Last week at Windows No. 5 (CW 39 & 40 & 41)

Introduction

I couldn’t write a blog post for the last two weeks. So here are the last 3 weeks summarized. Not every news is listed here, just the most important ones.

Windows Insider Builds in the Dev channel

Build 22468

This build adds an option if you want to see the last search results when you hover the search icon in the taskbar.

Search icon in the taskbar

Source: Round Checkbox

You can also look at VPN stats in the settings.

You can read about the bug fixes in the blog post.

Build 22471

This build only fixes some bugs and sets a new expiration date.

You can read about the bug fixes in the blog post.

Build 22478

This build introduces some nice new features:

New emoji style

The emoji chooser now uses the new emojis which were previously announced by the Microsoft Design Team.

Emoji Picker

Source: Round Checkbox

Scrolling on the volume icon

Scrolling on the volume icon inn the taskbar now increases and decreases the volume.

New “add new language” dialog

The “add new language” dialog in the settings app got a makeover with rounded corners.

Add language dialog

Source: Round Checkbox

You can read about the bug fixes in the blog post.

Windows Insider Build 22000.282

This build got released to the Beta and the Release Preview channel.

You can read about the bug fixes in the blog post.

Windows 11 launch

On October 4th Windows 11 got launched.

A blog post was released, which announces this new era for Windows.

Windows Insider 7th anniversary

The Windows Insider program had its 7th anniversary. Because of that, Microsoft released two new wallpapers for Windows insiders. You can read more about it on the Windows Insider Blog.

Written on October 16, 2021