Few days back Microsoft has officially released Windows 11 Build 22631.5116 to Insiders in the Release Preview Channel on Windows 11, version 23H2 (Build 22631). This build comes with various new features and improvements.
Windows 11 Build 22631.5116 to Insiders in Release Preview Channel
Features and improvements that will be gradually rolled out
File Explorer
- New! As part of Microsoft’s ongoing commitment to improve File Explorer accessibility, this release includes increased support for text scaling (Settings > Accessibility > Text size) across File Explorer, File Open/Save dialogs, and the copy dialogs.
Settings
- New! With this update, Microsoft will gradually make available the Settings homepage for commercial customers on PCs managed by an IT administrator. The feature will show some existing cards relevant to enterprise-managed PCs like “Recommended settings” and “Bluetooth devices” as well as two new enterprise-specific device info and accessibility preferences cards
- New! “top cards” is rolling out under Settings > System > About. These top cards provide an easy way to view your PC’s key specifications—processor, RAM, storage, and GPU—helping you understand your PC’s capabilities at a glance.
- Fixed: For Japanese users, the name displayed at the top of Settings> Accounts shows “First Name” or “Last Name” instead of “Last Name” or “First Name”.
Input
- New! Gamepad keyboard layout enabled for the touch keyboard in Windows 11. This change introduces the ability to use your Xbox controller to navigate and type. This includes button accelerators (for example: X button for backspace, Y button for spacebar) additionally the keyboard keys have been vertically aligned for better controller navigation patterns.
- New! New experience to improve the discoverability of the emoji and more panels in Windows 11 with the introduction of a new system tray icon on the taskbar.
- Fixed: ctfmon.exe may restart when copying data from certain applications.
- Voice Access Added: Chinese support for voice access. You can now use Voice access to navigate, dictate, and interact with Windows using voice commands in Simplified Chinese (zh-cn) and Traditional Chinese (zh-tw).
Features and improvements rolled out normally
- File Systems Filters- This update adds support for a new function in Filter Manager that enhances the system’s ability to notify applications of directory changes while minimizing I/O operations.
- Noto Fonts- This update enhances text quality and customer experience in web browsing for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages by introducing the Noto font family. This provides modern, comprehensive font support for these languages.
- Remote Desktop Fixed: Certain Get-Help troubleshooters might not run in a Remote Desktop session.
- COSA Updated: This update addresses an issue affecting mobile connectivity configurations for Connected PCs. It resolves incorrect Internet of Things (IOT) Access Point Name (APN) settings that were previously applied.
- Printers Fixed: Printers using Independent Hardware Vendor (IHV) drivers might unexpectedly output incorrect or unwanted text.
- File System Fixed: This update resolves an issue for users with profiles redirected to a network Virtual Hard Disk (VHD or VHDX), where a specific failure could lead to a system crash.
- File System Filter Fixed: Addresses an issue where a stop error may occur during normal usage with a user profile redirected to a network VHD(X).
- Deprecation: Suggested actions that appear when you copy a phone number or future date in Windows 11 are now deprecated and being removed.
- ADDED: Improved support for web search providers in Windows Search for the EEA, including with increased discoverability.
