14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft has recently released a new preview build for Windows Insiders in the Dev channel, and this time, there are a lot of new features to try out.
The new Windows 10 build is 21364, and it includes early support for Linux GUI apps. In other words, those who installed the Windows Subsystem for Linux on their devices can now run Linux apps in their own GUI right on top of Windows 10.
Then, the company has updated Task Manager with Microsoft Edge process classification and an eco mode, which is essentially an easy way to throttle process resources.
This new build also introduces a new keyboard layout for Japanese.
“We’re excited to introduce a new touch keyboard layout for Japanese, 50-on touch keyboard. 50-on touch keyboard is a popular layout widely used for Kiosk devices in Japan. It allows you to input Japanese texts intuitively without knowing how to compose Hiragana characters,” the company explains.
“You can switch to 50-on layout from [⚙] > [50-on]. It also provides alphabet and symbol views newly designed specifically for the layout. You may notice some known issues where inserting a full-width space using Shift key doesn’t work and typing some characters shows garbled suggestion candidates. We’re actively working on addressing them. Thank you for your patience. We’re looking forward to your feedback via [Give feedback] menu!”
Smaller tweaks and known issues
There are also smaller refinements here and there, including a little tweak for night light. Microsoft says that whenever this feature is enabled or disabled manually, the whole thing would no longer happen with a slow transition but instantly on all devices.
The changes available in this preview build could go live as part of Windows 10 version 21H2, which according to the current release calendar, should launch in the fall of the year.