Windows 11 version history

• Added search box in the Start menu
• Updated login experience
• Redesigned jumplists and full-screen notifications

• New Entertainment widget in Widgets panel
• Redesigned context menus with Acrylic material
• Redesigned taskbar previews
• New SplitButton control for making new folders and files in the File Explorer's command bar

Beta Channel:
July 29, 2021

• Integration of Chat from Microsoft Teams^[a]
• Improvements to hidden icons flyout, touch keyboard icon, and calendar flyout on the taskbar
• Added quick access to Focus assist settings in the Notification Center
• Redesigned attention indicator of app's background activity on the taskbar
• New animations in the Microsoft Store

• New Family widget in Widgets panel
• Minor updates and improvements
  • New single dropdown button for making new folders and files in the File Explorer's command bar
  • New compact context menu in the File Explorer
  • Updated close button in taskbar previews
  • Adjusted spacing in Alt+Tab ↹, Task View and snap assist interfaces
  • Rollout of notification badging for the Chat icon on the taskbar

• Added multi-language support for Chat from Microsoft Teams
• New Microsoft 365 widget in Widgets panel

Public release:
October 4, 2021

Public release:
October 21, 2021

• New visual design and animations of the Chat icon on the taskbar
• Fixed L3 caching latency issue with AMD Ryzen processors

• New fluent designed emojis
• Added support for Emoji 13.1
• Renamed "Ease of Access" folder in Start menu to "Accessibility"
• Improved the animation performance of icons on the taskbar

Public release:
November 22, 2021

• New "Your Microsoft account" page in the Settings app
• New "HelpWith" feature that suggests relevant Help topics for each Settings page

• Updated entry point for Widgets on the taskbar
• Added a new microphone icon in the taskbar when joining in a Microsoft Teams call
• Added the ability to share the content from open app windows directly from the taskbar to any Microsoft Teams meeting call
• Added support of cloud-trust hybrid deployment model of Windows Hello for Business
• Added clock and date to the taskbars on multiple connected monitors
• Added support for hot adding and the removal of NVMe namespaces

• The general availability of Windows Subsystem for Android (only in the U.S.)

• Added the ability to show up to three high priority notifications as stacked and shown alongside the normal priority notification

• Added the ability to display desktop wallpapers in Windows Spotlight

• New highlights feature for Search on the taskbar

• New Notification badging feature for Widgets on the taskbar

• Redesigned Search entry point on the taskbar

• New Task Manager item in the taskbar context menu

• New Windows Spotlight theme
• Added the ability to view details about the OneDrive Standalone 100GB subscription in the Settings app
• Added the ability to view details about Xbox subscriptions in the Settings app
• New consolidated storage quota bar under the Accounts page in the Settings app

• Re-introduced the search box on the taskbar

• Change to the default behavior of SMB compression
• New progressive animation of boot spinner
• Redesigned notification area with Acrylic background
• New sign-in options button in Start's shutdown menu

• Redesigned context menu for Recycle Bin on the desktop
• Rollout of updated Korean IME^[a]

• New Paint app^[117]

• New fluent designed emojis
• Added support for Emoji 13.1

• Updates to the Settings app
  • New "Your Microsoft account" page^[a]
  • Split up "Apps & Features" page into "Installed Apps" and "Advanced app settings" pages
• Added support for Discovery of Designated Resolvers (DDR)^[122]
• Renamed Connect app to Wireless Display app

• Added a new microphone icon in the taskbar when joining in a Microsoft Teams call^[a]
• Added the ability to show snap groups in Alt+Tab ↹ and Task View^[a]

• Added the ability to share the content from open app windows directly from the taskbar to any Microsoft Teams meeting call^[a]

• New Text Input section in the Settings app for customizing UI themes for IMEs, the emoji panel, and voice typing^[a]
• Added the ability for personalized combinations of emoji^[a]
• Redesigned Your Phone app

• Added the ability to customize the Start menu layout with either more pinned items or recommendations
• Performance improvements to web browsing with Microsoft Edge and Narrator

• New Voice Access feature
• Public rollout of Spotlight collection feature (Introduced in Windows 10 build 20231)
• Updated entry point for Widgets on the taskbar^[a]
• Redesigned input switcher with Acrylic background^[a]

• Added the ability to show Alt+Tab ↹ as windowed mode^[a]
• Added support for wideband speech when using AirPods products

