14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft has just released a new set of Windows 11 builds for users who are part of the Windows Insider program and enrolled in the Beta channel.
The new builds that are released today follow the same approach as the previous updates, so Microsoft is shipping two different builds, one with new features rolling out and a second one with new features off by default.
Users are provided with different builds, but worth knowing is that none of the two come with any breaking changes this time, which kind of makes sense given these are the first builds of the year:
- Build 22623.1095 = New features rolling out.
- Build 22621.1095 = New features off by default.
One of the biggest changes concerns the search box that is available in the Start menu, with Microsoft introducing a new design with rounded corners specifically to align it with the design of the search box that is integrated into the taskbar.
Microsoft says it has also included a change concerning .NET Framework in these builds.
“We changed the experience for preview .NET Framework updates. After you installed this update, all future preview (optional) .NET Framework updates would display on the Settings > Windows Update > Advanced options > Optional updates On that page, you could control which optional updates you wanted to install,” the software giant says.
In addition, the company continues to refine the search experience on the taskbar.
“We’ve made improvements to reliability to fix some crashes and the performance of animations and transitions. We fixed the issue causing the search box on taskbar to not render correctly and display visual artifacts. We fixed the issue causing layout issues with right-to-left display languages like Arabic,” the company explained in the official changelog of the new Windows 11 preview builds in the Beta channel.