Saying Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27924 (Canary Channel)

Hello Windows Insiders, in the present day we’re releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27924 to the Canary Channel. We are releasing ISOs for this construct – they are often downloaded here.

What’s new in Build 27924

Copilot+ PC experiences

We are starting to allow most of the Copilot+ PC experiences* for Windows Insiders within the Canary Channel on Copilot+ PCs akin to:

Note that some options are step by step rolling out akin to Improved Windows Search and agent in Settings. And we’re nonetheless working to allow some options like picture descriptions in Narrator – so when you don’t see one thing straight away in your Copilot+ PC after updating to this construct, that’s anticipated. We’re working laborious to get every part enabled throughout the board over for the Canary Channel.

As is regular for the Canary Channel, the standard of those options won’t match the standard of the identical options within the Dev or Beta Channels. Expect a few of these options to not work fairly proper. We will attempt to doc recognized points for essentially the most impactful points for these options and one such problem concerning Click to Do is documented within the recognized points beneath. As all the time, please file suggestions on any points you see when utilizing these Copilot+ experiences by way of Feedback Hub.

Advanced Settings

Advanced settings at the moment are obtainable by way of Settings > System > Advanced with some new options. The Advanced web page is a redesign of the For Developers web page, meaning to make its settings simpler to search out for a broader viewers. With the redesign of this web page, we’ve added further settings: Enable lengthy paths, Virtual workspaces, and File Explorer + model management.

Enable lengthy paths permits you to remove MAX_PATH limitations from widespread Win32 file and listing capabilities. Virtual workspaces permit you to allow/disable digital environments akin to Hyper-V, Windows Sandbox, and extra. File Explorer + model management gives the flexibility to show Git data instantly inside File Explorer. Simply choose your repository folder and File Explorer will show data akin to your department, diff rely, final commit message, and extra.

FEEDBACK: Please file suggestions on GitHub at microsoft/WindowsAdvancedSettings.

Changes and Improvements

[Input]

• Adjusted the pointer indicator to be a little bit extra clear, so it’s simpler to see what’s beneath the crosshairs when it’s enabled.
• For the time being we’ve got modified the keyboard shortcut for the brand new pointer indicator from CTRL + WIN + X to CTRL + WIN + ALT + X, to assist scale back unintended invocations.

[Windows MIDI Services]

• The inbox preview MIDI Service and API has a feedback-driven breaking change to optionally enable for ready for messages to be utterly despatched earlier than getting back from perform calls. Any apps written in opposition to earlier variations of the Windows MIDI Services MIDI 2.0 SDK might want to replace to the most recent preview obtainable at https://aka.ms/midireleases and be recompiled to proceed working correctly. For extra dialogue and suggestions, please be part of our discord server at https://aka.ms/mididiscord.

Fixes

[General]

• Fixed a problem the place the progress wheel may present as a rectangle glyph as an alternative of rendering appropriately when upgrading to the most recent builds.

[Widgets]

• Fixed a problem inflicting widgets to vanish or not work for some Insiders after the earlier flight.

[Remote desktop]

• Fixed a problem within the newest flights the place distant desktop solely used your main monitor even when it was configured to make use of a number of screens.

[Other]

• Fixed an underlying webauth.dll crash within the earlier flight which can have impacted the flexibility to make use of passkeys.

Known points

[General]

• [IMPORTANT NOTE FOR COPILOT+ PCs] If you’re becoming a member of the Canary Channel on a brand new Copilot+ PC from the Dev Channel, Release Preview Channel or retail, you’ll lose Windows Hello pin and biometrics to signal into your PC with error 0xd0000225 and error message “Something went wrong, and your PIN isn’t available”. You ought to be capable of re-create your PIN by clicking “Set up my PIN”.
• You may even see a number of error pop ups about sudden parts when opening Group Policy Editor.
• There’s an underlying problem with dao360.dll on this construct which can end in some apps crashing.

[Click to Do (Preview)]

The following recognized points will likely be mounted in future updates to Windows Insiders:

• [NEW] Text and picture actions in Click to Do could not work and Click to Do could crash. This problem will likely be mounted within the subsequent flight.

Snipping Tool Update

We are rolling out an replace for Snipping Tool (model 11.2507.14.0 and better) to Windows Insiders within the Canary and Dev Channels. In this replace, we’re introducing window mode display screen recording in Snipping Tool—a straightforward solution to seize exercise inside a particular app window. To get began, toggle over to the Record choice within the seize toolbar and click on on the dropdown menu for Recording space to pick out window mode.

When you choose window mode, Snipping Tool will mechanically measurement the recording area to tightly match the app window you select, making setup fast and exact. Once recording begins, nevertheless, the area stays mounted—so if the app strikes or will get coated by one other window, the recording gained’t observe it. This offers you a easy, centered solution to report what’s taking place in an outlined house in your display screen, while not having to crop or modify later.

FEEDBACK: Please file suggestions in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Apps > Snipping Tool.

Reminders for Windows Insiders within the Canary Channel

• The builds we launch to the Canary Channel characterize the most recent platform modifications early within the growth cycle and shouldn’t be seen as matched to any particular launch of Windows and options and experiences included in these builds could by no means get launched as we check out completely different ideas and get suggestions. Features could change over time, be eliminated, or changed and by no means get launched past Windows Insiders. Some of those options and experiences might present up in future Windows releases after they’re prepared.
• Many options within the Canary Channel are rolled out utilizing Control Feature Rollout technology, beginning with a subset of Insiders and ramping up over time as we monitor suggestions to see how they land earlier than pushing them out to everybody on this channel.
• Some options could present up within the Dev and Beta Channels first earlier than displaying up within the Canary Channel.
• Some options in energetic growth we preview with Windows Insiders might not be absolutely localized and localization will occur over time as options are finalized. As you see points with localization in your language, please report these points to us by way of Feedback Hub.
• To get off the Canary Channel, a clean install of Windows 11 will be required. As a reminder – Insiders can’t swap to a channel that’s receiving builds with decrease construct numbers with out doing a clear set up of Windows 11 on account of technical setup necessities.
• The desktop watermark proven on the decrease proper nook of the desktop is regular for these pre-release builds.
• Check out Flight Hub for a whole have a look at what construct is through which Insider channel.

Thanks,
Amanda & Brandon

*Functionality will range by machine and market; textual content actions will likely be obtainable throughout markets in choose character units. See aka.ms/copilotpluspcs.