• Redesigned flyout for the hardware indicators

• Added the ability to use touch keyboard with voice access
• Updated IMEs and touch keyboard designs on the login screen^[a]
• Added HTTPS boot for Hyper-V Generation 2 virtual machines

• New natural voices for Narrator
• Updated Disks & Volume and Storage Spaces pages in the Settings app
• Updated media controls on the lock screen^[a]
• Improvements to experience of resizing app windows in snap layouts

• New live captions feature
• Redesigned Task Manager
• New Efficiency mode in Task Manager^[a]
• Added the ability to create and curate folders in the pinned apps area of Start menu
• Improvement to the snap layout experience
• Re-added the drag and drop feature on the taskbar
• Redesigned accessibility flyout on the login screen
• New touch gestures
• Improvements to the Setting app
  • Split "Focus assist" feature into "Do not disturb" and "Focus"
  • New Power & battery page
  • Redesigned Date & time and Dial-up pages
• Improvements to File Explorer
  • Extended "Pin to Quick Access" feature to support files
  • Re-added the ability to show previews of items within folders
  • Added OneDrive integration to File Explorer to show OneDrive's sync status and quota usage when browsing OneDrive folders
  • Added the ability to compose an e-mail message directly within the share window without starting Outlook
• Improvements to web browsing with Microsoft Edge and Narrator
• Improvements to Voice access and Windows Spotlight
• New PowerShell module for provisioning language and language related features
• Deprecated TKIP and WEP security protocols
• Applied requirement with Internet connectivity and Microsoft account during OOBE on the Pro edition

• New simplified view for the taskbar on 2-in-1 PCs^[a]
• Combined the news and widgets feed in the Widgets panel^[a]
• New group policy for toggling Windows Update notifications
• Added the ability to show recent Microsoft Edge tabs as suggested windows in Snap Assist when an Edge window is snapped
• Added support for Emoji 14.0
• Added the ability to select the skin tones between the two hands in the hand-shake emoji
• Expanded the search experience from Quick Access to include content from any indexed location
• New Bluetooth panel in the Quick Settings^[a]

• New Windows Update mechanism for prioritizing installing updates in the background when more renewable energy sources are available^[a]
• Improvements to the Setting app
  • Moved Microsoft 365 subscription page to the main Accounts page^[a]
  • New payment details under the Microsoft 365 subscription page^[a]
• New Smart App Control (SAC) feature in the Windows Security for blocking untrusted applications
• New Android phone linking page during OOBE
• Redesigned "Open With" dialog box^[a]
• New multi-finger touch gestures for swiping down/up to minimize or restore all open windows

• Included Microsoft Family and Clipchamp as inbox apps
• New highlights feature for Search on the taskbar^[a]
• Redesigned print queue experience
• Redesigned icons for Quick Assist and Windows Sandbox
• Expanded Narrator's natural voices to all English languages

• New group policy for excluding USB removable drives from BitLocker encryption
• Redesigned icons for the magnifier and on-screen keyboard
• Added the ability to rename app folders in the Start menu
• New pinned site suggestion section in the Get Started app
• New animation for multi-finger touch gestures when using three fingers to swipe left and right and switch between recently used windows
• Reverted the redesigned "Open With" dialog box for maintenance

• Renamed Quick Access page in File Explorer to Home
• Added the ability to search recent and pinned online files (e.g. Office files) in File Explorer's search box
• Updated Adlam and Pashto keyboard layouts

• Added the ability to display desktop wallpapers with 4K resolution in Windows Spotlight^[a]

• Updates to the Family Safety widget
• Added the ability to show colors based on users' custom accent color under the Processes page in Task Manager
• Reverted the tablet-optimized taskbar for maintenance
• Applied the policy for disabling the SMB 1.0 client by default on the Home edition^[142]
• Reactivated TKIP and WEP security protocols

Release Preview Channel:
June 7, 2022

• New tabbed browsing feature in the File Explorer^[b]
• Refreshed layout of the left navigation pane in the File Explorer^[b]

• New inline suggested actions feature^[a]
• Added the ability to view details about the OneDrive Standalone 100GB subscription in the Settings app^[b]

• Improvements to the built-in Windows share window^[a]
• Set Windows Terminal as the default terminal application

• Re-introduced taskbar overflow feature^[a]
• Re-introduced the redesigned "Open With" dialog box^[b]

• Re-introduced tablet-optimized taskbar^[a]

• Added preliminary support for rearranging tray icons on the tablet-optimized taskbar^[a]

