Edge update in the Dev channel. Version 102.0.1235.1 is now available for all users with an improved Tab Actions menu and a traditional list of bug fixes. Despite previous claims that today's release would be the last update for version 102, Microsoft says users in the Dev channel can expect a new build later. What is new in Edge 102.0.1235.1 Feature-wise, Edge 102.0.1235.1 does not offer much. The only visible change is a slightly improved Tab Actions menu that now lets you access tabs from other devices. With the latest update, the Tab Actions menu offers the following options: enable or disable vertical tabs, tab search, recently closed pages, add tabs to a new collection, and now tabs from other devices. If you use Edge Stable, you can access tabs from other devices in the History flyout. Also, Microsoft added support for a management policy from mainstream Chromium to control if the JavaScript engine behavior to set timeout without 1 ms clamp is enabled. Here is the rest of the changelog with all bug fixes and minor improvements: Improved reliability: Fixed an issue where all tabs crash with an error code: FACILITY_VISUALCPP/ERROR_PROC_NOT_FOUND. Fixed a crash on mobile when sending feedback. Fixed an issue where WebView2 apps crash when setting User Data Folder Access options (Issue 2363). Fixed a crash on Xbox when using Tab Search. Changed behavior: Improved how many types of tabs can be put to sleep. Reduced the number of tabs that are discarded due to memory pressure in certain situations. Fixed an issue where Tab Search doesn’t work. Fixed an issue where printing and print preview sometimes doesn’t work. Fixed an issue where certain search engines can’t be removed from Settings. Fixed an issue where certain languages aren’t available in Spell Check. Fixed an issue where IE mode sometimes can’t be enabled or configured. Fixed an issue in Application Guard windows where downloads are sometimes blocked when they shouldn’t. Fixed an issue where work/school results don’t appear in the search engine when searching from the address bar. Mobile: Fixed an issue where Top Sites can’t be edited because the edit button is too hard to hit. Fixed an issue where Read Aloud sometimes doesn’t highlight words that it should, or says words that it shouldn’t. Fixed an issue where the Read Aloud controls sometimes don’t appear in the notification shade. Finally, Edge Dev users should beware of the following known bugs: Users of certain ad blocking extensions may experience playback errors on YouTube. As a workaround, temporarily disabling the extension should allow playback to proceed. See this help article for more details. Some users are still running into an issue where all tabs and extensions immediately crash with a STATUS_INVALID_IMAGE_HASH error. The most common cause of this error is outdated security or antivirus software from vendors like Symantec, and in those cases, updating that software will fix it. Users of the Kaspersky Internet Suite who have the associated extension installed may sometimes see webpages like Gmail fail to load. This failure is due to the main Kaspersky software being out of date, and is thus fixed by making sure the latest version is installed. Some users are seeing “wobbling” behavior when scrolling using trackpad gestures or touchscreens, where scrolling in one dimension also causes the page to subtly scroll back and forth in the other. Note that this only affects certain websites and seems to be worse on certain devices. This is most likely related to our ongoing work to bring scrolling back to parity with Edge Legacy’s behavior, so if this behavior is undesirable, you can temporarily turn it off by disabling the edge://flags/#edge-experimental-scrolling flag. You can download Edge Dev from the official website. The channel is available on Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android. Latest Edge Dev update makes accessing tabs from other devices easier

Several weeks ago, Microsoft started redesigning old dialog boxes in the Settings app. "Rename this PC," date and time picker, and "Reset this PC" now feature modern UIs with dark theme support, rounded corners, and other Windows 11 design elements. The latest Windows 11 Dev build continues this trend and introduces a refreshed "Go back to earlier build" dialog box. The "Go back to earlier build" UI is not something you will use daily, if ever. It lets you uninstall the latest feature update or return to a previous Windows Insider build. Still, even though some users do not even know that that dialog box exists, the redesigned variant is another step in making Windows 11 more modern, consistent, and beautiful. Here is how the new UI compares to the old: Old New And here is the dark variant: You can enable the new "Go back to earlier build" dialog box using the ViveTool app. Caution: Unannounced features are often raw, unstable, or borderline unusable. Back up important data before enabling hidden options using the ViveTool app. Remember that stable Windows 11 builds are the best way to ensure your system remains as bug-free as possible. How to enable the redesigned "Go back" dialog box in Windows 11 build 25247 Download ViveTool from GitHub and unpack the files. Press Win + X and select Terminal (Admin). Switch Windows Terminal to Command Prompt profile by pressing Ctrl + Shift + 2 or clicking the arrow-down button at the top of the window. Navigate to the folder containing the extracted files using the CD command. For example, if you have copied ViveTool to C:\Vive, type CD C:\Vive. Type vivetool /enable /id:36390579 and press Enter. Type vivetool /enable /id:41670003 and press Enter. Open the Settings app and go to Windows Update > Advanced Options > Recovery > Go back. If you change your mind and want to restore the original Metro variant, repeat the steps above and replace /enable with /disable in the commands on steps 5 and 6. Thank you, @PhantomofEarth, for sharing the findings! Settings app gets a more modern design in Windows 11 build 25247

Windows 11 build 25247 contains a new feature that lets you search the internet using the highlighted text. In a typical Microsoft move, the updated Suggested Actions feature works only in Edge and Bing, even if you have set another browser or search engine as default. Still, there is some hope for a more user-friendly variant of the new feature. As discovered by @PhantomofEarth, Microsoft is experimenting with additional variants of Suggested Actions that allow search in different browsers. The Suggested Actions feature is available to some US insiders only as Microsoft begins to roll it out and monitor feedback. However, you can try to force-enable it alongside additional variants that modify how the feature works and behaves. As usual, you need the ViveTool app to tinker with Windows 11's guts. Caution: Unannounced features are often raw, unstable, or borderline unusable. Back up important data before enabling hidden options using the ViveTool app. Remember that stable Windows 11 builds are the best way to ensure your system remains as bug-free as possible. How to open Suggested Actions in Chrome in Windows 11 build 25247 Download ViveTool from GitHub and place the files in a convenient and easy-to-reach folder. Press Win + X and select Terminal (Admin). Switch Windows Terminal to Command Prompt profile by pressing Ctrl + Shift + 2 or clicking the arrow-down button at the top of the window. Navigate to the folder containing the extracted ViveTool files using the CD command. For example, if you have copied ViveTool to C:\Vive, type CD C:\Vive. Type vivetool /enable /id:41539325 /variant:1 and press Enter. If you want to use the new Suggested Actions feature as Microsoft wants, type vivetool /enable /id:41539325. Restart your computer. You can also try other Suggested Actions modifications. Variant:2 replaces "search the web" with "search copied text," while retaining the ability to search in Chrome. Variant:3 works as the released configuration, and variant:4 shows the "search copied text" button with no option to select which browser to open. Microsoft says that new features in the Dev channel are not final, which means you can expect changes and improvements in future releases as the company figures out what to ship to the general public. Finally, you can just toggle off the Suggested Actions feature using the vivetool /disable /id:41539325 command. Windows 11 25247 lets you use Suggested Actions with Chrome, here is how to enable it

