In this article, we will talk about the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview Build for the Dev Channel, which is Build 25201.
Microsoft is releasing an ISO for this Build, so you can Download the ISO from here.
What’s new
Expanded View in Widgets
Microsoft is introducing an Expanded View in Widgets for Windows 11 Build 25201.
Use the expand and collapse button in the top right corner of the board, next to the add widgets button, to expand or collapse the size of your widgets board.
The size of your board is remembered, so if you prefer your widgets board to always show you more content and leave it expanded then that’s how it will be the next time you open it.
Game Pass Widget Improvements
Today, Microsoft is beginning to roll out an update for the Game Pass widget that introduces the ability to sign-in with your Xbox profile. If you have already signed into your Xbox app on PC, the Game Pass widget will be signed-in with your Xbox account. Once signed-in, the widget will show the full range of Game Pass games available to you.
Additionally, the widget will also show the most recent set of PC Game Pass titles you have played. It gives gamers a quick way to get right back into the action.
Both changes are not available for all Windows Insiders, so you will have to wait a while before you can get it.
Changes and Improvements
[General]
- Starting with this week’s flight, Microsoft is concluding the exploration of the New Visuals for the Search Box in Windows 11, so if you received this experience, it will be removed on your next reboot.
[File Explorer]
- File Explorer search will now show results as you type. The full search results page will update live without needing to press enter. Microsoft is beginning to roll this out, so the experience isn’t available to all Insiders just yet.
- Microsoft is experimenting with adding more cloud files to search results from Home.
Fixes
[General]
- Fixed the issue in the last few flights causing a bugcheck when moving your mouse in certain games.
[File Explorer]
- As a one-time change to help people find their folders with the navigation pane updates, if the default folders pinned to File Explorer’s navigation pane had been unpinned, they will be re-pinned after upgrading.
- Fixed a memory leak which was happening when closing File Explorer windows.
[Taskbar]
- The apps in the taskbar overflow flyout should now be in the correct order when using an Arabic or Hebrew display language.
[Input]
- Fixed an issue where if you hadn’t already opened OneNote once, using the pen click to invoke OneNote wouldn’t work.
- Made a change to help address an issue where it wasn’t possible to use the Pinyin IME to type in the chat box of certain games.
[Settings]
- Fixed an issue which was causing sporadic Settings app crashes.
- Removed an erroneous white pixel in the icon animation when clicking the Apps category in Settings.
[Widgets]
- We have fixed the issue where in some cases, the notification banner for some badging would not appear in the widgets board.
[Windowing]
- Fixed an issue where explorer.exe was crashing if you dragged a snap group in Task View and dropped it into another Desktop.
- Fixed an issue related to interacting with the Desktops flyout in the taskbar which was causing periodic explorer.exe crashes.
- Fixed a DWM crash in the last few flights which could lead to a brief black screen when rotating a tablet.
- Fixed a rare issue which could cause a DWM crash when watching videos in certain UWP apps in recent builds.
[Task Manager]
- Fixed an issue impacting Task Manager reliability.
[Other]
- Fixed an issue causing some Insiders to unexpectedly get the message “it is not possible to connect to this network” when connecting to certain Wi-Fi networks recently, although the network was working with other devices.
- Fixed an issue which could lead to Windows Sandbox opening to just a black window on certain PCs.
For the list of Known Issues, you can check this article from the Official 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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