• Redesigned Search entry point on the taskbar^[a]
• New Task Manager item in the taskbar context menu^[a]
• New Braille driver solution in Narrator^[164]

• New expanded view for Widgets^[a]
• New Studio Effects section in the Quick Settings for NPU-compatible devices
• New Energy Recommendations page in the Settings app^[a]
• Updated touch keyboard option in the Settings app
• New Tamil Anjal keyboard

• Updates to Task Manager
  • New process filtering feature
  • Added custom theme support
  • Added theme support for in-app dialogs
  • Improved Efficiency mode dialog

• New Windows Spotlight theme
• New Braille displays and input/output languages support in Narrator^[169]

• Re-introduced the search box on the taskbar^[a]
• Improvements to Voice Access

• Updated the search box on the taskbar with more rounded corners^[a]
• Updated the search box in the Start menu with more rounded corners

• New consolidated storage quota bar under the Accounts page in the Settings app^[a]
• Removed the sign-in requirement for the Widgets board

• Improvements to voice access

• Introduced live captions in more languages
• Re-introduced the new touch keyboard option in the Settings app
• Improvements to cloud and integrated search suggestions in Simplified Chinese IME
• New multi-app kiosk mode

• Integrated Bing Chat in the search box on the taskbar^[a]
• New copy button for copying two-factor authentication codes in notification toasts
• New USB4 hubs and devices page in the Settings app
• Re-introduced the ability to display seconds in the system clock on the taskbar^[a]

• New access key shortcuts in File Explorer's context menu^[a]
• Added the ability to create live kernel memory dumps in Task Manager
• Introduced Content Adaptive Brightness Control (CABC) to desktop computers and battery powered devices

• New presence sensor privacy settings in the Settings app

• Introduced live captions in more languages

• Revamped Widgets board^[a]

• New Facebook widget

Public release:
September 20, 2022

• Added the ability to display live updates from the sports and finance widget on the taskbar^[a]

• Added the ability to show the recent activity of the app permissions in the Settings app

Public release:
September 20, 2022

• New Notification badging feature for Widgets on the taskbar

Public release:
October 18, 2022

• Redesigned Search entry point on the taskbar^[b]
• New Task Manager item in the taskbar context menu^[b]
• Added the ability to view details about the OneDrive Standalone 100GB subscription in the Settings app

• New Windows Spotlight theme
• New consolidated storage quota bar under the Accounts page in the Settings app

• Re-introduced the search box on the taskbar^[a]

• Updated the search box on the taskbar with more rounded corners^[a]
• Updated the search box in the Start menu with more rounded corners

• Removed the sign-in requirement for the Widgets board

• New expanded view for Widgets

• Added the ability to show a notification badge on the Start menu's user profile icon^[b]
• Integrated Bing Chat in the search box on the taskbar

• Updates to the widgets picker^[b]

• New Home page in the Settings app
• New Windows Backup app
• Added the ability to show recommended common websites in Start menu's Recommended section
• Added the native support of additional archive file formats (7z, rar, tar)

Public release:
September 26, 2023

• Added the ability to inking directly onto edit fields via Windows Ink

• Expanded the ability to use digital handwriting (inking) in some edit boxes for Windows Ink to more languages and locales

• Moved the Copilot icon to the right side of the system tray on the taskbar

• New suggestions feature in snap layouts
• Updates to the Cast flyout in Quick Settings
• Improvements to Windows 365 Boot and Windows 365 Switch
• Improvements to Windows share window
• Improvements to voice access
• New Mobile devices (renamed from Phone Link) page in the Settings app
• New notification for prompting to open recent photos and screenshots from Android mobile device in Snipping Tool
  • New voice access in French, German, and Spanish
  • Added multi-display support
  • New voice shortcuts feature

• Added support of USB4 Version 2.0 specification

• New Narrator natural voices in Simplified Chinese and Spanish (Spain and Mexico)

• Added the ability to hide the time and date in the system tray
• Redesigned network flyout on the lock screen
• Redesigned Windows Security notification dialogs
• Improvements to the Settings app

• New Gallery feature in File Explorer

• Improvements to File Explorer
  • Modernized Details pane, Home page, address bar and search box
  • Redesigned Share window
• New Narrator natural voices in Japanese and English (United Kingdom)
• Improvements to the Settings app
  • New Dynamic Lighting page for controlling dynamic lighting devices
  • Redesigned Startup Apps and App Execution Alias pages
• Added support of Unicode Emoji 15
• Added the ability to inking directly onto edit fields via Windows Ink
• New volume mixer experience in Quick Settings
• New warning dialog on unsafe password copy and paste
• Improvements to Windows Spotlight^[a]
• Improvements to the navigating experience in Task View
• Improvements to the passwordless experience
  • Added the ability to enroll and use passkey to sign into apps and websites via Windows Hello
  • Added the ability to manage passkeys stored locally via the Settings app

