14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft has recently released a new Windows 11 preview build for the Dev channel with several important changes and lots of fixes.
Windows 11 build 25188 comes with updated touch keyboard settings and with Windows Terminal promoted to the default terminal in the operating system.
Furthermore, the Wi-Fi and VPN properties pages in the Settings app now come with a ink to advanced properties, therefore making the experience overall more straightforward.
Other than that, Microsoft focused mostly on smaller refinements, so Windows 11 build 25188 addressed plenty of previous glitches.
Microsoft says it has also included several emoji improvements in this build.
“Made a number of updates to emoji keywords based on feedback, including fixing that searching for apple didn’t return the red apple emoji in Korean or Polish (in the respective languages), searching for trash or garbage in English should now return the wastebasket emoji, searching for roger in English should now return the saluting face emoji, and searching for bug will now return the ladybug emoji. Please continue sharing feedback about emoji search results under Input & Language > Emoji Panel in the Feedback Hub!” the company explains in the build changelog.
At the same time, the company says it’s also aware of several known issues, including three affecting File Explorer (one is completely new and is exclusive to this new preview build):
- We’re working on the fix for an issue where the search box background in File Explorer might be the opposite color of your current mode.
- We’re working on the fix for an issue where the taskbar isn’t able to display if File Explorer is maximized and you have the taskbar set to auto-hide.
- A fix for File Explorer appearing to open and close before finally finishing drawing when launched from certain locations will be available in a future flight.
Keep in mind that all changes that are part of Dev builds don’t have a release date.