In this article, we will talk about the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview Build for the Dev Channel, which is Build 25236.
Microsoft released the New Build for the Dev Channel and this one brings a few improvements and more hidden features that you can enable, along with a lot of fixes to recent issues.
New Search Experience
To improve the value of Search shortcuts and reduce friction in the broader Windows Search experience, Microsoft is trying out different ways to provide tips on how to use Windows Search via the taskbar. Only some English-speaking Windows Insiders in the U.S. will see this.
Task Manager Search
This new feature can be enabled since the last Build, and you can also enable it in Build 25236. This is really useful as it allows you to search for Processes, Services, and PIDs in the Task Manager. To enable it, you need to follow this article.
Energy Recommendations
This is also a hidden feature that could be enabled in the last Build as well. Recommendations include turning off your screen saver, turning off the screen after 3 minutes, and turning on dark mode. I will create a separate article, in which I will show you how to enable this.
Image source: PhantomOcean3 on Twitter
Microsoft Store Update
Windows Insiders running version 22210.1401.x of the Microsoft Store will see the following improvements:
Discover and redeem offers available with your new PC: Microsoft made it much easier for you to discover that your device came with digital attach offers (Office, Game Pass, or standalone games) and redeem it.
Improve the search card results while scrolling UX: Microsoft optimized our layout and rendering architecture for search card results to provide a much smoother scrolling and resizing experience – especially on low powered devices.
Fixes
[Narrator]
- We fixed the issue causing natural voices such as Guy or Jenny to not speak in Narrator.
[Taskbar & System Tray]
- Fixed an issue where if you opened the hidden icons flyout, it caused a File Explorer entry for it to appear in the taskbar.
- Fixed an issue that was causing the taskbar previews to freeze or show as blank and not open when using Windows key + (#) key commands to try and switch between windows.
- The show hidden icons flyout in the system tray should now responsively resize with changes again to prevent empty spaces and columns.
- Fixed multiple issues related to the taskbar which were impacting explorer.exe reliability.
- Fixed an issue that was causing the volume icon in the system tray to incorrectly show as muted.
- Fixed a GDI handle leak related to updating the notification center icon in the taskbar, which would eventually lead to an explorer.exe crash for people who received a large number of notifications.
- Narrator will now announce the pinned and unpinned status of apps in the taskbar.
[File Explorer]
- Fixed an issue which was making File Explorer crash when closing tabs for some people.
- Made another fix for an issue which could cause errant divider lines in File Explorer’s navigation pane.
[Settings]
- Made a change to hide the battery graph on the Power & Battery page if a UPS is connected, as the capacity information it displayed in that case wasn’t correct.
- If you don’t have a kiosk set up, we’ve now updated the text on Accounts > Other Users > Kiosk to make it clearer you need to do that, so it doesn’t appear to be a dead end.
- Fixed an issue where if you went into the properties for an audio device, this could make it unexpectedly show in the output devices list on System > Sound although it was actually an input device.
- In the accessibility settings for color filters, the inverted option should work correctly again now and not just set your PC to grayscale colors.
[Other]
- Fixed an issue causing some Insiders to see a bugcheck with error SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED in recent builds.
For more information about Known Issues in this Build, you can check this article from the Microsoft Blog.
For a more in-depth presentation of the New Build, you can watch the video below from the youtube channel.
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