Microsoft Releases Windows 11 Build 26227 Preview Update with Changes and Fixes

TapTechNews May 31 news, Microsoft today released Windows 11 Build 26227 preview update for Windows Insider project members in the Canary channel, and stated that it will no longer release the SDK for preview versions in the Canary channel for the next period of time.

Changes and Improvements

[Copilot in Windows]

Copilot is now fixed to the taskbar as an application, enabling it to support functions such as resizing, moving, and grabbing the window like other applications.

Microsoft announces the cancellation of the Win+C shortcut key. For new devices with the Copilot key, users click the button to open Copilot; and for devices without the Copilot key, users can use WIN + (the digital position where Copilot is fixed on the taskbar) to open Copilot.

[Emoji]

Microsoft introduced some new Emojis in this preview version, such as horizontal and vertical headshakes, phoenix, lime, brown mushroom, and broken chain, thereby adding support for Emoji 15.

The other changes in Emoji 15.1 also include that Unicode decides to restore family combinations to symbol-like shapes. Windows opts to retain Microsoft's existing style, that is, using people in family combinations. TapTechNews attaches relevant pictures as follows:

Microsoft also supports new directional updates, including people/man/male/female walking, kneeling, holding a cane, running, manual wheelchair, and electric wheelchair. Now, users can select the rightward or original leftward direction for these emojis.

[Settings]

Microsoft has begun to roll out a new Linked Devices page under Settings > Accounts to allow you to manage PCs and Xbox game consoles logged in with a Microsoft account.

This settings page will only be displayed on Windows 11 Home and Professional editions, and users must log in to Windows with a Microsoft account.

Fixes

[General]

Fixed a problem that was considered the root cause of some Insiders recently finding that some animations were choppy (dropping frames), especially in the Task View.

Fixed a potential problem that might cause some applications to fail to start when launched, even though they are enabled as a startup application in Settings. It will show as paused in the Task Manager but not in the taskbar.

Fixed a potential problem that might cause a pop-up window to ask for permission to use the location, and this could cause problems in applications without location access.

[Windows]

Fixed a problem related to the display of tabs in Alt+Tab, which might cause explorer.exe to crash frequently if the number of tabs is very large.

[Widgets]

Fixed the problem that the WIN+W keyboard shortcut fails to open the widget board properly.

[Others]

Fixed the impact of explorer.exe crashes on livecaptions and voiceaccess.