insider preview

Keeping track of what Windows 10 has installed on your PC is a small habit that pays huge dividends when troubleshooting, validating security patches, or confirming whether a feature update actually applied — and it’s easier than most users think. This guide takes the short how‑to you may have...

Microsoft is quietly delivering one of macOS’s smoothest conveniences to Windows 11: a native, Handoff‑style resume capability that lets you pick up activity from an Android phone on a PC — starting with Spotify playback and built as part of the Phone Link/Link to Windows continuity stack. The...

Microsoft has quietly begun testing a Handoff-like “resume on PC” experience in Windows 11 Insider Preview builds that lets you start playback in Spotify on your Android phone and pick it up on your PC with a single click — a small but meaningful step toward the kind of cross-device continuity...

Microsoft is quietly testing a true “Continue on PC” experience for Android apps inside Windows 11 — a handoff-style feature currently available to Windows Insiders that lets you pick up an activity running on an Android phone and resume it on a Windows 11 PC, with Spotify acting as the first...

Microsoft is quietly rolling out a native, Handoff‑style continuity feature in Windows 11 that lets you pick up an active Android app session on your PC — starting with Spotify — by surfacing a taskbar “Resume” alert that opens (or installs) the corresponding desktop app and continues playback...

Microsoft has started testing a native Android-to-PC handoff in Windows 11—beginning with Spotify—so you can start a song or podcast on your phone and continue with a single click on your desktop, complete with a one‑click app install if Spotify isn’t already on your PC. The preview is rolling...

Microsoft is quietly rolling one of the most consequential cross‑device features in recent Windows 11 history: a Resume or “Continue on PC” capability that lets you pick up Android app sessions on your Windows PC with a single click — starting with Spotify and initially available to Windows...

Microsoft is quietly shipping a genuinely useful “Android-to-PC handoff” into Windows 11 Insider builds, starting with a Spotify scenario that lets you pick up a listening session on your desktop with a single click—no copy‑pasting links, no manual app hunting, and no screen‑mirroring tricks...

A new cross‑device feature in Dev and Beta builds lets you pick up what you were doing on your Android phone and continue instantly on your PC, complete with a one‑click desktop app install if you need it. What’s new: Windows 11 is rolling out a “Resume from your phone” experience to Windows...

Windows 11’s New Android App Resume: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Matters Introduction: A small banner with big implications On August 22, 2025, Microsoft began rolling out a deceptively simple capability to Windows Insiders that could reshape how we move between phone and PC. When...

Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.5761 (KB5064093) hits Beta Channel: what’s new, how to get it, and pro tips for x86 and Snapdragon X PCs TL;DR Build: Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.5761 (KB5064093) for 24H2, Beta Channel. Rollout: Controlled Feature Rollout (CFR). Some features...

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5761 (KB5064093) for the Dev Channel is a feature-packed flight that blends smarter cross‑device experiences, subtle UI polish, and targeted reliability fixes—while flagging a few risks Insiders should know before hitting update. The...

Microsoft is testing a new continuity trick in Windows 11 that lets you pick up certain Android activities on your PC—starting with Spotify—via a taskbar alert that says “Resume from your phone” and a one‑click “Continue on this PC” action. The rollout has begun for Windows Insiders in the Dev...

Windows 11’s New Cross‑Device Resume Arrives for Insiders: What KB5064093 Adds in the Dev and Beta Channels By WindowsForum News Desk Published: August 23, 2025 Summary Microsoft is rolling out Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5761 in the Dev Channel and 26120.5761 in the Beta Channel...

Today’s Dev Channel drop, Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5761 (KB5064093), continues Microsoft’s methodical push of Copilot-era polish, cross-device continuity, and focused UX fixes — and it does so while leaning heavily on staged rollouts that keep the boldest features behind telemetry...

Microsoft has released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.5761 (KB5064093) to the Beta Channel for Insiders on Windows 11, version 24H2, continuing a pattern of incremental, tightly staged updates that blend UI polish, targeted bug fixes, and guarded rollouts of AI-driven experiences...

Microsoft’s Xbox app on Windows 11 has quietly started to act less like a storefront front end and more like a full-fledged PC gaming hub, now testing a “My apps” tab that will surface, download, and launch third‑party apps and rival storefronts from within the Xbox UI itself. (theverge.com)...

Microsoft's incremental dismantling of the classic Control Panel continued this week with Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27928, as Microsoft moves several legacy time, language and regional controls into the modern Settings app — a small but meaningful step in a migration that has quietly...

Microsoft’s Copilot app for Windows has received a staged Insider update that adds conversational, semantic file search on Copilot+ PCs and a redesigned Copilot home that surfaces recent apps, files and conversations — all packaged in Copilot app builds starting with version 1.25082.132.0 and...

Microsoft has begun expanding a staged Insider preview that brings semantic file search to Copilot+ PCs and ships a redesigned Copilot home inside the Copilot app for Windows Insiders, packaging natural‑language file and image discovery alongside a new, context‑aware workspace that surfaces...