• The availability of Copilot in Windows (in preview)
• New Dev Drive storage volume based on ReFS
• Enhanced Narrator support in Microsoft Excel
• New text authoring experiences in voice access
• Added support for voice access on lock screen before signing in
• New passwordless experience with Windows Hello for Business
• Improvements to the screen casting experience
• Improvements to the presence sensing experience
• New preview flyout when hovering over files under the Recommended section on the Start menu
• Updated notification bell icon in the system tray on the taskbar
• Redesigned Settings page in Task Manager
• Improvements to the Date & time page in the Settings app

• Added support of JPEG XR HDR background on HDR displays
• New Narrator natural voices in French, Portuguese, English (India), German and Korean
• Added more property fields to the new Details pane in File Explorer

• Added the native support of additional archive file formats (7z, rar, tar)
• Re-introduced the ability to never combine taskbar buttons
• Improvements to Narrator

• New Home page in the Settings app
• New Windows Backup app
• New screen for restoring from backup during the OOBE
• Improvements to backup and restore experience for desktop apps

• Added the support of COLRv1 color format

• New Focus Session widget

• New mini communications experience in Microsoft Teams (free)

Public release:
October 31, 2023

Public release:
October 31, 2023

• Added the ability to inking directly onto edit fields via Windows Ink

• Richer weather experience on the lock screen

• Expanded the ability to use digital handwriting (inking) in some edit boxes for Windows Ink to more languages and locales

• Moved the Copilot icon to the right side of the system tray on the taskbar

• New suggestions feature in snap layouts
• Updates to the Cast flyout in Quick Settings
• Improvements to Windows 365 Boot and Windows 365 Switch
• Improvements to Windows share window
• Improvements to voice access
• New Mobile devices (renamed from Phone Link) page in the Settings app
• New notification for prompting to open recent photos and screenshots from Android mobile device in Snipping Tool
  • New voice access in French, German, and Spanish
  • Added multi-display support
  • New voice shortcuts feature

• Added support of USB4 Version 2.0 specification

• Enhanced image consumption experience in Narrator

• Expanded the ability to use digital handwriting (inking) in some edit boxes for Windows Ink to more languages and locales

• New widgets board settings^[a]

• Improvements to Windows 365 Boot and Windows 365 Switch
• Improvements to voice access
  • New voice access in French, German, and Spanish
  • Added multi-display support
  • New voice shortcuts feature
• Updates to the Cast flyout in Quick Settings
• Deprecation of Windows Speech Recognition

• Richer weather experience on the lock screen^[a]
• New share targets for sharing links through the Windows share window

• Added support of USB4 Version 2.0 specification

• New suggestions feature in snap layouts 

• Moved the Copilot icon to the right side of the system tray on the taskbar
• Added the ability to view and join upcoming Microsoft Teams meetings directly from the Start menu

• New notification for prompting to open recent photos and screenshots from Android mobile device in Snipping Tool

• Improvements to Widgets board^[a]
• New notification badging for Widgets^[a]

• New Copilot actions menu to the Copilot icon on the taskbar^[a]

• New position for the Widgets entry-point on left-aligned taskbars^[a]
• New drag-and-drop functionality between breadcrumbs in the File Explorer's address bar^[a]
• Added ability to show additional quick status (such as sports, traffic and finance) on lock screen^[a]
• New option to generate a QR code to share a URL through the Windows share window^[a]
• Improvements to Windows Backup^[a]
  • Added the ability to backup and restore sound settings
  • Added the ability to sign-in with Microsoft account directly

• Added the ability to change the Copilot icon's appearance and animate after copying text or image files

• Added the ability to show recommended apps from the Microsoft Store under the Recommended section on the Start menu^[a]
• Added the ability to undock Copilot in Windows to a normal application window^[a]
• Interactivity adjustments to Windows Spotlight icon on the desktop^[a]
• New Linked devices page in the Settings app

