Windows 10: Windows 11 Build 22526 released to the Insider Preview Dev Channel

Microsoft has released Windows 11 Build 22526 to the Developer Channel. Let's see what the first Insider Preview of 2022 brings.


The announcement article mentions that the company is testing a windowed mode for Alt + Tab. The feature is only available for some insiders, aka A/B testing, so not everyone has access to it. There aren't any screenshots available in the official blog post to highlight what the new interface looks like.

Currently, Alt + Tab in Windows 11 displays a preview of all running programs in a semi-full screen mode, i.e. the Taskbar is visible at the bottom, but the Task Switcher takes up the rest of the screen's real estate. The operating system blurs the background to highlight the items on the screen, the problem here is that it is a bit cumbersome since it hides the program that you were working with previously.

Microsoft has left users guessing about the windowed mode, it is hard to predict how it would work. Could it be like the old Task Switcher from Windows 7? You know, the one which just displays the program icons instead of the preview of each window? Or will the windowed mode just be a compact version of the current view, with smaller thumbnail previews? Either version would be welcome, in my opinion.



What's new in Windows 11 Build 22526


The Redmond company is experimenting with search indexing, by adding more locations, to quicken the process of finding files in Explorer. The search function was causing the built-in file manager to crash, but this issue has been fixed in the latest release. Icons in search results will now look better on systems that have a display scaling setting above 100%.

Windows 11 Build 22526 improves support for Apple Airpods, Airpods Pro and Airpods Max, to provide better audio quality for voice calls. The new version corrects a problem that was causing the Widgets board to be blank, and also resolves an issue that affected the Widgets panel from rendering in the proper resolution on a secondary monitor.

Microsoft has addressed a bugcheck with the error KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED that was occurring when remote desktop users tried to shutdown or restart their computer. Users should no longer run into error 0x80073CFB while using the Microsoft Store app to install the latest Web Media Extension update. The Insider Preview release fixes another crash related to DWM (Desktop Window Manager). It's strange that DWM has caused so many issues, a previous build had excessive CPU usage issues, which users discovered was to be caused by an Intel Driver Update.

The known issues in Build 22526 are similar to the ones listed in the previous release. Windows 11 Build 22526 does not include a lot of changes, but that is quite understandable, since Microsoft, like most companies, is just returning to its regular schedule after the recently concluded holiday season.

We have already seen a few app updates being released to the stable channel users this week, including the new Photos app, the new Media Player that replaces Groove Music, and a Notepad app update which adds support for Dark Theme (reportedly available for the beta channel).

Microsoft plans to roll out a major update for Windows 11 this summer, so there's a lot to expect in the coming months. Personally, I am hoping for more optimizations especially in File Explorer, the context menu, and the overall performance which seems to be a tad slower in comparison to Windows 10.

What feature do you like to see in Windows 11?

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KB5005191 Windows 11 Insider Preview Dev and Beta Build 10.0.22000.168

UPDATE 9/2:

• Windows 11 Insider Preview Dev Build 22449 (RS_PRERELEASE) - Sept. 2 | Windows 11 Forum
• KB5006050 Windows 11 Insider Preview Beta Build 22000.176 - Sept. 2 | Windows 11 Forum

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22000.168 to everyone in the Dev and Beta Channels!

Read more: KB5005191 Windows 11 Insider Preview Dev and Beta Build 10.0.22000.168 - August 27 | Windows 11 Forum

 

Windows 11 Insider Preview Dev Build 22449 (RS_PRERELEASE) - Sept. 2

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22449 to the Dev Channel.

You may notice that this build number is higher than the Windows 11 preview builds youve been receiving. Thats because were moving the Dev Channel back to receiving builds from our active development branch (RS_PRERELEASE). This means the builds released to the Dev Channel no longer match the Windows 11 experience that will be released to customers on October 5th.


Read more: Windows 11 Insider Preview Dev Build 22449 (RS_PRERELEASE) - Sept. 2 | Windows 11 Forum

 

KB5004300 Windows 11 Insider Preview Beta and Dev Build 10.0.22000.100

UPDATE 8/05: KB5005188 Windows 11 Insider Preview Dev and Beta Build 10.0.22000.120 - August 5 | Windows 11 Forum


UPDATE 7/29: We are very excited to announce we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22000.100 to Windows Insiders in the Beta Channel! We highly recommend Insiders in the Beta Channel check out this blog post from June 28th that highlights all the new things in Windows 11 to check out and give us feedback on as you use it! As always, be sure to check out the list of known issues in the blog post below on anything that could impact your experience on your PC. We have also added a few new known issues discovered from Insiders in the Dev Channel since the release last week.

NOTE: Insiders in the Beta Channel will not have Chat from Microsoft Teams. We will be looking to enable this for the Beta Channel in the coming weeks.

If you are in the Dev Channel, now would be the right time to consider switching to the Beta Channel if you want to stay on more stabilized builds of Windows 11. For those of you new to the Windows Insider Program and flighting of OS updates check out this article for how flighting works. (We use the term flighting for the activity of releasing new OS updates to Insiders.)



Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22000.100 to everyone in the Dev Channel!

Read more: KB5004300 Windows 11 Insider Preview Beta and Dev Build 10.0.22000.100 - July 29 | Windows 11 Forum