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Microsoft's newest Canary‑channel experiment folds small but consequential AI workflows directly into the Windows 11 shell: a right‑click “AI actions” submenu in File Explorer that surfaces visual search and one‑click image edits, accompanied by a returning seconds clock in the Notification...

Title: Microsoft ships Windows 10 Build 19045.6388 (KB5066198) to the Release Preview Channel — what IT needs to know Lead Today, September 11, 2025, Microsoft published a short Release Preview Channel flight for Windows 10, shipping Windows 10, version 22H2 — Build 19045.6388 (KB5066198). The...

Microsoft has quietly made official ISO media for Windows 11 version 25H2 available to the public after a brief delay — a small but important development that moves the update from preview-only to the brink of general availability and gives IT teams, OEMs, and enthusiasts the canonical...

Microsoft has added two ultra-simple keyboard shortcuts to Windows 11 that insert an en dash (–) and an em dash (—) directly into any text field, a small but meaningful productivity tweak rolling out to Insiders now and destined for a wider release later. Overview Microsoft announced that...

Microsoft quietly pulled back the promised ISO images for Windows 11, version 25H2 this week, updating its Release Preview announcement to say the ISOs are “delayed and coming soon” even as the update itself lands in the Release Preview channel as an enablement-package style release...

Microsoft’s latest Insider flights have delivered a tightly focused set of features and visual fixes that make this month’s previews worth trying — but they also underscore how Microsoft is rolling out major changes: slowly, gated by hardware and region, and baked into a server-side enablement...

Microsoft’s latest Insider drops for Windows 11 expand Click to Do with a preview that can capture on‑screen tables and push them straight into Excel — a practical, AI‑driven shortcut aimed at shaving minutes from routine data entry work while the Insider builds also add Microsoft 365 profile...

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 adding a native, system-wide keyboard shortcut for the en dash and em dash—Win + Minus for an en dash (–) and Win + Shift + Minus for an em dash (—)—delivered as part of recent Insider builds and being rolled out gradually to Windows 11 users. (blogs.windows.com) Background Writers...

Microsoft is quietly rolling out a pilot in Windows 11 that lets you resume an active Android app session on your PC — starting with Spotify — by surfacing a taskbar “Resume” alert that opens the corresponding desktop app (or one‑click-installs it) and continues playback at the same position you...

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’s weekly week-in-review reads like a study in contrast: a steady drip of interesting concepts for what Windows could become, juxtaposed with another heavy round of real-world reliability problems in the Windows 11 update pipeline that are inconveniencing administrators, streamers, and...

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Insider Beta update, KB5064093 (build 26120.5761), quietly delivers a deceptively impactful set of quality-of-life upgrades: a redesigned battery indicator with a clear percentage on the lock screen, a first taste of cross-device app resume starting with Spotify...

Windows Insiders on the Dev Channel are receiving a focused, iterative update today: Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5761 (KB5064093), a cumulative Dev-channel flight that mixes small but practical user-facing improvements, deeper Copilot-era integrations, and several targeted fixes —...

Microsoft is rolling out Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.5761 (KB5064093) to the Beta Channel for Insiders on Windows 11, version 24H2 — a staged preview that bundles a mix of incremental features, UI tweaks, and fixes while continuing to gate higher‑impact changes behind controlled...

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’s early public messaging around Windows 10 for phones promised a sweeping upgrade path for existing Windows Phone 8 devices, but the reality that followed was more complicated: the company did state that the majority of Lumia phones could be upgraded to Windows 10 while limiting the...

If you're a Windows Insider, the updates you see in Settings > Windows Update > Update history can include preview features, experimental fixes, and servicing changes that aren't part of the regular consumer release cadence—Microsoft published a concise hub article explaining exactly that and...

Microsoft has taken a long-running complaint about Notepad’s overstuffed right‑click menu seriously: Insiders are now seeing a compact, File Explorer–style context menu that surfaces core edit actions in a single top row while keeping AI and less‑used commands below — a move that trims pointer...

Microsoft’s newest Dev Channel drop for Insiders — Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5751 (identified as KB5064071 in community reporting) — is a compact, iterative update that prioritizes UI polish, stability fixes and targeted productivity improvements rather than headline-grabbing...