In this article, we will talk about the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview Build for the Canary Channel, which is the Build 27858.
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.
New AI Features for Copilot+ PCs
Microsoft is adding Semantic Search and Click to Do in this Build. Recall is not available yet.
Source: PhantomOfEarth on Twitter
New Taskbar Icon
Microsoft is trying out a new experience to improve the discoverability of the emoji and more panel in Windows 11 with the introduction of a new system tray icon on the taskbar. With this new system tray icon, you can easily express yourself by using emojis, GIFs, Kaomoji etc. across all apps and surfaces in Windows in addition to using the WIN + . keyboard shortcut which is also now shown on the emoji and more panel. This new system tray icon for the emoji and more panel shows can be changed by right-clicking on the icon to go to taskbar settings page.
New Custom Mouse Pointer Settings
Microsoft is also bringing the old mouse customization options from the Old Control Panel to the New Settings App, inside Settings > Accessibility > Mouse pointer and touch.
Here, we can mention the New way of Customizing the pointer image, adding a Mouse indicator, Mouse pointer trails and also Mouse pointer shadow, along side with an updated icon for the Enhance Pointer Precision Setting.
Fixes in this Build
General
- Fixed an issue which was causing some Insiders to see a black screen when upgrading to the previous flight.
- Fixed an issue causing text to disappear in places across the system after the previous flight.
File Explorer
- As part of our ongoing commitment to improving File Explorer accessibility, this release includes increased support for the text scaling (via Settings > Accessibility > Text size) across File Explorer, File Open/Save dialogs and the copy dialogs.
Desktop Icons
- Updated the logic for apps pinned to the desktop, so that packaged apps no longer show an accent colored backplate (for example, if you were to drag and drop Snipping Tool from the apps list in Start to the desktop). In doing this, the icons should be bigger and easier to see now. Please note, you may need to create new shortcuts for this to take effect, if you already have something on your desktop.
Input
- Fixed an issue where voice typing wouldn’t start from the touch keyboard when using the Chinese (Simplified) narrow layout.
- Fixed a high hitting ctmon.exe crash, which could impact the ability to type.
Windowing
- Fixed an explorer.exe crash related to snap layouts which could happen when dragging a window or hovering over the maximize button in a window.
Taskbar
- Fixed an issue where the taskbar icons weren’t increasing in size as they should when using your PC in a tablet posture.
- Fixed an issue where when using Hebrew or Arabic as your display language, if you pressed WIN + T then arrow keys, focus through the taskbar icons would move in the opposite direction.
Graphics
- Fixed an issue causing night light to not work for some Insiders after the latest flights.
- Fixed an issue which was causing unexpected FPS caps for some Insiders in the previous flight.
Network
- Mitigated an issue believed to be the cause of reports that wi-fi stopped working for some Insiders after the previous flight.
Audio
- Fixed an underlying issue which could lead to MIDI devices not being recognized in recent Canary flights.
Other
- Fixed an issue causing some Insiders to see a bugcheck with KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE after the previous flight.
- Fixed an issue causing some Insiders to see a bugcheck with SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED after the previous flight.
- Fixed an issue where setting your desktop background to a JXR HDR wallpaper wasn’t working for extra wide format (21×9).
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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