Microsoft has released a new Windows 11 build 22567.100 (KB5012427) to the Dev Channel insiders. The new build does not bring anything new to the table as it is a cumulative update with which the company is testing its servicing pipelines as it is often known to do. The full announcement says: We are starting to roll out Cumulative Update Build 22567.100 (KB5012427). This update does not include anything new and is designed to test our servicing pipeline for builds in the Dev Channel. Hence, all the bug fixes and improvements that were announced with the earlier released build 22567 to the Dev Channel are carried over into this. The build has loads of new features as we are now moving into the next phase of Windows 11 in preparation for version 22H2. Interestingly, while there are no new changes made in this build, servicing test builds like these before have been known to break some features. For example, Windows 10 Build 21292.1010 caused issues for x64 emulation on ARM PCs. You can find the original press release linked here. Microsoft releases Windows 11 Dev build 22567.100 (KB5012427) to test the servicing pipeline

A new Windows 11 build is out today for Insiders on the Dev channel. The new Build 22567 fixes multiple Taskbar issues, and many more. Though the release also has many known bugs in it like this one where the Explorer crashes upon pressing Win + X, an issue that was first noticed in Build 22563. But first, we look at what's new in Build 22567: Windows Update leverages more renewable energy Windows Update will try to schedule update installations at specific times of day when doing so results in lower carbon emissions. Most electrical grids are powered by multiple sources, including renewables and fossil fuels. Whenever possible, Windows 11 will now prioritize installing updates in the background at times when greater amounts of clean energy sources (like wind, solar, and hydro) are available. Users can always choose to install updates immediately by navigating to Settings > Windows Update and choosing “Check for Updates”. This feature will only be enabled when your PC is plugged-in and regional carbon intensity data is available from our partners electricityMap or WattTime. If enabled, users will see the text shown below on the Windows Update settings page. We’re still working on the content that the text links to – stay tuned for future updates. Text as it appears in Windows Update when prioritizing installing updates in the background when more clean energy sources are available. [We are beginning to roll this feature out, so it isn’t available to all Insiders just yet as we plan to monitor feedback and see how it lands before pushing it out to everyone.] FEEDBACK: Please file feedback in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Install and Update > Downloading, installing, and configuring Windows Update. Improving Microsoft 365 subscription management in Settings In October, we introduced subscription management within “Your Microsoft account” under Settings > Account. This enabled you to view your OneDrive storage, recurring billing and sharing information as part of your Microsoft 365 subscription within Windows 11. With today’s build, we’re making it easier for you to manage your Microsoft 365 subscription: We are elevating the Microsoft 365 subscription management experience a level up under Settings > Accounts. As we mentioned here, we will use Online Service Experience Packs to bring more experiences to you within accounts under Settings > Account. The Microsoft 365 subscription management experience is now at the top of Settings >Accounts. We are introducing payment details within the subscription card experience. This will allow you to view your payment information and be notified when your payment method needs to be updated, allowing you to continue your subscriptions without any disruptions. Accounts alerting you to update your payment for your Microsoft 365 subscription. For customers who are not Microsoft 365 subscribers, we are highlighting the free benefits you have access to as part of your Microsoft account on the “Your Microsoft account” page. You can directly access your Office Web Apps, view your OneDrive storage or upgrade to a Microsoft 365 subscription to unlock the premium benefits. [We are beginning to roll this feature out, so it isn’t available to all Insiders just yet as we plan to monitor feedback and see how it lands before pushing it out to everyone.] FEEDBACK: Please file feedback in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Settings > Settings Homepage. Device Setup (OOBE): Phone Linking You can now link your Android phone to your PC as part of the device setup (OOBE) for Windows 11. Linking will give you instant access to everything on your phone, right from your PC. Without needing to constantly swap your attention to your phone, you can use your favorite mobile apps, send text messages, make calls, and more on your PC with the benefit of a full keyboard and mouse. The new phone linking page in device setup (OOBE). We will be releasing updated ISOs in the coming weeks that will allow Windows Insiders to do a clean-install if they want to or set up a virtual machine to run through the device setup experience. You can use the PC reset feature under Settings > System > Recovery if you want to run through the device setup experience today. FEEDBACK: Please file feedback in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Apps > Your Phone Smart App Control Smart App Control (SAC) is a new security feature for Windows 11 that blocks untrusted or potentially dangerous applications. SAC can only be enabled on Windows devices that have performed a clean install with the latest Insider Preview build (Build 22567 and higher). SAC is first configured in evaluation mode. While SAC is in evaluation mode, it will learn if it can help protect you without getting in your way too much. If so, it will automatically be turned on. Otherwise, it will automatically be turned off. While in evaluation mode, a user can manually turn on SAC in the Windows Security app under the App & Browser Control section. More details on this feature will be shared in the future. Smart App Control listed under “App and browser control” in Windows Security. FEEDBACK: Please file feedback in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Security and Privacy > App Reputation & Verification. The improvements and changes in the new Build 22567 are given below: [General] We have updated the “Open with” dialog box to align with Windows 11 design principles. The updated dialog box honors light/dark theme. We have also simplified the experience by making it possible to update your default app with just one click. [We are beginning to roll this feature out, so it isn’t available to all Insiders just yet The “Open with” dialog before and after with the updated design. [Start menu] When you hover one pinned app icon over another, there will now be a small animation to hint that this will create a folder. [Windowing] We’re updating multi-finger touch gestures to include responsive and delightful animations that follow your finger. Use three fingers to swipe down and minimize all windows. Swipe up with three fingers to bring your windows back. [Voice typing] The ability for voice typing to download Speech Packs from the Microsoft Store for device-based speech recognition to provide a better performance of transcription is now available for all Insiders in the Dev Channel. This began rolling out with Build 22538. The ability for you to choose which microphone to use in voice typing if you have multiple microphones connected to your PC is now available for all Insiders in the Dev Channel. This began rolling out with Build 22557. The following new commands in voice typing are now available for all Insiders in the Dev Channel. This began rolling out with Build 22557. To insert this Say this Enter “Press Enter” Backspace “Pres Backspace”, “Backspace” Space “Press space”, “Insert Space” Tab “Press Tab”, “Tab” [Settings] We have made updates to pages across the Settings app to adopt WinUI controls for consistent look and feel across the app. To make it easier to find settings within the app, we have made improvements to how searching for settings works behind the scenes. These improvements will provide users with a more accurate set of search results as well as bring more relevant search results up to the top of the list. You can now mute and unmute your audio by clicking the volume icon in the hardware indicator for volume. [Task Manager] The redesigned Task Manager that began rolling out with Build 22557 is now available for all Insiders in the Dev Channel. [Windows Sandbox] Windows Sandbox mapped folders now support relative paths. For example, ..