In this article, we will talk about the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview Build for the Canary Channel, which is the Build 27928.
Things that you need to keep in mind in the Canary Channel:
- The builds that Microsoft releases to the Canary Channel represent the latest platform changes early in the development cycle and should not be seen as matched to any specific release of Windows and features and experiences included in these builds may never get released as they try out different concepts and get feedback. Features may change over time, be removed, or replaced and never get released beyond Windows Insiders. Some of these features and experiences could show up in future Windows releases when they’re ready.
- Many features in the Canary Channel are rolled out using Control Feature Rollout technology, starting with a small subset of Insiders.
- Some features may show up in the Dev and Beta Channels first before showing up in the Canary Channel.
- To get off the Canary Channel, a clean install of Windows 11 will be required. As a reminder – Insiders can’t switch to a channel that is receiving builds with lower build numbers without doing a clean installation of Windows 11 due to technical setup requirements.
- The desktop watermark shown at the lower right corner of the desktop is normal for these pre-release builds.
Next Windows 11 Version News
27924 was the last rs_prerelease flight from Selenium, a build jump came this week for Bromine (2942x). Canary will move to a release branch with the next build which will probably be quite boring, it’s release for something that is most likely not client therefore feature losses are probably going to happen.
Thanks to phantomofearth for providing more information about this.
Bromine or Krypton or whatever is current by the time MS finally releases a 29xxx build won’t be out for another few months, at best we could actually get it in late October and then 29xxx should actually become 26H2, it looks like plans call for a platform release next year, which will actually be the release to support new Arm chips (the whole backporting to Germanium for 25H2 thing seems to be abandoned).
Also given the timing of when 29xxx is likely to land, chances are builds will have notable new stuff in them. Winter is always a big RI period (rs_prerelease getting stuff from internal branches) whenever a platform release is coming out the next year.
A lot of this could still change given it’s early, but that seems to be how things will play out as we head into the end of the year and then 2026.
New Battery Icon Removed
The updated battery iconography we began rolling out in the Canary Channel with Build 27802 is disabled in this build. This is only temporary, and we will re-enable this in a future Canary Channel flight.
New Settings Changes
Microsoft is moving more time and language settings from Control Panel to Settings:
- You can now add additional clocks from Settings > Time & language > Date & time under the collapsed section which can be expanded for “Show time and date in the system tray”. For those unfamiliar with the feature, these additional clocks display in Notification Center, as well as the tooltip when hovering over the clock in the taskbar.
- You can now change your time server from Settings > Time & language > Date & time, under “Additional settings”.
- The formatting settings for date and time have moved from Settings > Time & language > Language & region to Settings > Time & language > Date & time, and you can now change your AM/PM symbol from here as well (along with other existing formatting settings).
- You can now change number and currency format from Settings > Time & language > Language & region, under the “Region” section.
- If you’d like to enable Unicode UTF-8 for worldwide language support, there is now a toggle for this under Settings > Time & language > Language & region, under the “Language” section.
- If needed, you can now copy current user language and region settings to welcome screen and system account, as well as new user accounts, from Settings > Time & language > Language & region, under “Additional settings”.
Fixes in this Build
General
- Fixed an underlying issue with dao360.dll in the latest builds which could result in some apps crashing.
File Explorer
- Fixed an issue where File Explorer preview windows might appear when hovering over unrelated app icons in the taskbar.
- Fixed an issue where if you tried to use the unblock open in Properties for a file, it still shows as blocked when you open Properties the next time.
Taskbar
- Fixed an issue where If you accidentally clicked down and slid your mouse on the taskbar preview thumbnail, clicking it would stop working.
Input
- Fixed an underlying issue related to textinputframework.dll could result in certain apps like Sticky Notes and Notepad crashing.
- Fixed an issue where if you attempted to type Chinese with an IME after copying something with CTRL + C, it could result in the first character getting dropped.
Login and Lock Screen
- Did some work to address underlying cases which could lead to you seeing a blank white screen, or a screen saying, “just a moment”, for a few minutes when logging in to your PC.
- Did some work to address an underlying issue which could lead to the taskbar being slow to load when unlocking your PC after coming out of sleep. This issue could also have led to the password field and other login screen contents not rendering when transitioning from lock screen to login screen after sleep. If you continue experiencing issues, please report them in the Feedback Hub under Install and Update > Logon hangs.
Live Captions
- Fixed an issue where if you changed the opacity of live captions in Settings > Accessibility > Captions > Caption Style, it had no effect.
Settings
- Fixed an issue where Settings might crash if you attempt to add a security key under Settings > Account > Sign-in options.
Other
- Fixed an issue in the previous build where you might see multiple error pop ups about unexpected elements when opening Group Policy Editor.
For more information about 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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