Microsoft has released a new Windows 11 build to Insiders in the Dev channel. The build contains a very large list of new features, but also general improvements and refinements to Windows 11.

New features include folders in the pinned apps area of Start, live captions, a new Focus experience, Quick Access improvements in File Explorer, new touch gestures, and a lot more.

It also includes improvements to the Your Phone app which makes it quicker to access your Android apps on Windows.

The main improvements include:

  1. Create and curate folders in the pinned apps area of the Start Menu.
  2. Introducing Do Not Disturb and Focus
  3. Live Captions for on-device audio
  4. Improving Quick Access in File Explorer
  5. See your OneDrive storage in File Explorer
  6. New Touch Gestures
  7. Improving Snap Layouts
  8. More sustainable power settings and recommendations
  9. More improvements to browsing the web in Microsoft Edge with Narrator
  10. Task Manager Redesign & Efficiency Mode
  11. Introducing a new PowerShell module to provision language and language related features
  12. Other Changes and Improvements

Microsoft will not be making this build available to Windows 11 on ARM, but hopes to follow-up with an ARM build soon.

See all the detail at Microsoft here.

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