\relative\folder.. Here are all the fixes in Build 22567: [General] Fixed an issue where users weren’t hearing the startup sound. [Taskbar] Using the taskbar to bring an already running app to the foreground should work more reliably now. Fixed an issue where if you changed time zone the calendar flyout wouldn’t update to reflect a date change. Using Narrator key plus Enter or Narrator touch gestures should now work to activate items in the taskbar now. Mitigated an issue that was causing windows to be able to draw on top of the taskbar after dismissing one of the taskbar flyouts. [Tablet-optimized taskbar] NOTE: These fixes will only show if tablet-optimized taskbar is enabled on your device, which is beginning to roll out to Windows Insiders and not yet available for everyone. The taskbar setting has been changed to “Optimize taskbar for touch interactions when this device is used as a tablet”. We have improved mouse click reliability of system tray icons. [Start menu] Fixed an issue affecting the reliability of the Start menu opening. Fixed an issue where dragging a pinned app icon between pages of pinned apps wasn’t working. Addressed an alignment issue with the More button. [File Explorer] Clicking the buttons in the new OneDrive flyout should now bring those objects into foreground focus. Star rating supported files (for example mp4 files) should work again now. Fixed an issue that could cause explorer.exe to crash when opening the context menu sometimes. Improved the performance of displaying the content in the Recycle Bin in cases where there were many files. Addressed an underlying crash that was happening when trying to start a search from File Explorer, impacting the ability to search. Fixed a rare issue for people with small screens where the context menu in File Explorer would animate in downwards, disappear, then immediately reappear animating upwards. [Input] Improved input switching responsiveness when using WIN + Space. Fixed an issue which was leading to some Insiders seeing black text on a dark background in the input switcher. Addressed an issue where the Japanese IME toolbar could become transparent, and the IME candidate window clipped or not displayed at all. If you’re using the Japanese IME with a vertical candidate list, the text should now appear written in the correct direction. Updated the icon used for hiding key press visuals in the touch keyboard when focus is set to a password field to help make it easier to understand. Fixed an issue where the new “Press Backspace” command when voice typing wasn’t working in Japanese. Mitigated an issue that was causing Narrator focus to get stuck in the wrong place after inserting an emoji and dismissing the emoji panel. [Settings] Items in the app list under Apps > Installed apps should no longer overlap each other. Fixed an issue where it wasn’t possible to select the restart now button in Settings > Windows Update using touch. [Windowing] exe shouldn’t crash anymore when dragging a window between monitors. If you’re hovering over a Desktop thumbnail in Task View, the tooltip should now actually match the one you’re hovering over. Fixed an issue where snap assist might unexpectedly trigger when you already had a window snapped in that area. Improved reliability of invoking snap layouts at the top of the screen. Task View should now successfully launch if you invoke it while the search flyout from the taskbar is open, rather than invoking and immediately dismissing. [Voice access] Fixed an issue that was causing Outlook to scroll to the beginning of your emails if you enabled voice access and started talking. Button text in voice access will no longer be cut off when you’ve changed your text size. Fixed an issue that was preventing voice access from launching on ARM64 devices. Voice access will no longer turn on after you log in unless the voice access setting is also turned on. [Live captions] Live captions will now handle you switching audio devices more smoothly. Changing the size of live captions will no longer cause white flashes in dark mode. You can now search for live captions to find their page in Settings. Accessibility home page in Settings now lists “live captions” under Captions. Settings flyout can now be light-dismissed in the live captions window. [Narrator] Fixed an issue causing high CPU usage while using Narrator. Narrator will now read out the theme as well as the selection state in Settings > Personalization > Text input > Theme. When a dialog pops up, Narrator will now consistently announce that it’s reading from a dialog when reading its message. When using Microsoft Edge’s History page, Narrator will now announce the name of the page and the focused element correctly. Fixed an underlying issue which was impacting Narrator keyboard navigation in webview2 in certain apps. Updated Braille display input and output table type dropdowns in Settings to have a default value now. Fixed an issue that was causing Narrator to hang when using Norton Power Eraser. If you Review > Check Accessibility in Excel, Narrator will now read the errors, warnings, tips & intelligent services section correctly. [Task Manager] The suspended and efficiency mode icons should no longer be clipped in Task Manager at high DPIs. Fixed an issue where column preferences weren’t being preserved. The default start page and always on top settings should work now. When there’s nothing to show under the “…” menu, it won’t display now. Mitigated a crash that was happening sometimes when trying to launch Task Manager. Fixed an issue where Efficiency mode icons were missing on some child processes. Fixed an issue where some settings options were not preserved. Fixed an issue where Suspended and Efficiency mode icons were clipped when displayed on monitors with high DPI settings. [Lock screen and logging in] Fixed an issue causing the accessibility flyout on the Lock screen to flicker. The accessibility flyout on the Lock screen’s location and spacing should now be centered and consistent with the design of other options on this screen. Fixed the border of the accessibility flyout on the Lock screen to show correctly in high contrast mode. Addressed an encoding issue in the message text when using a security key to login. Mitigated an explorer.exe crash some Insiders were seeing when logging into their PC. [Other] Notification Center will now close when you start a focus session, and the focus timer opens instead of you having to dismiss it. Fixed an issue which was impacting the ability of opening Quick Settings and Notification Center when animations were disabled. Quick Settings and Notification Center should dismiss more reliably now if you had used a gesture to invoke them before trying to dismiss them. Fixed an issue relating to the UiaDisconnectProvider API which was causing certain apps to crash. Mitigated a bug check which was happening in the last few flights for Insiders with more than 8 monitors connected. If you have pinned an app to the taskbar within Windows Sandbox, clicking the app to launch it will now actually work. NOTE: Some fixes noted here in Insider Preview builds from the active development branch may make their way into the servicing updates for the released version of Windows 11 that became generally available on October 5th, 2021. Known issues [General] Users running Windows 10 who try to upgrade directly to build 22563 or higher in the Dev Channel may encounter an install failure with error code 0x8007007f. To bypass, please join the Beta Channel, install the offered Windows 11 build there, and then switch to the Dev Channel to receive the current Dev Channel update. This issue is understood and will be fixed in an upcoming build. When going through the device setup experience (OOBE) on the Enterprise edition, the network add screen will be skipped on the first attempt. As a workaround, when users see the “name your computer” option, please reboot and re-start OOBE. The network add screen will now appear as expected. We’re investigating reports from Insiders that Windows Mixed Reality is not working starting with the previous flight, due to repeated explorer.exe crashes. Scroll bars are not rendering appropriately on some Win32 applications. This bug is visual only as users are still able to click/drag the scroll bar as expected. [Taskbar] If you right click on the Start icon in this build or press WIN + X, explorer.exe will likely crash. Please use CTRL + Shift + Esc for the time being if you use this menu to launch Task Manager. [Tablet-optimized taskbar] The taskbar doesn’t always automatically collapse after launching an app or tapping outside of the expanded taskbar on 2-in-1 devices. Some areas of the OS are not yet tracking the height of the expanded taskbar on 2-in-1 devices so you may see overlapping components, such as Widgets overlapping with the taskbar. [File Explorer] Opening suggested results shown while entering search terms in File Explorer’s search box may not work. We’re working fixing issues regarding icon sizing, visual bugs, and text clipping in the flyout showing OneDrive storage. [Widgets] Sometimes when