New Windows 11 Build 25947 – New 23H2 News, New Paint and Microsoft Store, and Fixes (Canary)

In this article, we will talk about the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview Build for the Canary Channel, which is Build 25947.

Windows 11 23H2 News

Voice Access in OOBE is now also available in the Canary Channel as discovered by PhantomOcean3.

Also, there are some more references to Windows 11 23H2 Release in September inside Hidden Velocity Features.

The first two are in 25947 as well https://t.co/UqUquDLKMW https://t.co/0QTm9YIgQ0

— phantomofearth 🌳 (@phantomofearth) September 7, 2023

New Paint and Microsoft Store

Microsoft is also introducing the ability to Remove the Background in an Image using the Paint App, with the help of Machine learning and the ONNX Model.

If you were curious, the new Paint update ships with an encrypted ONNX model powering its background removal feature.

onnx = onnxe ⊕ "Microsoft_2023" (ascii)https://t.co/A2juuJIDyM pic.twitter.com/cWXdsnDMuN

— Rafael Rivera (@WithinRafael) September 7, 2023

Microsoft Store is also getting a New Game Pass page which will allow you to Explore and subscribe to PC Game Pass or Game Pass Ultimate through the new dedicated page.

Fixes in this Build

• Fixed a high hitting ctfmon.exe crash in recent flights, which may have impacted the ability to type for some Insiders.
• Fixed a few issues impacting explorer.exe reliability, including fixing an issue which could cause File Explorer to crash when navigating to Gallery.
• Fixed an issue which was causing explorer.exe to not work in safe mode.
• Did some work to help improve the performance when switching between different pages in Task Manager.
• Fixed the issue causing some Insiders to see an unexpected pop up asking you to “Select an app to open this ‘ms-screenclip’ link” after the latest Snipping Tool app update.

Known Issues in this Build

• Some popular games may not work correctly on the most recent Insider Preview builds in the Canary Channel. Please be sure to submit feedback in Feedback Hub on any issues you see with playing games on these builds.

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.