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Microsoft appears to be quietly testing native video wallpapers for Windows 11 — a modern revival of Vista’s DreamScene that lets ordinary video files be set as looping desktop backgrounds from Settings, currently visible only in hidden Insider preview builds. Background Windows personalization...

Microsoft appears to be quietly reintroducing native video wallpapers into Windows 11 — a DreamScene‑style capability discovered hidden in recent Insider preview builds that would let ordinary video files (MP4, MKV, MOV and others) be set as looping desktop backgrounds directly from Settings...

Microsoft appears to be bringing native video wallpapers back to Windows 11, reviving the spirit of Vista’s DreamScene by letting ordinary video files act as looping desktop backgrounds directly from Settings — a change already visible in hidden Windows Insider preview builds but still...

Microsoft is testing a one‑click “Share with Copilot” shortcut inside the Windows 11 taskbar preview that launches Copilot Vision against a single app window, plus on‑screen text translation in Click to Do — small UI changes that underline Microsoft’s push to make Copilot an ambient...

Microsoft has quietly restored a modern take on DreamScene: recent Windows 11 Insider preview builds include a native “video wallpaper” capability that lets you set common video files (MP4, MOV, MKV and others) as a looping desktop background from Settings, without installing third‑party...

Microsoft has quietly begun building native support for video wallpapers into Windows 11 — a full-circle moment that revives a DreamScene-era idea while exposing difficult trade-offs around battery life, compatibility, and the long shadow of third‑party wallpaper engines. The capability...

Windows 11 has quietly gained yet another Copilot entry point in Insider Preview builds: a “Share with Copilot” button that appears in the taskbar window preview when you hover over an open app. The button is designed to push content from the active window directly into Copilot Vision so the AI...

Microsoft is testing a new, low-friction way to hand an open app window to its Copilot assistant: a floating “Share with Copilot” button that appears in the Windows 11 taskbar window preview and launches Copilot Vision to scan and analyze the visible contents of that window. Overview Microsoft’s...

Windows 11 Insiders are now seeing a new, unexpected entry in the parade of Copilot entry points: a floating “Share with Copilot” button that appears when you hover over an open app on the taskbar and use the window preview. The button launches Copilot Vision against the contents of that window...

Microsoft’s latest Insider package, delivered as KB5065786, folds a fresh set of Copilot experiences into the Windows 11 shell — most notably a taskbar “Share with Copilot” affordance that lets Copilot Vision scan and analyze the content of a window you hover over on the taskbar, plus a...

Microsoft has pushed Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27950 to the Canary Channel with a tight, targeted set of bug fixes aimed at smoothing a handful of visual and installation problems that have frustrated Insiders — most notably fixes for taskbar preview misalignment after display resolution...

Microsoft has quietly pushed a new Insider preview package — KB5065786 — that surfaces a focused set of account-management refinements alongside deeper Copilot integrations and a long list of fixes and known issues, delivered as Build 26220.6690 to the Dev Channel and Build 26120.6690 to the...

After decades of promises that never quite fixed Windows Search, Microsoft has finally shipped a working semantic search layer to Windows 11 — but it’s arriving in a very specific way: behind the Copilot+ hardware gate, previewed to Insiders, and baked into both the system search surfaces and...

Microsoft has quietly begun testing a more integrated, surface-level approach to Account management in Windows 11 through the latest Insider builds (delivered as KB5065786), and the changes deserve attention from everyday users, power users, and IT administrators alike. These updates — visible...

Microsoft has shipped Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27950 to the Canary Channel, a compact but meaningful flight that fixes a string of installer rollbacks, cleans up several UI and resource regressions, and temporarily reverts the new “Advanced” Settings page back to the prior “For...

Microsoft’s new Xbox “Full Screen Experience” for handheld Windows PCs is no longer just marketing copy on a press release — enthusiasts are already running it on older hardware, and early tests show real, measurable gains and equally real caveats that matter for anyone who owns a handheld...

Windows Insiders on the Beta Channel received a small but meaningful preview build today: Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.6690 (KB5065786), delivered to devices running Windows 11, version 24H2 as a Beta Channel enablement package and focused largely on controlled feature rollouts, bug...

Microsoft has begun rolling out Gaming Copilot — an AI-powered, in‑overlay assistant for players — into the Xbox experience on Windows 11, inserting a voice‑enabled, screenshot‑aware helper into the Game Bar that promises context-sensitive guidance, achievement lookups, and personalized game...

Microsoft’s new full‑screen Xbox experience for Windows handhelds—sold as a controller‑first, console‑style shell—has begun appearing on existing Windows handheld PCs ahead of the ROG Xbox Ally family’s retail debut, with enthusiasts enabling the interface via Windows 11 25H2 preview builds and...

Microsoft's new handheld-focused, full‑screen Xbox interface for Windows 11 can already be unlocked on many in‑market Windows handhelds thanks to a Release Preview of the Windows 11 25H2 update and a handful of community-discovered switches — meaning you don't have to wait for the ROG Xbox...