pinning from the Feed, the pinned widget is placed at the top instead of below other pinned widgets. If this happens this will autocorrect within 30 minutes, moving the recently pinned widget to the expected default location. Or you can sign out of your Widgets board and immediately signing back in should correct the problem. After rearranging widgets in the widgets board, some users experience problems with widgets in the pinned section rendering incorrectly. If this happens, signing out of your widgets board and immediately signing back in should correct the problem. [Focus] The taskbar icon and tooltip may not match the focus state. The Clock app does not yet update Windows Focus state when configuring focus sessions within the app. This will be addressed in a future app update. [Live captions] Certain apps in full screen (e.g., video players) prevent live captions from being visible. Certain apps positioned near the top of the screen and closed before live captions is opened will re-launch behind the live captions window positioned at top. Use the system menu (ALT + Spacebar) while the app has focus to move the app’s window further down. The very top of maximized apps (e.g., title bar window management buttons) can’t be reached with touch while live captions is positioned at the top. [Task Manager] Some tooltips do not accurately display the preferred visual setting when Task Manager is configured for dark mode. The Dev channel release is now known as the "NI_RELEASE" or Nickel branch in preparation for the major feature update to Windows 11 later this year. You can find the official press release here. Latest Windows 11 Dev Build 22567 brings multiple Taskbar fixes and but issues persist

Microsoft just released a new build for Windows 11 insiders on the Dev channel. The new build 22504 brings a redesigned Your Phone app which means rounded corners and more. It also expands the support of the 13 themes for the touch keyboard to more input experiences, including IMEs, the emoji panel, and voice typing. The new build will also allow some insiders to create custom emojis based on the face and skin tones of family members, and more. Redesigned Your Phone app The major changes and improvements are given below: To further personalize your Windows text input experience, we have expanded the 13 themes for the touch keyboard to now apply to our other input experiences, including IMEs, the emoji panel, and voice typing. Also available for all themed experiences is the theme engine that allows you to create a fully customized theme including background images. You can find all this under the new “Text Input” section under Settings > Personalization. This isn’t available to all Insiders just yet as we plan to monitor feedback and see how it lands before pushing it out to everyone. We have added the ability for personalized combinations of emoji based on face and skin tones of family members, couples with heart, kissing, and people holding hands. Just open the emoji panel (WIN + . ) and try these combinations out by typing the following in the search box: family, couple, holding hands, or kissing. This isn’t available to all Insiders just yet as we plan to monitor feedback and see how it lands before pushing it out to everyone. Aside from the big changes noted above, there are some more improvements the build brings: You can now use the WIN + Alt + K keyboard shortcut to toggle the new mute icon in the Taskbar when it’s showing. Based on feedback, we’re making emoji search in Portuguese and Polish a little more flexible with keywords containing diacritics. Introducing .NET Framework 4.8.1 our latest .NET Framework that will bring native ARM64 support for the .NET Framework runtime. As Settings > System > Sound in Windows 11 shows a warning when microphone access has been restricted in your privacy settings, we’re removing the notification to alert you about this. Added support for the cancellation of daylight savings time for the Republic of Fiji for 2021. We’re making a change so that going forward on new installs the touch indicator option will now be turned off by default under Settings > Accessibility > Mouse pointer and touch. As part of this change, we’ve added a link to this Settings page from Settings > Bluetooth & Devices > Touch and made it so that the press and hold visual is now always displayed regardless of the setting state. Apps will now launch maximized by default when in the tablet posture on small devices (11-inch screens diagonal and under). Build 22504 also brings plenty of bug fixes: [Start] Fixed an issue believed to be the root cause of icons not displaying correctly in the Recommended section of Start (showing the wrong or a generic icon) sometimes. If you open Start and immediate press Shift + F10 or the context menu key, the context menu should be aligned with the search box now. [Taskbar] Fixed an issue leading to an explorer.exe crash in recent builds if there were issues loading the battery icon in the Taskbar. Made some changes to help the clock in the Taskbar update more reliably, including addressing a recent issue where it wasn’t updating at all over Remote Desktop. Mitigated a positioning issue that could cause the date and time to get clipped off the end of the Taskbar. If you’ve updated the critical and low battery level notification definitions, the battery icon in the Taskbar will now align with that, rather than using the default values to show a warning. Right clicking the date and time in the Taskbar will now dismiss the Notification Center if it’s open, so that you can see the context menu options. [Input] Keyboard lights (for example, for caps lock) should work properly again now with this build. We’ve made a few more tweaks to our emoji search keywords based on feedback, including improving results for day, night, and face with raised eyebrow. Please continue sharing feedback with us about this under Input and Language > Emoji Panel in the Feedback Hub. Fixed an issue that was causing the kaomoji list in WIN + . to be blank when accessed while using a Chinese IME. Fixed an issue with the emoji panel search results that could lead to a single gif being displayed repeatedly with certain queries. Mitigated an issue resulting in IMEs not working with certain games. Addressed an issue where the options under Settings > Personalization > Typing to change the settings “Show text suggestions & add a spacebar after I choose a text suggestions” for the touch keyboard might unexpectedly not display. If you make a long pause while using voice typing (WIN + H), it should be able to resume listening more reliability now. Fixed some inconsistencies between actual listening status and the microphone visual in voice typing. Text should no longer be unexpectedly duplicated if the caret is moved while using voice typing. [Windowing] Selecting snap layout options should no longer randomly put windows on your other monitor sometimes. [Settings] The brightness and volume sliders in Quick Settings should no longer randomly become invisible. Fixed an issue preventing Adjusting active hours from being set to manually. Addressed an issue which could result in the touch keyboard occluding the password entry field when connecting to a network in Quick Settings. [Other] Fixed a scaling issue that was causing the update prompt dialog (and other dialogs of that style) to get cut off and not draw correctly after the DPI changed. Improved the positioning of the context menu when right clicking the bottom corner of the desktop. Mitigated an issue related to TCPIP which could result in bug checks when waking a device. Fixed an issue where high priority notifications (such as an alarm) would sometimes unexpectedly dismiss without you engaging with it, leading to it randomly reappearing the next time a normal priority notification came in. As with any new build, this one too has several known issues that are given below: [General] Users updating from Builds 22000.xxx, or earlier, to newer Dev Channel builds using the latest Dev Channel ISO, may receive the following warning message: The build you are trying to install is Flight Signed. To continue installing, enable flight signing. If you receive this message, press the Enable button, reboot the PC, and retry the update. We’re investigating an issue where some PCs are unable to install new builds, or other updates. The PC may report an error code 0x80070002. If you are experiencing this issue, please reboot your PC and try again. Some devices may bugcheck with error code 0xc1900101-0x4001c when installing this build. If you hit this, after the device rolls back to the previous build, you may want to pause updates until we release a fix. [Start] In some cases, you might be unable to enter text when using Search from Start or the Taskbar. If you experience the issue, press WIN + R on the keyboard to launch the Run dialog box, then close it. [Taskbar] The Taskbar will sometimes flicker when switching input methods. [Windowing] Hovering your mouse back and forth between different desktops in Task View will result in the displayed thumbnails and content area unexpectedly shrinking. [Search] After clicking the Search icon on the Taskbar, the Search panel may not open. If this occurs, restart the “Windows Explorer” process, and open the search panel again. Microsoft has also added that some of these fixes noted here could end up in the GA Windows 11 21H2 that's publicly available. You may find more information on Build 22504 in the official press release here. Windows 11 Dev build 22504 fixes Explorer crash issue, adds redesigned Your Phone, and more

