New features are being systematically introduced to the Beta Channel with the toggle activated, including the capability to reposition hardware indicators on your screen. The start menu will incorporate a Boolean option within the Configure Start Pins policy, and AI actions in File Explorer will be reset. Recent updates have been implemented for the latest flights, addressing input issues, taskbar functionality, File Explorer, and settings adjustments. The beta channel encompasses resolutions for the Windows Vista boot sound, reset options, and KVM virtual machine failures.
Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.4452 (Beta Channel)
Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.4452 (KB5060836) to the Beta Channel for Windows Insiders on Windows 11, version 24H2.
New Copilot+ PC experiences
Recall Homepage
We are making it easier and faster for you to find and reconnect with the apps and websites that matter to you by introducing a new personalized homepage to Recall. The new homepage brings your recent activity and top-used content front and center, enabling you to easily get back to your previous tasks.
After you opt-in to snapshot collection, your homepage becomes your personalized productivity portal, displaying:
- Recent Snapshots: Your most recent snapshots captured by Recall, helping you quickly pick up where you left off.
- Top Apps and Websites: A curated view of the top three applications and websites you have spent the most time on in the past 24 hours.
Additionally, we are improving the way you navigate in Recall with the new navigation bar. Located on the left side of the screen, the new navigation bar provides intuitive access to key Recall features including Home, Timeline, Feedback, and Settings. Recall continues to function the same way as before with these improvements.
FEEDBACK: Please file feedback in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Desktop Environment > Recall or through in-experience links.
New features gradually being rolled out to the Beta Channel with toggle on*
New setting to move hardware indicators on your screen
We’re excited to introduce a highly requested setting, the option to move the hardware indicators for brightness, volume, airplane mode, and virtual desktops to different positions on your screen. We’ll support the current bottom position and new top left and top center positions on your screen.
To change the position of your flyouts, go to Settings > System > Notifications and use the dropdown for Position of the onscreen pop-up.
FEEDBACK: Please file feedback in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Desktop Environment > MTC controls and audio.
Changes and Improvements gradually being rolled out to the Beta Channel with toggle on*
[Start menu]
- We are adding a Boolean to the Configure Start Pins policy to allow admins to apply Start menu pins once. This means that a user will receive admin pins on day 0 but can then make any changes to their Start pinned layout and have those safeguarded. These changes can be optionally applied through the existing configuration service provider (CSP).
[File Explorer]
- We are restarting the roll out of AI actions in File Explorer that began rolling out with Build 26120.4151. Some Insiders may have seen the feature disappear.
[Settings]
- In the most recently flights, we have added the country or region selected during device setup under Settings > Time & language > Language & region.
Fixes gradually being rolled out to the Beta Channel with toggle on*
[General]
- Fixed an underlying issue in the previous flight which caused input to not work for some Insiders again, including when typing into Search, and with the Chinese pinyin IME candidate window, clipboard history, and the emoji panel.
[Taskbar]
- Fixed an underlying issue causing some Insiders using the Italian display language to experience repeated explorer.exe crashes in the previous flight.
[File Explorer]
- Fixed an issue which was causing File Explorer Home to only show a single folder (like Desktop) and nothing else for a small number of people.
- Fixed an underlying issue which was leading to noticeable performance degradation when navigating File Explorer and opening the context menu the more SharePoint sites were synced to File Explorer. This may have also impacted the performance of launching files in this scenario.
[Settings]
- Fixed an issue where the items under Settings > Windows Update > Update History > Uninstall updates might appear sorted randomly rather than sorted by date.
Fixes for everyone in the Beta Channel
[General]
- Fixed the issue causing the Windows Vista boot sound to play instead of the Windows 11 boot sound.
- Fixed an issue where the option to reset your PC under Settings > System > Recovery wasn’t working on the previous build.
- Fixed an underlying issue leading to certain KVM virtual machines unexpectedly failing to boot, showing “UNSUPPORTED_PROCESSOR”.
Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.4452 (Beta Channel)
