Here are the key highlights from the official announcement for Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5661 (Dev Channel):
Major Highlights
1. Recall Homepage
A new personalized homepage for Recall, showing recent snapshots and the top 3 apps/websites you've spent the most time on in the past 24 hours.
Provides quick access to key features (Home, Timeline, Feedback, Settings) via a new left-hand navigation bar.
Users can filter which apps and websites are included in Recall’s snapshots in Settings.
2. Move Hardware Indicator Position
Highly requested feature: You can now move the on-screen hardware indicator popups (brightness, volume, airplane mode, virtual desktops) to the bottom, top left, or top center of your screen.
Set in Settings > System > Notifications > Position of the onscreen pop-up.
3. Start Menu (for IT/admins)
A new Boolean for the Configure Start Pins policy lets admins apply Start menu pins only once; users can then personalize their pinned layout without it being reset by further policy changes.
4. File Explorer AI Actions
The previously tested AI actions in File Explorer (Build 26200.5603) are being re-rolled out. Some users who had the feature disappear may see it return.
5. Language Settings
The country/region selected during device setup now shows under Settings > Time & language > Language & region.
Fixes (Gradual Rollout and Broad Rollout)
Gradual Rollout (with toggle on):
Fix for some input issues (Search, Chinese Pinyin IME, clipboard history, emoji panel).
Taskbar: Explorer.exe crash fix with Italian language.
File Explorer: Home sometimes only showing one folder; performance degradation with SharePoint sites fixed.
Settings: Updates uninstall list now sorted by date.
Broad Rollout (everyone):
Fixed Windows Vista boot sound playing instead of Windows 11 boot sound.
PC reset under Settings > System > Recovery now works.
Certain KVM VMs with “UNSUPPORTED_PROCESSOR” should boot again.
Fixed KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE bugchecks after upgrading to recent Dev builds.
Known Issues
Dev channel join experience: 2-step process for joining and updating if you're on 24H2.
After PC reset, version may show as Build 26100 (cosmetic only, won't block updates).
Some may see error 0x80070005 updating, fix in progress.
Xbox Controllers via Bluetooth may cause bugchecks — workaround is to uninstall the specific driver.
File Explorer AI actions: Limited Narrator support for summarization canvas (workaround: use Caps+Right).
Widget pinning in new boards reverts to classic experience.
Click to Do: Slow first intelligent text action for Copilot+ on AMD/Intel PCs.
How to Get Latest Features
Many features are on rolling (staged/phased) rollout—turn on the toggle in Settings > Windows Update > Get the latest updates to be considered for new features early.