• New account manager experience on the Start menu
• Added the ability to send email to user's own Gmail account from Windows share window
• New Game Pass recommendation card on the Settings homepage
• New navigation pane on the Widgets dashboard
• Improvements to the Widgets taskbar button
• Added the ability for developers to send notifications to the Widgets taskbar button with custom Widgets dashboards^[b]
• Added the ability to disable Widgets taskbar notifications from individual Widgets dashboards^[b]

• Added the ability to duplicate a tab in File Explorer
• Improvements to Task Manager

• New inline suggested actions feature

• New search box on the desktop^[a]

• Added the ability to view details about licensed Microsoft Office products in the Settings app^[a]

• New tabbed browsing feature in the File Explorer^[a]
• Refreshed layout of the left navigation pane in the File Explorer^[a]
• Added the ability to display live updates from the sports and finance widgets on the taskbar^[a]

• Added the ability to view details about the OneDrive Standalone 100GB subscription in the Settings app^[a]

• New Notification badging feature for Widgets on the taskbar^[a]
• Redesigned Search entry point on the taskbar^[a]
• Reverted the new search box on the desktop for maintenance

• Re-introduced taskbar overflow feature
• Improvements to the built-in Windows share window

• New Windows Spotlight theme^[a]
• New multi-app kiosk mode

• New Game Pass widget in Widgets panel^[a]

• New Tamil Anjal keyboard^[a]

• Set Windows Terminal as the default terminal application
• Updated touch keyboard option in the Settings app^[a]

• Added the ability to view details about Xbox subscriptions in the Settings app^[a]
• New Braille displays and input/output languages support in Narrator

• Re-introduced tablet-optimized taskbar^[a]
• New animated navigation icons in the Settings app^[a]
• Redesigned Startup and App Execution Alias pages in the Settings app

• New expanded view for Widgets^[a]
• Updates to the Game Pass widget^[a]
• Reverted the redesigned Search entry point on the taskbar for maintenance

• Re-introduced the redesigned "Open With" dialog box
• Expanded the Dynamic Refresh Rate experience to compatible external displays
• Changes to the behavior of the SMB authentication rate limiter

• New toggles in the Widgets settings page^[a]
• New Task Manager item in the taskbar context menu
• Added preliminary support for rearranging tray icons on the tablet-optimized taskbar

• Improvements to cloud and integrated search suggestions in Simplified Chinese IME^[a]
• Reverted the new touch keyboard option in the Settings app for maintenance

• Updates to the Widgets board^[a]
  • Redesigned header with new icons
  • Added the ability to display the header in different positions
• Added the ability to show a notification badge on the Start menu's user profile icon^[a]

• New Studio Effects section in the Quick Settings for NPU-compatible devices
• New Energy Recommendations page in the Settings app
• Updated Suggested action for the copied text with search potential^[a]
• New consolidated storage quota bar under the Accounts page in the Settings app^[a]
• Added the ability to show recommended common websites in Start menu's Recommended section^[a]
• Re-introduced the ability to display seconds in the system clock on the taskbar^[a]
• Updates to Task Manager
  • New process filtering feature
  • Added custom theme support
  • Added theme support for in-app dialogs
  • Improved Efficiency mode dialog
• New French standard keyboard layouts (AZERTY and BÉPO)

• Re-introduction of redesigned Search entry point on the taskbar^[a]

• Removed the sign-in requirement for the Widgets board

• Updated the search box on the taskbar with more rounded corners^[a]
• Redesigned Windows Firewall Security Alert dialog

• Reverted the update to the Suggested action in build 25247 for maintenance

• Updated the search box in the Start menu with more rounded corners
• Redesigned Program Compatibility Assistant dialog
• Added the ability to create live kernel memory dumps in Task Manager
• Reverted the redesigned Windows Firewall Security Alert dialog for maintenance

• Improvements to Windows Spotlight
• Redesigned Graphics page in the Settings app

• New Messenger widget

• New Spotify and Phone Link widgets
• Updated notification badge on the Start menu's user profile icon^[a]

• New copy button for copying two-factor authentication codes in notification toasts

• Introduced live captions in more languages

• New volume mixer experience in Quick Settings^[a]
• Re-introduced the new touch keyboard option in the Settings app^[a]
• New Auto Color Management setting in the Settings app^[a]
• Updates to snap layouts^[a]
• Improvements to voice access
• Improvements to the Simplified Chinese handwriting recognition engine
• New theme-aware icons for Widgets on the taskbar
• Reverted the updates to Windows Spotlight in build 25281 for maintenance

• New access key shortcuts in File Explorer's context menu^[a]
• New file recommendations feature in File Explorer^[a]
• Added the support of Microsoft Outlook to Narrator in English (United States) language

