Microsoft released Windows 11 Build 26300.8493 to the Experimental channel on May 15, 2026, restoring official taskbar placement options, adding a smaller taskbar mode, expanding Fluid Dictation to Spanish and French, and polishing several Windows shell behaviors. The build is not a...
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Microsoft is testing a quieter Windows 11 Widgets board in Insider Preview Build 26300.8346, released May 1, 2026, with hover-launch disabled, taskbar badges off, fewer alerts, and a default view that emphasizes widgets rather than the MSN-powered news feed. That is the factual change; the more...
Microsoft is quietly changing course on one of Windows 11’s most visible—and most irritating—recent habits: putting Copilot in places where users simply wanted to get something done. In Windows Insider builds, Notepad has swapped the colorful Copilot badge for a more restrained “Writing tools”...