Microsoft today released Windows 11 Dev channel build 22494 that adds a new Mute button in the taskbar during Teams calls. You will be able to see your call audio status, what app is accessing your microphone, and quickly mute and unmute your call at any time. When joining a Teams call, the following icon will appear in the taskbar, so no app or Window can cover it for easy access. As has become the norm for new features, not everyone will see it right away, Microsoft states the following regarding availibility of the Mute icon in the taskbar We are beginning to roll this experience out to a subset of Windows Insiders with Microsoft Teams for work or school installed and ramp it up over time. This means not everyone will see this right away with their Teams calls. We plan to bring this to Chat from Microsoft Teams (Microsoft Teams for home) later. Here is the complete list of improvements in this build: We are trying out showing snap groups in ALT + TAB and Task View with some Windows Insiders just like when you hover open apps on the taskbar, and you see them there. This isn’t available to all Insiders just yet as we plan to monitor feedback and see how it lands before pushing it out to everyone. If you’re searching for file type or link types under Settings > Apps > Default apps, we’ll now show a dropdown of options containing your current query without having to first press enter. If needed, you can now launch the installed apps settings page under Settings > Apps > Installed apps directly via this URI: ms-settings:installed-apps. Adjusted the names of the sort by options under Settings > Apps > Installed apps to help make them clearer and added a new option to sort from smallest to largest size. The build also brings a long list of fixes, which is always welcome. As is the case with every build, the company is promising to bring many of these fixes to the publicly available version of Windows 11, but there is no timeline on when that will happen or which fixes will be included specifically. Here are all the fixes: [Taskbar] Tooltips should no longer appear in random places on the Taskbar after sliding your mouse over volume, battery, network, or other icons in the Taskbar corner. Addressed an underlying issue that was leading to come unexpected duplication of certain icons in the Taskbar corner. [File Explorer] Addressed an issue that was causing the context menu to crash for some people if you tried to scroll it. Did some work to help address an issue where in certain areas of the screen the context menu submenus would draw on top of the context menu instead of beside it (for example, if you hovered over New). The context menu icons should be less blurry on systems with multiple monitors with mixed DPI now. Addressed an issue that could cause selecting Open With in the context menu to unexpectedly just open the file in certain cases rather than actually opening the Open With dialog. Renaming files on the desktop is back up and running in this flight. Made another adjustment to the command bar underlying logic to help improve performance of command actions in File Explorer. [Search] Fixed a recent issue that was causing the indexer database to become too fragmented, leading to the indexer unexpectedly consuming a large amount of memory and CPU for a prolonged period of time. This was particularly noticeable for people that have large Outlook mailboxes. [Input] Mitigated an issue that was causing certain apps to hang when trying to drag something with the Shift or Ctrl key held down. Fixed an issue that was causing the touch keyboard to not appear on tablets when tapping the text field if you were to try to reset your PIN from the login screen. Improved reliability of the Pen menu. [Windowing] Fixed a few explorer.exe crashes related to using windowing features (snap, ALT + Tab, and Desktops). If you open Task View on a system with multiple monitors, the background should now be acrylic on both monitors. Addressed a couple UI issues with the window thumbnails in Task View and ALT + Tab, notably that the close button might get cut off if the app window was too thin. [Settings] Addressed an issue where Facial Recognition (Windows Hello) might be unexpectedly greyed out in Sign-in Settings in certain cases until closing and opening Settings. Fixed an issue where Storage Sense wasn’t cleaning up C:\Windows\SystemTemp. Standard users (aka non-admins) should now be able to change the time zone in Settings if Location access is not granted, rather than the dropdown going blank. [Other] Fixed an issue causing links to Windows Update, Recovery and For developers to show under the main Windows Update Settings page. Fixed a bug where images had a yellow tonality in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Lightroom Classic when in HDR mode. Mitigated an issue related to DHCP that was causing unexpected power usage while the screen was off in recent builds for some Insiders. Did some work to help address an issue where Service Host: WinHTTP Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Service would unexpectedly utilize a lot of CPU. Fixed an issue that could cause some devices to have a black screen when coming out of sleep (where the lock screen wouldn’t display). Addressed an underlying issue that was causing some users with ARM64 PCs to experience an increase in Microsoft Teams crashes in the last few Dev Channel builds. We have increased the padding for selected items as seen by clicking Show More Options in the File Explorer context menu, or the menu options in Task Manager. WSL: Fixed error 0x8007010b when accessing Linux distributions via `\\wsl.localhost` or `\\wsl$` (Issue #6995). NOTE: Some fixes noted here in Insider Preview builds from the active development branch may make their way into the servicing updates for the released version of Windows 11 that became generally available on October 5th. Here are all the known issues: [General] Users updating from Builds 22000.xxx, or earlier, to newer Dev Channel builds using the latest Dev Channel ISO, may receive the following warning message: The build you are trying to install is Flight Signed. To continue installing, enable flight signing. If you receive this message, press the Enable button, reboot the PC, and retry the update. Some users may experience their screen and sleep timeouts being reduced. We’re investigating the potential impact that shorter screen and sleep timeouts could have on energy consumption. [Start] In some cases, you might be unable to enter text when using Search from Start or the Taskbar. If you experience the issue, press WIN + R on the keyboard to launch the Run dialog box, then close it. [Taskbar] The Taskbar will sometimes flicker when switching input methods. We’re investigating an issue in this build where the clock in the Taskbar can get stuck and not updated, particularly when accessing the PC via Remote Desktop. [Input] Clipboard history says it is empty even if it is enabled and should contain content. This is a UI issue we’re investigating – when a flight goes out with a fix, any pinned items should become available again. [Search] After clicking the Search icon on the Taskbar, the Search panel may not open. If this occurs, restart the “Windows Explorer” process, and open the search panel again. [Quick Settings] We’re investigating reports from Insiders that the volume and brightness sliders aren’t displaying properly in Quick Settings. The firm has also made available the SDK preview for this build and NuGet packages for those interested. As usual, build 22494 should be available for Dev channel users via Windows Update. Windows 11 Dev build 22494 adds new Teams mute icon in taskbar, fixes and more

