As we continue to push the boundaries of innovation in app development, we're excited to announce the release of Windows 11 Builds 26100.7701 and 26200.7701 to the Release Preview Channel on Windows 11, versions 24H2 (Build 26100) and 25H2 (Build 26200). This update brings a host of new features and enhancements that will take your app development experience to the next level.

Gradual Rollout

The gradual rollout for this update means that you'll start seeing new features and improvements arrive on your devices over time, rather than all at once. This phased approach ensures that you get the best possible experience from the very beginning.

Copilot+ PCs Experiences

This section highlights some of the exciting updates and improvements unique to Copilot+ PCs, including AI-powered features, performance enhancements, and user experience optimizations.

  • Multilingual Support: The Settings Agent now supports more languages, with expanded support for German, Portuguese, Spanish, Korean, Japanese, Hindi, Italian, and Chinese (Simplified). This means that users can enjoy a more localized experience across their devices.
  • Cross-Device Resume: This update expands the functionality of Cross-Device Resume, allowing you to continue activities from your Android phone on your PC based on the apps and services you use. Whether it's resuming Spotify playback, working in Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, or continuing a browsing session, this feature makes it easy to pick up where you left off.

Windows 11 PC Experiences

This section highlights new features and enhancements for Windows 11 PCs, including AI-powered capabilities, continuous innovation, and performance improvements.

  • MIDI Enhancements: This update improves MIDI on Windows with enhanced support for MIDI 0 and MIDI 2.0, including full WinMM and WinRT MIDI 1.0 support with built-in translation, shared MIDI ports across apps, custom port names, loopback and app-to-app MIDI, plus performance improvements and bug fixes.
  • Narrator Updates: Narrator now gives you more control over how it announces on-screen controls. You can choose which details are spoken and adjust their order to match how you navigate apps. These settings apply throughout the app to help reduce extra speech and make Narrator easier to follow.

Windows Hello Enhancements

This update brings several exciting enhancements to Windows Hello, including:

  • Peripheral Fingerprint Sensors: Windows Hello Enhanced Sign-in Security (ESS) now supports peripheral fingerprint sensors. This means that you can enjoy a more secure sign-in option on your devices with built-in or external fingerprint readers.
  • Wait Time Before Acting: The Wait time before acting setting in Voice Typing enables you to adjust the delay before a voice command runs. This setting gives you flexibility for different speech patterns and improves recognition accuracy whether you speak slowly or quickly.

Bug Fixes and Improvements

This update also includes several bug fixes and improvements, including:

  • Start Menu: Fixed issues with the warning message displayed when shutting down your computer if other users are logged in, as well as problems with the Start menu opening on the wrong side of the screen.
  • Kiosk Mode: Changed to remove an error message that might show after logging in for multi-app kiosk mode.
  • Windows Update: Fixed issues with trying to join the Windows Insider Program from Settings > Windows Update.
  • Lock Screen: Improved responsiveness of the lock screen to help address cases where it could become unresponsive.
  • File Explorer: Made underlying changes to improve responsiveness of File Explorer when navigating in network locations.

By embracing these new features and enhancements, you'll be able to take your app development skills to the next level with Windows 11 Builds 26100.7701 and 26200.7701.