14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft has released a new build for Windows insiders in the Fast ring, and the biggest changes this time are the addition of a new location icon and Task Manager improvements.
Windows 10 20H1, officially referred to as version 2004, has already been finalized, and it is projected to be shipped to production devices in the spring.
Windows 10 build 19541 thus comes with a new location icon that is displayed in the system tray whenever an app is using your device’s location. If until now Windows 10 was using a circle as a location indicator, version 2004 will make the switch to an arrow symbol that aligns with what other operating systems, like Android and iOS, are using, obviously becoming a little more straightforward when it comes to warning users that location data is accessed.
Task Manager goodies
The same build also introduces changes for the Task Manager, as Microsoft has added a new option to show the architecture of each process. Users can manually enable this by right-clicking on a column header and then selecting “Architecture.”
As it happens in every build, there are several other general changes and improvements, as well as known issues, and you can check them out in full in the box after the jump.
One fix that’s worth highlighting concerns notifications pointing to a required reboot to complete updates that would persist after actually restarting the machine. Also, Feedback Hub glitches have also been resolved in this build.
“We fixed an issue from the previous build resulting in the Feedback Hub unexpectedly not showing store apps in the list of contexts when logging feedback under the Apps category. This same issue resulted in the symptom of apps continuing to show Install in the Microsoft Store, rather than Launch, after the app had been installed,” Microsoft explains.
Fast ring insiders can download this build right now from Windows Update.