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Microsoft’s latest Dev Channel cumulative — identified in the community announcement as Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.6760 (KB5065793) — continues the program’s steady cadence of incremental AI, accessibility, and File Explorer work while shipping a small but useful set of quality fixes...

Microsoft has begun previewing an AI-driven organizational overhaul for the Windows 11 Photos app that automatically sorts images into four document-focused categories — Screenshots, Receipts, Identity documents, and Notes — and is rolling the feature to Windows Insiders on Copilot+ PCs as part...

Microsoft has quietly reintroduced the ability to run video files as desktop backgrounds in Windows 11 Insider builds, a modern reboot of the long‑forgotten Vista era “DreamScene” and a sign that native animated wallpaper support may soon be a standard personalization option for millions of...

Microsoft has begun previewing an AI-powered organizational upgrade to the Photos app on Windows 11 that automatically sorts images into four focused categories—Screenshots, Receipts, Identity documents, and Notes—and is currently available for testing on Copilot+ PCs enrolled in the Windows...

Microsoft has quietly restored one of Windows’ most nostalgic personalization features: native video wallpapers — the spiritual successor to DreamScene — now appearing in Windows 11 Insider preview builds and accessible through the familiar Settings > Personalization > Background workflow when...

Microsoft has quietly resurrected a long-requested personalization capability in Windows 11: native support for video wallpapers that lets ordinary video files act as looping desktop backgrounds—an elegant, modern echo of Vista’s DreamScene now visible in Windows Insider preview builds, but...

Microsoft is quietly testing native video wallpapers inside Windows 11 Insider Preview builds, restoring a DreamScene‑style capability that lets ordinary video files act as looping desktop backgrounds and eliminating the immediate need for third‑party tools for basic animated wallpapers...

Microsoft is quietly resurrecting DreamScene-style video wallpapers in Windows 11 — a built-in way to set ordinary video files as looping desktop backgrounds that has begun appearing inside recent Insider preview builds and is already stirring questions about performance, battery life...

Microsoft has quietly restored one of the most nostalgic Windows features — the ability to use videos as desktop wallpapers — by adding native video wallpaper support to recent Windows 11 Insider Preview builds, giving users a built-in alternative to third-party tools like Wallpaper Engine and...

Microsoft is quietly testing a built‑in video wallpaper feature for Windows 11 that lets users set ordinary video files — MP4, MKV, MOV and others — as looping desktop backgrounds directly from Settings or via a contextual “Set as wallpaper” command in File Explorer, a revival of the old...

Microsoft is quietly restoring native video wallpapers to Windows 11 — a DreamScene‑style capability discovered in Insider preview builds that lets ordinary video files play as looping desktop backgrounds without third‑party tools. Background Windows has flirted with animated desktop backgrounds...

Windows 11’s personalization options are quietly regaining a long‑requested capability: native video wallpapers that let ordinary video files play as looping desktop backgrounds — a modern echo of Vista’s DreamScene now visible in Insider preview builds and gated behind experimental flags...

Microsoft is quietly testing native video wallpapers in Windows 11 Insider preview builds — a DreamScene‑style feature that lets ordinary video files (MP4, MKV, MOV and others) act as looping desktop backgrounds directly from Settings or a File Explorer context menu — but it remains...

Microsoft is quietly testing built‑in video wallpapers for Windows 11, a modern revival of Vista’s DreamScene that lets ordinary video files act as looping desktop backgrounds directly from Settings — and the change could alter how millions of users personalize their PCs. Background The idea of...

Microsoft has quietly started testing native video wallpapers in Windows 11 Insider Preview builds — a DreamScene‑style capability that lets users set ordinary video files (MP4, MKV and others) as looping desktop backgrounds from the standard Settings UI. Background / Overview For nearly two...

Windows 11 is quietly testing native video wallpapers — a modern, DreamScene‑style capability that lets ordinary video files behave as looping desktop backgrounds — and the change has started showing up in Insider preview builds, sparking a mix of nostalgia and practical questions about battery...

Microsoft appears to be quietly restoring a one‑click way to put motion on the desktop: recent Windows 11 Insider preview builds include a native video wallpaper capability that treats ordinary video files as looping desktop backgrounds, a modern revival of Vista’s DreamScene now visible behind...

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Insider Preview quietly arms the taskbar with a new one‑click AI affordance: a floating “Share with Copilot” button that lets Copilot Vision see an open app window, analyze its contents, and return context, translations, or guided actions without requiring you to...

Windows 11’s personalization options are getting a nostalgic — and potentially divisive — upgrade: Microsoft is testing a native video‑wallpaper feature in recent Insider builds that lets you set a looping video file as your desktop background, reviving the spirit of DreamScene while aiming for...

Microsoft has quietly reintroduced a DreamScene-style capability in Windows 11 Insider Preview builds, with hidden support for setting ordinary video files (MP4, MOV, MKV and others) as looping desktop backgrounds — a neat personalization revival that’s currently gated behind experimental flags...