In this article, we will talk about the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview Build for the Canary Channel, which is the Build 27871.
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 Energy Saver Options
The path for the new policy configuration can be found at in Local Group Policy Editor by navigating to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Power Management > Energy Saver Settings and “Enable Energy Saver to Always Be On”.
New Start Menu Phone Sidebar Improvements
- Instantly see notifications from your mobile device apps — grouped by app for easy catch-up, right from your Start menu.
- Mirror your Android device’s screen with a single click from your Start menu. Simply click on your device’s icon or access the option from the footer menu to quickly launch device screen mirroring.
- Your iPhone© memories are now accessible from the Start menu. Windows iCloud app users can see recently synced photos and quickly access their iCloud photos all within the Start menu.
New Taskbar Icons
Microsoft have adjusted the needy state pill under apps on the taskbar that need attention to be wider and more visible.
New Mouse Customization Settings
Fixes in this Build
General
- We have mitigated the issue where if Virtualization Based Security is enabled, applications dependent on virtualization, such as VMware Workstation, would lose the ability to run unless the “Windows Hypervisor Platform” Windows optional component is installed on the system.
File Explorer
- Fixed an issue where if you had disconnected network drives when doing a search from Home it might prevent searches from executing and you’d remain on Home.
- Fixed an issue where tapping the View button in File Explorer with touch would crash File Explorer.
Taskbar
- Fixed an issue where WIN + CTRL + Number wasn’t working anymore for switching windows in the taskbar.
- Fixed an underlying issue which was causing keyboard focus to get set to widgets in the taskbar on login, which could make widgets unexpectedly invoke.
- Fixed an issue when using Tab and Shift + Tab to move keyboard focus around the taskbar, where if keyboard focus went backwards at least once you could get keyboard focus stuck on the taskbar frame, causing some screen readers to just say “pane”.
Settings
- Fixed an issue where hovering over the cards at the top of Settings > System > About wasn’t showing the correct corner radius.
- Fixed an issue where the storage card in Settings > System > About showed a garbage character instead of the proper disk size.
Administrator Protection
- Fixed an issue where when using Administrator Protection, some apps might not follow your preference if it was set to dark mode.
Task Manager
- Fixed the issue causing search and other options such as filtering in Task Manager to not work.
Audio
- Fixed an issue in the last few Canary flights where audio devices with high sampling (like 192Hz) and multiple channels weren’t producing sound.
- Fixed an issue which could cause the startup sound not to play, though it was enabled.
Input
- Fixed an issue where voice typing wouldn’t start from the touch keyboard when using the Chinese (Simplified) narrow layout.
- Fixed an issue where when using the Symbols section of the touch keyboard, pressing the key to change pages might unexpectedly insert a character into password fields.
Graphics
- Fixed an issue which could cause unexpected scaling and window position changes after sleep/resume for some devices.
Voice Access
- Fixed an issue which could voice access to freeze with error “working on it” when dictating.
Other
- Fixed an issue causing an Administrative Templates error message when opening Group Policy Editor.
- Fixed an issue where some of the commands when using xml to setup were unexpectedly not being run.
- Fixed an issue when installing Windows from installation media, where if you changed your keyboard layout from the default, it may still use the default when entering the product key.
- Fixed an issue when installing Windows from installation media, where certain partitions may show an extremely large erroneous size.
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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