Like clockwork, Microsoft is today releasing Edge Dev build 96.0.1032.0 with a few new features. The most noteworthy is the addition of voice typing in the Windows 11 version. With Windows 11 now rolling out to more users, the new feature is accessible to more users for the company to gather feedback on. Additionally, there are a couple of other new features, including for iPads. Another nifty addition made in this build is the ability to move a tab to a different profile, even if there are no tabs from the other profile open. This might come in handy when moving tabs between personal and work profiles and the like. The browser is also adding the option to close toast notifications that are served when using collections. As usual, the features are also accompanied by a bunch of bug fixes and overall improvements. Additionally, there might be a few more Edge Dev builds before major version 96 is promoted to the Beta channel, thanks to the new release cadence. Here are all the new features added to this build: Added an item to the menu when right-clicking tabs that moves the tab to a different profile, even if no windows for that profile are currently open. Enabled voice typing in web pages on Windows 11. Added a button to the main feedback dialog to easily get to the “Recreate my problem” sub-dialog. Added an X to close certain toast notifications that appear when managing Collections. Added a button to exit Immersive Reader on iPad. Added improved messaging when the Web Widget fails to open because an extension disabled it. And here are all the improvements made to enhance the reliability of the browser: Fixed a crash when opening a window to a profile when a window for another profile is open. Fixed a crash when viewing Settings in a Guest window. Fixed a crash when using Internet Explorer mode. Mobile: Fixed a crash on Android when using third-party autofill providers. Fixed a crash on Android when downloading something. Fixed a crash on iPad. Fixed some crashes on Android 12. Fixed a crash in WebView2 apps when opening a context menu (Issue 1744). These are followed by the fixes that are aimed at addressing changed behavior. This includes a fix for addressing issues with importing data from other browsers, input issues, and a bunch of issues plaguing the mobile versions. Here is the complete list: Fixed an issue where enabling spellchecking for multiple languages resulted in only one language getting spellcheck results. Fixed an issue where opening a new window from the Favorites or History management pages fails. Fixed an issue where importing data from other browsers sometimes fails in certain languages. Fixed an issue where certain kinds of browser history are able to be deleted even when deleting history is disabled by management policy. Fixed an issue where editing a text note in a Collection sometimes isn’t possible because the pane automatically scrolls to where the note isn’t visible. Fixed an issue where entering Kids mode unnecessarily adds badging to browser shortcuts. Fixed an issue where websites that ask for permission to use a 2-Factor Authentication device result in a blank permission dialog. Fixed an issue where setting a website installed as an app to run when the device starts up via the app’s post-install dialog isn’t reflected in the Apps management page. Fixed an issue where there is no indication that a download has started in websites installed as apps. Fixed an issue where clicking the button in Settings to restart the browser doesn’t actually restart it. Fixed an issue where input sometimes doesn’t work when mini menus are visible. Fixed an issue where the Web Widget doesn’t respond to touchscreen input. Fixed an issue on Xbox where the Setting to open a specific page on browser startup doesn’t work. Mobile: Fixed an issue where signing into the browser sometimes fails. Fixed an issue where signing into the browser sometimes fails after updating the app. Fixed an issue where company resources are sometimes blocked with a “You can’t get there from here” error even though the device and browser are signed into the company properly. Fixed an issue where setting the default search provider sometimes fails. Fixed an issue where certain websites can’t be logged into in InPrivate. Fixed an issue on Android 12 where autofill data save prompts sometimes don’t appear when they should. Fixed an issue where data is sometimes inadvertently imported from other browsers multiple times in a row, leading to duplicate data. As is always the case, the build is rolling out in a staggered fashion, meaning that it might be a while till it shows up for all users. When it does make it to users' devices, it will be automatically downloaded in the background. Users can also force-check for an update through the About Microsoft Edge setting. New Edge Dev build adds voice typing support on Windows 11 and more

Microsoft has released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22538 to the Dev Channel. In it, Microsoft has updated Voice access, which is a new feature (building on its debut in build 22518) that lets you control your PC entirely with your voice. Insiders will also be happy to see that the Explorer.exe crashes when using hardware volume controls have also been fixed, plus a load more fixes made it into this build too, which you can view below. Anyway here's what's new in Build 22538: Updates for voice access Voice access was introduced in Build 22518. Voice access is a new experience to control your PC with just voice. With today’s build, there are some updates for voice access for Windows Insiders to try out. Using touch keyboard with voice access Numbered tear drops appearing over all keys of touch keyboard. You can use the touch keyboard with voice access to: Spell words e.g., names and email addresses. Enter numbers e.g., phone numbers and addresses. Enter punctuation marks and symbols. Enter emojis. To do this Say this Open touch keyboard “Show keyboard” Hide touch keyboard “Hide keyboard” Click a key on touch keyboard “Click [number]”, “[number]” e.g., “Click 2, “2” You can only use the following voice access commands while using the touch keyboard: Voice access on/ off commands e.g., “voice access wake up”, “voice access sleep”, “turn off microphone”, “turn off voice access”. Commands to use touch keyboard e.g., “hide keyboard,” “click 2”. First up are the Changes and Improvements: The updated entry point for Widgets with weather on the taskbar first introduced with Build 22518 should now be available to all Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. In ALT + TAB, Task view, and Snap assist, the focus rectangle that shows what is selected will now use your chosen accent color on your PC. ALT + TAB showing focus rectangle with accent color. Our updated IMEs and touch keyboard designs will now show on the Lock screen and where you enter your account information such as username and password. This change is currently rolling out to a subset of Windows Insiders at first and we’ll expand over time based on feedback. The updated touch keyboard design as seen from the Lock screen. The updated IME design as it appears on the Lock screen. We are beginning to roll out the ability for voice typing to download Speech Packs from the Microsoft Store for device-based speech recognition that provides a better performance of transcription. We’re experimenting with improving the discoverability of certain input features in various areas across the OS. For those who need it, you can access ncpa.cpl directly again. We have added HTTPS boot for Hyper-V Generation 2 VMs. The feature is enabled by default. For PCs that support it, display calibration is now directly available under Settings > Display > HDR instead of having to open a separate Settings page. Moving on to the list of fixes, here they are: [General] Pressing the hardware buttons for volume up/down should no longer cause explorer.exe to crash for some Insiders. We believe that the issue causing some Insiders to see text in Settings and other places mixed up in the previous flight should no longer repro in this build. Fixed an issue that was causing Narrator to crash in text boxes when using scan mode. Mitigated an issue where for some PCs, after resuming from sleep or hibernate, video playback would resume instantly but the audio could take 10 seconds to start playing. [File Explorer] Folders named Advanced should no longer unexpectedly open the Advanced Sharing Settings page in Settings. [Search] We’ve done some work to address an issue wherein typing when using Search from Start or after clicking the Search icon Taskbar would not actually start a Search, as no text was input. If you continue to experience this issue after upgrading, please file a new piece of feedback under Desktop Environment > Search in Feedback Hub. [Taskbar] Taskbar’s date and time in the long format should no longer cut off on secondary monitors. [Settings] There should no longer be a random blank entry under Bluetooth & Devices. Fixed an issue where Narrator was reading the Resume updates button