• New USB4 hubs and devices page in the Settings app
• Integrated Bing Chat in the search box on the taskbar^[a]

• Revamped Widgets board^[a]
• Introduced Content Adaptive Brightness Control (CABC) to battery powered devices
• Redesigned wheel devices page in the Settings app

• New Gallery feature in File Explorer^[a]
• New presence sensor privacy settings in the Settings app

• Added the ability to hide the time and date in the system tray

• New modernized details pane in File Explorer^[a]
• Improvements to Windows Spotlight^[a]
• Enhanced Narrator support in Microsoft Excel
• New Facebook widget
• Updates to the widgets picker^[a]

• Re-introduced the ability to never combine taskbar buttons^[a]
• New Dev Drive storage volume based on ReFS
• New Windows Backup app
• New screen for restoring from backup during the OOBE
• New text authoring experiences in voice access^[a]
• New Narrator natural voices in Simplified Chinese
• Added the ability to invoke the Search flyout when hovering over the search box gleam on the taskbar
• Updated emoji in the current set
• Redesigned Windows Security notification dialogs
• Improvements to the Settings app

• New Add Phone Photos option in File Explorer's Gallery page
• New Narrator natural voices in Spanish (Spain and Mexico)
• Redesigned network flyout on the lock screen
• Added the ability to tear out and merge tabs in File Explorer^[a]

• Modernized File Explorer Home page^[a]
• Modernized address bar and search box in File Explorer^[a]
• New Dynamic Lighting page in the Settings app for controlling dynamic lighting devices
• Added support of Unicode Emoji 15

• Added the ability to inking directly onto edit fields via Windows Ink^[a]
• Removal of several legacy options under Folder Options in File Explorer
• New Focus Session widget^[a]

• Improvements to the passwordless experience
  • Added the ability to enroll and use passkey to sign into apps and websites via Windows Hello
  • Added the ability to manage passkeys stored locally via the Settings app
• Rollback of removal of several legacy options under Folder Options in File Explorer
• New Dynamic lighting effects (Wave, Wheel, Gradient)
• Improvements to the Date & time page in the Settings app

• The availability of Copilot in Windows (in early preview)^[a]
• New Home page in the Settings app^[a]
• Improvements to backup and restore experience for desktop apps
• Added the native support of additional archive file formats (7z, rar, tar)
• New volume mixer experience in Quick Settings
• New Narrator natural voices in Japanese and English (United Kingdom)

• New passwordless experience with Windows Hello for Business
• Improvements to the Share window in File Explorer
• Added the support of COLRv1 color format
• New warning dialog on unsafe password copy and paste
• Improvements to the experience for after completing OOBE
• New Auto Color Management setting in the Settings app
• Included Outlook for Windows Preview progressive web app as an inbox app
• Disabled Home page in the Settings app for maintenance

• Improvements to Windows Spotlight
• New suggestions feature in snap layouts ^[a]
• New preview flyout when hovering over files under the Recommended section on the Start menu
• Updated notification bell icon in the system tray on the taskbar
• Disabled Copilot in Windows by default on AAD-managed devices
• Re-enabled Home page in the Settings app

• Improvements to the screen casting experience
• Added support of JPEG XR HDR background on HDR displays
• Added support for voice access on lock screen before signing in
• New Narrator natural voices in French, Portuguese, English (India), German and Korean
• Improvements to the presence sensing experience
• New mini communications experience in Microsoft Teams (free)
• Added more property fields to the new Details pane in File Explorer

• New separate setting for turning never combined mode on for other taskbars in the Settings app
• Redesigned Settings page in Task Manager
• Re-enabled Copilot in Windows by default on AAD-managed devices

• Improvements to Narrator

• Added support of voice access in out-of-box experience

• Enhanced image consumption experience in Narrator
• Deprecation of Steps Recorder

• New widgets board settings^[a]
• Moved the Copilot icon to the right side of the system tray on the taskbar
• Expanded the ability to use digital handwriting (inking) in some edit boxes for Windows Ink to more languages and locales

• Improvements to Windows 365 Boot and Windows 365 Switch
• Updates to the Cast flyout in Quick Settings

• Deprecation of Windows Speech Recognition
• New Mobile devices (renamed from Phone Link) page in the Settings app

• Richer weather experience on the lock screen^[a]
• Improvements to voice access
  • New voice access in French, German, and Spanish
  • Added multi-display support
  • New voice shortcuts feature

