14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft has recently released a new preview build of Windows 11 for users who are enrolled in the Windows Insider program in the Beta and Release Preview channels.
The new build is 22000.588, and it includes many improvements that are already live for users in the Dev channel. However, all these refinements making their way to the Beta and RP channels means we’re getting a step closer to the production release.
The new update is live as KB5011563 in Windows Update, and one of its notable improvements concerns the number of toast notifications displayed at the same time.
“We displayed up to three high priority toast notifications simultaneously. This feature is for apps that send notifications for calls, reminders, or alarms using Windows notifications in the OS. As a result, up to four toast notifications might appear simultaneously–three high priority notifications and one normal priority notification,” Microsoft explains.
No word on the production launch
There are obviously plenty of fixes, and some of them are specifically aimed at improving the startup time for Windows 11, while also resolving problems with the UAC dialog.
“We fixed an issue that increases the startup time for Windows. This issue occurs because a UI thread in a networking API stops responding when a 5G wireless wide area network (WWAN) device is slow to wake up,” Microsoft explains. “We fixed an issue that prevents the User Account Control (UAC) dialog from correctly showing the application that is requesting elevated privileges.”
Microsoft says this update also resolves a glitch affecting OneDrive, as in some cases, selected files might lose focus after renaming and pressing the Enter key.
It’s important to keep in mind this build is still part of the testing effort, so even if Microsoft didn’t share any known issues, users could still come across various bugs when running it.
As for the production launch of all these improvements, Microsoft is yet to share an ETA, though it likely isn’t very far.