as “Check for updates” in the Windows Update page. Settings should no longer crash when going to System > Display > HDR. Fixed an issue believed to be the root cause of Settings crashing sometimes when using the clear location history option. Mitigated an issue that was causing Settings to crash for some Insiders when viewing the properties of a Wi-Fi network. The “private” and “public” controls in network properties should no longer flicker for people with dual network cards. If you search for “network reset” the Settings page for doing that will now appear in the search results. When viewing the list of available Wi-Fi networks in Quick Settings, the signal strength indicators should now reflect the correct signal strength instead of all showing full strength. [Input] Removed the “try out your setup” box from Personalization > Text Input > Custom Theme, since it didn’t work. The customized text color from Settings > Personalization > Text input > Custom theme” should actually apply to the text in the candidate window / clipboard history/ emoji panel now. Mitigated an issue which was impacting the performance for Insiders with the new input switcher when rapidly switching input back and forth. Tapping the search box in the expressive input area of the touch keyboard should no longer cause the touch keyboard to immediately dismiss the first time you do it after switching input language. Fixed an unexpected 1-pixel gap between the side of the touch keyboard and edge of the screen when docked. Adding missing inverted interrobang (⸘) to the general punctuation section of WIN + Period. [Windowing] For those using the custom mode in Settings > Personalization > Colors, the background of ALT + Tab, Task View, and Snap Assist should now follow the default Windows mode for light or dark and not the default app mode. Dragging and dropping windows in Task View while using an Arabic or Hebrew display language should drag in the correct direction again now. exe shouldn’t crash now when closing snap groups which include 3 or 4 apps. [Widgets] We fixed the issue where if you changed the taskbar alignment, it would cause the Widgets button to disappear from taskbar. Widgets content on taskbar should not get out of sync between monitors when multiple monitors are connecting to your PC. [Voice access] Fixed an issue where recently removed microphone shows up as the selected microphone. An issue was addressed to ensure the microphone state changes are announced for screen reader users. Fixed an issue to ensure microphone names are read out for screen reader users on the microphone selection page while setting up voice access for the first time. Fixed an issue to ensure microphone labels communicate the current microphone state for screen reader users. Fixed an issue where duplicate number labels were showing up on Microsoft Edge home page with the command “show numbers”. Fixed an issue where the command “lowercase previous character” was not working as expected. Fixed an issue where voice access would give an incorrect message to say “voice access wake up” even when no microphone is connected. Fixed an issue where the command “switch to Edge” was not prompting for input when two Microsoft Edge windows are open with one of them maximized. Fixed an issue where the command “go to font” didn’t give expected results in Microsoft Word. Addressed an issue where the command “voice access wake up” was not activating voice access microphone when you speak continuously without any pauses. Addressed an issue where dictation was not working as expected on the desktop and File Explorer. Addressed an issue where the command “show numbers” was not showing number labels on the window in focus. [Task Manager] Fixed an issue that was impacting Task Manager reliability. Update App History tab column name in Task Manager from “Tile updates” to “Notifications”. NOTE: Some fixes noted here in Insider Preview builds from the active development branch may make their way into the servicing updates for the released version of Windows 11 that became generally available on October 5th, 2021. And here are the known issues in the build: [Taskbar] The taskbar will sometimes flicker when switching input methods. [Search] After clicking the Search icon on the Taskbar, the Search panel may not open. If this occurs, restart the “Windows Explorer” process, and open the search panel again. [Input] On a UAC prompt, the IME candidate window doesn’t show up. [Widgets] With the taskbar left-aligned, information such as temperature is not shown. This will be fixed in a future update. You can find the original press release for Dev channel build 22538 here. Windows 11 Dev build 22538 fixes Explorer.exe crashes and improves on Voice access

Microsoft has released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22533 to the Dev Channel. In it, Microsoft has announced a new call experience for the Your Phone app as well as "includes a good set of changes and improvements as well as fixes." There are also ISOs released for this build for those that want to clean install. First up are the Changes and Improvements: We have updated the flyout design for the hardware indicators for brightness, volume, camera privacy, camera on/off and airplane mode, to align with Windows 11 design principles. These new flyouts will appear when you press the volume or brightness keys on your laptop and will honor light/dark mode to give you a more coherent Windows experience. Brightness and volume indicators continue to be interactive with the update. The redesigned hardware indicator for volume. You can now search for voice access from the taskbar and pin voice access to your taskbar or Start like other apps as well as turn it on/ off. We’re expanding the rollout of extending the 13 touch keyboard themes to IMEs, the emoji panel, and voice typing (first introduced with Build 22504) to all Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. When you press WIN + X or right click the Start icon it will now say “Installed apps” in the menu instead of “Apps & Features”. It is now possible to uninstall the Clock app if you want. Moving on to the list of fixes, here they are: [General] Fixed an issue where Insiders may have seen error 0x8007012a during a driver or firmware update. Addressed an issue causing Insiders to be unable to sign-in to certain apps sometimes, such as Feedback Hub. Fixed the text in the exploit protection description in the Windows Security app so it just refers to Windows and not Windows 10. Fixed an issue resulting in not being able to import photos from certain cameras and mobile phones into the Photos app (it would just loop forever saying 0 items found so far). Launching Windows Sandbox, closing it, and then launch it again, should no longer lead to having two Windows Sandbox icons in the Taskbar (one of which is non-functional). [Taskbar] The Wi-Fi icon should appear more reliably in the Taskbar now. If you have multiple monitors connected to your PC and right-click on the date and time on the taskbar on your primary monitor, explorer.exe will no longer crash. Holding CTRL and hovering your mouse over the Task View icon in the taskbar should no longer make explorer.exe crash. [Settings] Mitigated an underlying issue related to the use of mica in Settings which was impacting overall reliability of the Settings app in recent flights. Fixed an issue impacting some Insiders which was resulting in Settings crashing when trying to access the Installed Apps, Startup Apps, and Default Apps pages. Mitigated an issue that was making the Wheel page in Settings crash when adding an action for an app. You should no longer hear a crackle if playing audio and repeatedly clicking the volume slider in Quick Settings to change the volume. [Windowing] If you hover your mouse over a truncated window title in ALT + Tab or Task View a tooltip showing the full window name will now appear. [Input] Improved how the text color and buttons look with theming applied on candidate window, emoji panel and clipboard (before this, some buttons/text was hard to see with certain custom background colors). The voice typing launcher should no longer unexpectedly reappear after clicking the microphone icon to invoke voice typing. For Insiders with the updated input switcher experience, accessibility tools like Magnifier and Narrator should work better with it now. NOTE: Some fixes noted here in Insider Preview builds from the active development branch may make their way into the servicing updates for the released version of Windows 11 that became generally available on October 5th, 2021. And here are the known issues in the build: [Start] In some cases, you might be unable to enter text when using Search from Start or the taskbar. If you experience the issue, press WIN + R on the