• Added support of USB4 Version 2.0 specification
• Added ability to share URLs through the Windows share window

• New notification for prompting to open recent photos and screenshots from Android mobile device in Snipping Tool^[a]
• Added the ability to view and join upcoming Microsoft Teams meetings directly from the Start menu

• New Sudo for Windows feature^[377]
• Improvements to the Settings app
  • New sections for managing hearing aids and controlling its audio presets, ambient sounds and experience enhancements
  • New Color management page
  • New mic test utility
  • Updated Storage Spaces page
• New Copilot actions menu to the Copilot icon on the taskbar
• Added the ability to change the Copilot icon's appearance and animate after copying text or image files
• New search in subtree option for searching in Registry Editor
• Added ability to scan a QR code with Wi-Fi details in the Camera app to quickly connect to a Wi-Fi network
• Introduction of Power Grid Forecast API
• Added support of key protection with virtualization-based security (VBS) in Cryptography API: Next Generation (CNG) framework^[378]
• Deprecation of Windows Mixed Reality and Microsoft Defender Application Guard (MDAG) for Office and Edge

• New mouse pointer indicator accessibility feature
• Improvements to Widgets board^[a]
• New notification badging for Widgets^[a]
• Improvements to Copilot in Windows
  • New built-in capabilities
  • New Power Automate plugin

• Updates to Microsoft Teams
• Added the ability to undock Copilot in Windows to a normal application window

• Disabled mouse pointer indicator accessibility feature (introduced in build 26058) for maintenance
• Changes to SMB protocol
  • Added the ability to disable the SMB over QUIC client with Group Policy and PowerShell
  • New SMB over QUIC client connection auditing feature
  • New SMB signing and encryption auditing feature

• New access key shortcuts in File Explorer's context menu^[a]
• New file recommendations feature in File Explorer^[a]
• New Local Security Authority (LSA) protection in Windows Security
• Added the support of Microsoft Outlook to Narrator in English (United States) language
• Disabled Remote Mailslot Protocol (RMP) by default

• Revamped Widgets board
• Integrated Bing Chat in the search box on the taskbar^[a]
• New USB4 hubs and devices page in the Settings app
• New warning dialog on unsafe password copy and paste^[a]
• Added the support for the SHA-3 family of hash functions and SHA-3 derived functions

• Redesigned wheel devices page in the Settings app

• Introduced Content Adaptive Brightness Control (CABC) to battery powered devices
• Redesigned the connection bar for remote desktop sessions
• New presence sensor privacy settings in the Settings app
• Re-introduction of redesigned Windows Firewall Security Alert dialog

• Updates to the widgets picker^[a]

• New Facebook widget

• Added support for vTPM in Hyper-V on Windows 11 on ARM builds

• Added support for Microsoft Endpoint DLP on Windows 11 on ARM builds

• Enabled the SMB signing requirement for all connections by default on the Enterprise edition^[396]

• An early implementation of critical kernel features in Rust programming language
• Deprecation of the support for ARM32 UWP applications
• New PostAuthenticationAction Group Policy support for terminating individual processes in Windows LAPS
• Added the support of COLRv1 color format
• New Dev Drive storage volume based on ReFS
• New Windows Backup app
• New Dynamic Lighting page in the Settings app for controlling dynamic lighting devices
• Added support of Unicode Emoji 15
• Improvements to the passwordless experience
  • Added the ability to enroll and use passkey to sign into apps and websites via Windows Hello
  • Added the ability to manage passkeys stored locally via the Settings app
• Enabled the SMB signing requirement for all connections by default on the Pro and Education editions

• Modernized Details pane, Home page, address bar and search box in File Explorer
• Re-introduced the ability to never combine taskbar buttons
• Included Outlook for Windows Preview progressive web app as an inbox app
• Improvements to refresh rate logic to allow different refresh rates on different monitors
• Added the support of remaining at the lower refresh rate when Dynamic Refresh Rate and battery saver are enabled

• Added support of JPEG XR HDR background on HDR displays
• New preview flyout when hovering over files under the Recommended section on the Start menu
• New mini communications experience in Microsoft Teams (free)

• Improvements to the screen casting experience
• Updated notification bell icon in the system tray on the taskbar
• Added options for tuning intensity and color boost to the color filters via the Settings app

• Added more property fields to the new Details pane in File Explorer

• Improvements to the experience for after completing OOBE
• Redesigned Settings page in Task Manager

