Windows 11 build 22468 now available for download

Sep 30, 2021 11:56 GMT  ·  By

Microsoft has released a new Windows 11 preview build for insiders in the Dev channel as the company is giving the finishing touches to the new operating system ahead of the full launch next week.

Windows 11 will start rolling out to production devices on October 5.

Windows 11 build 22468 obviously doesn’t including any new features, though it does come with two important improvements.

First, Microsoft says, Windows 11 now displays stats about the VPN connection when you click it in the VPN Settings screen. And second, if you hover the Search icon on the taskbar, you can now turn off the recent searches using a dedicated toggle in the settings screen.

Other than that, this new build is all about improving the general performance of Windows 11 and fixing some of the remaining bugs, with Microsoft explaining that it still has some problems two deal with.

Windows 11 rollout to start next week

Two of them concern the widgets, a new feature coming in Windows 11 as an evolution of the original News and interests experience.

“The widgets board may appear empty. To work around the issue, you can sign out and then sign back in again,” the company explains in the official changelog of the new build.

“Widgets may be displayed in the wrong size on external monitors. If you encounter this, you can launch the widgets via touch or WIN + W shortcut on your actual PC display first and then launch on your secondary monitors.”

Windows 11 will start rolling out to production devices worldwide next week, but this doesn’t necessarily mean everybody will get the new operating system on day one. The company will use the same phased approach as before, as it wants to detect major bugs early and then suspend the rollout before they reach more devices.