keyboard to launch the Run dialog box, then close it. [Taskbar] The taskbar will sometimes flicker when switching input methods. [Search] After clicking the Search icon on the Taskbar, the Search panel may not open. If this occurs, restart the “Windows Explorer” process, and open the search panel again. [Settings] When viewing the list of available Wi-Fi networks, the signal strength indicators do not reflect the correct signal strength. Settings may crash when going to System > Display > HDR. If you need to enable or disable HDR on an HDR-capable PC, you can do so using the WIN + ALT + B keyboard shortcut. There is a blank entry under Bluetooth & Devices. [Widgets] Changing the taskbar alignment can cause the Widgets button to disappear from taskbar. When having multiple monitors, Widgets content on taskbar may get out of sync between monitors. With the taskbar left-aligned, information such as temperature is not shown. This will be fixed in a future update. New Calls experience for the Your Phone app This week we are beginning to roll out a new Calls experience for the Your Phone app on Windows 11. This update will be available to all Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. This update includes a new in-progress call window with updated icons, fonts, and other UI changes that align with the improved design of Windows 11. Placing calls with the Your Phone app should still work as before with this new UI! Please try it out and share any comments with us via Feedback Hub under Apps > Your Phone. You can find the original press release for Dev channel build 22533 here. Windows 11 Dev build 22533 centers flyouts for volume, brightness, ISOs also available

Microsoft has released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22526 to the Dev Channel. In it, Microsoft has not really highlighted any major changes other than it "includes a good set of changes and improvements as well as fixes." First up are the Changes and Improvements: We’re experimenting with showing ALT + TAB as windowed instead of full screen for some Insiders. We have added support for wideband speech when using Apple AirPods products (AirPods, AirPods Pro, or AirPods Max), improving audio quality for voice calls. Starting with Build 22518, Credential Guard is now enabled by default on Windows 11 Enterprise (E3 and E5) licensed PCs that are enterprise-joined. We are experimenting with indexing more file locations so that using search to find important files in Files Explorer is quicker. Moving on to the list of fixes, here they are: [File Explorer] Did some work to help address an issue where if you’d used search in File Explorer, and then explorer.exe crashed, the next time you tried to search in File Explorer it wouldn’t work. [Search] We’ve made another fix to help address the recent searches flyout getting stuck on the screen (appearing transparent except the border). Improved the resolution of app icons displayed in search results when the display scaling was set to greater than 100%. [Spotlight collection] If you’re using spotlight collection, the current image should migrate on upgrade now (if the build you’re upgrading from is Build 22523 or higher). [Widgets] Fixed an issue result in the Widgets board potentially not having the correct resolution when hovering over the entry point on a secondary monitor. Addressed an issue where the Widgets board would temporarily be blank, showing only an Add Widgets button (which also opened to a blank dialog). [Other] Fixed a bugcheck with KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED remote desktop users were encountering when attempting to shutdown or restart. Microsoft Store should no longer show a message that trying to install the latest Web Media Extension update is returning error code 0x80073CFB. Addressed a DWM crash impacting some Insiders on the previous flight. And here are the known issues in the build: [General] You may be unable to sign-in to certain apps such as Feedback Hub. Restarting your PC should correct the issue. We’re investigating reports that some Insiders are seeing driver and firmware update failures in recent builds with the error 0x8007012a. [Start] In some cases, you might be unable to enter text when using Search from Start or the taskbar. If you experience the issue, press WIN + R on the keyboard to launch the Run dialog box, then close it. [Taskbar] The taskbar will sometimes flicker when switching input methods. The network icon sometimes goes missing in the taskbar when it’s supposed to be there. If you encounter this, please try using Task Manager to restart explorer.exe. If you have multiple monitors connected to your PC and right-click on the date and time on the taskbar on your primary monitor, it will crash explorer.exe [Search] After clicking the Search icon on the Taskbar, the Search panel may not open. If this occurs, restart the “Windows Explorer” process, and open the search panel again. [Settings] When viewing the list of available Wi-Fi networks, the signal strength indicators do not reflect the correct signal strength. Settings may crash when going to System > Display > HDR. There is a blank entry under Bluetooth & Devices. We’re working on a fix for an issue impacting some Insiders, resulting in Settings crashing when trying to access the Installed Apps, Startup Apps, and Default Apps pages. If you are one of those impacted and need to uninstall an app, using winget should work. [Widgets] Changing the taskbar alignment can cause the Widgets button to disappear from taskbar. When having multiple monitors, Widgets content on taskbar may get out of sync between monitors. With the taskbar left-aligned, information such as temperature is not shown. This will be fixed in a future update. [Voice access] Some text authoring commands, e.g., “select that” or “delete that”, may not work as expected across Windows applications. Recognition of some punctuation marks and symbols such as @ sign is not accurate. [Narrator] Narrator Settings must be restarted after downloading a voice to see “Jenny” and “Aria” in the voice selection combo box. Users may see a longer period of time before speech is stopped when pressing the CTRL key in continuous reading scenarios. You can find the original press release for Dev channel build 22526 here. Windows 11 Dev build 22526 focuses on fixes and adds more file locations to Search index

2023 could become a major year for the open source Thunderbird email client. The team plans to launch a modernized client for the supported desktop systems, without removing functionality or dumbing it down, and to launch Thunderbird for Android officially. One of the cornerstones in 2023 is support for synchronization between Thunderbird clients. The system is based on Firefox Sync, which Mozilla uses in Firefox to synchronize passwords, bookmarks, open tabs and other user data between installations. Thunderbird Sync allows users of the email client to synchronize accounts, address books, calendars, add-ons and settings across devices. More sync options are planned for the future. Thunderbird Sync The Thunderbird team has integrated Sync into the latest Daily version of the email client. Interested users may download it from the Mozilla FTP server. Search for thunderbird-110.0a1. and pick the right language, e.g., en-US, and architecture, e.g., .win64.installer.exe. It is recommended to install Thunderbird Daily in a different directory as any regular installation on the device to keep the two separate. The default installation path should be different. Once installed, select Settings and then Sync. There you find a short description of the functionality and the option to sign-in. Sync requires a Firefox Account, but future versions will support self-hosting as well as using online storage from providers such as NextCloud for the syncing. The process needs a bit of polishing, as the sign-in / create an account page refers to Firefox and not to Thunderbird. Once signed-in, Thunderbird will sync all supported items by default. These can be changed immediately with a click on the change button. All five items that are supported in the development build can be disabled individually. The change button displays a disconnect option as well to sign-out of the Firefox account and stop syncing using it. The next step is to sign-in to Thunderbird on other devices, as syncing is only useful if at least two Thunderbird instances are configured to sync data. Closing Words Sync functionality is a major feature addition to Thunderbird. It is good to see that the development team is working on support for other sync providers, including self-hosted solutions. There is no official ETA on the feature in Thunderbird Stable. Now You: do you use Thunderbird? Thunderbird Sync enabled in latest Development build