• Added support for blocking NTLM for remote outbound connections for the SMB client^[411]
• Added support for controlling which SMB 2 and 3 dialects the SMB server will negotiate^[412]

• New Home page in the Settings app
• Discontinuation and removal of Cortana^[414]

• Added support of Bluetooth Low Energy Audio (LE Audio) specifications
• New location access prompt
• Support of client access control options in SMB over QUIC^[416]

• The availability of Copilot in Windows (in preview)
• Added support for requiring encryption of all outbound SMB client connections^[418]
• Added client-side support for Discovery of Network-designated Resolvers (DNR)^[419]
• Added native support of ReFS Block Cloning to copy actions and APIs on Windows

• Redesigned Delivery Optimization page in the Settings app
• Added support for viewing and editing metadata in PNG files

• Added support for creating 7z and tar archives
• New suggestions feature in snap layouts
• Changes to SMB firewall rule^[422]
• Added support for specifying SMB NTLM blocking exception lists for NTLM usage^[411]
• Added support for SMB alternative network ports^[423]
• Added support for using certificates with subject alternative names for SMB over QUIC client access control^[416]

• New widgets board settings^[a]
• New Energy saver toggle in Quick Settings and the Settings app
• Improvements to Quick Settings

• Deprecation of the Microsoft Tips app

• New Windows Protected Print Mode^[428]
• New Mobile devices (renamed from Phone Link) page in the Settings app

• Improvements to voice access
  • New voice access in French, German, and Spanish
  • Added multi-display support
  • New voice shortcuts feature
• Deprecation of Windows Speech Recognition, WordPad and the People app

• New notification for prompting to open recent photos and screenshots from Android mobile device in Snipping Tool^[a]
• New share targets for sharing links through the Windows share window
• Updates to Windows Setup experience
• Moved the Copilot icon to the right side of the system tray on the taskbar
• Updates to the Cast flyout in Quick Settings
• Enhanced image consumption experience in Narrator
• New Colemak and Hebrew SI-1452-2 keyboard layouts
• New compression wizard for configurating advanced compression options
• Added support of USB4 Version 2.0 specification
• Expanded Voice Clarity feature (previously available on Surface Laptop Studio) to all devices
• Support for listening on an alternative network port for SMB over QUIC instead of hardcoded default in SMB server^[423]
• Improvements to Windows Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS)
  • New automatic account management policy settings
  • New PasswordComplexity feature
  • New passphrase feature for password parameters policy settings
  • New image rollback detection feature

• New Sudo for Windows feature^[377]
• Improvements to the Settings app
  • New sections for managing hearing aids and controlling its audio presets, ambient sounds and experience enhancements
  • New Color management page
  • New mic test utility
  • Updated Storage Spaces page
• New Copilot actions menu to the Copilot icon on the taskbar
• Added the ability to change the Copilot icon's appearance and animate after copying text or image files
• New search in subtree option for searching in Registry Editor
• Added ability to scan a QR code with Wi-Fi details in the Camera app to quickly connect to a Wi-Fi network
• Introduction of Power Grid Forecast API
• Added support of key protection with virtualization-based security (VBS) in Cryptography API: Next Generation (CNG) framework^[378]
• Deprecation of Windows Mixed Reality and Microsoft Defender Application Guard (MDAG) for Office and Edge

• New mouse pointer indicator accessibility feature
• Improvements to Widgets board^[a]
• New notification badging for Widgets^[a]
• Richer weather experience on the lock screen^[a]
• Improvements to Copilot in Windows
  • New built-in capabilities
  • New Power Automate plugin

• Added support for IEEE 802.11be (Wi-Fi 7) standard
• Disabled new Copilot in Windows experience (introduced in build 26052) and improvements to Widgets board (introduced in build 26058) for maintenance

• Updates to Microsoft Teams
• Added the ability to undock Copilot in Windows to a normal application window

• Disabled mouse pointer indicator accessibility feature (introduced in build 26058) for maintenance
• Disabled the redesigned Delivery Optimization page in the Settings app (introduced in build 25987) for maintenance
• Changes to SMB protocol
  • Added the ability to disable the SMB over QUIC client with Group Policy and PowerShell
  • New SMB over QUIC client connection auditing feature
  • New SMB signing and encryption auditing feature

• Improvements to the Widgets taskbar button
• Added the ability for developers to send notifications to the Widgets taskbar button with custom Widgets dashboards^[b]
• Added the ability to disable Widgets taskbar notifications from individual Widgets dashboards^[b]