Windows 10 Creators Update Build 14965 for Mobile and PC released

[Update: See my hands on video with the new build]

Microsoft have released a new Windows 10 build for Windows Insiders on the fast ring. Build 14965 acutally has new features for PC, for Mobile there are just fixes. With the new build there is now an new virtual touchpad when you control a 2^nd monitor from a tablet, previously it was impossible to extend a tablets display to a 2^nd display and then control it with a touch screen.

Controlling external monitors from tablets just got easier (PC): You can now drive content on a second display from your tablet without ever having to attach a mouse. The virtual touchpad lets you do more with a tablet and a second screen – just connect to another monitor, PC, or TV, go to Action Center and tap on the “Project” Quick Action to extend your screen. Use it just like you would a physical touchpad to control content on the connected screen. To enable it, press and hold on the taskbar and select “Show touchpad button”. A touchpad icon will now appear in the notification area (just like Windows Ink Workspace does), and tapping on it will bring it up the virtual touchpad.

Another change is Ink Sticky Notes now supports additional laugages for the detection of actions like a phone number or a calendar appointment:

We’ve added flight detection for Germany (Germany), in more English locales (Canada, Great Britain, India, Arabia), Spanish (Spain & Mexico), French (France, Canada), Italian (Italy), Japanese (Japan), and Portuguese (Brazil).

We’ve added email & URL recognition for every locale (except Chinese (simplified or traditional), Korean, or Japanese, which we’re still working on).

We’ve added phone number recognition to all English, German, Spanish, French and Italian locales.

We’ve added address recognition support for English (Great Britain) and Spanish (United States).

We’ve added time recognition (prompting to create a Cortana reminder) to English (Great Britain), English (Australia) and English (India).

We’ve added stock recognition (for example, $MSFT) to English (Australia), English (Canada), English (India), German (Germany), Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Mexico), French (France), French (Canada), Japanese (Japan) and Portuguese (Brazil).

If Insights in Sticky Notes isn’t turned on automatically for you, tap “…” > Settings gear > “Enable insights”. Note: The language and region used to detect Insights in Sticky Notes is based off of the active keyboard. We’re currently investigating some issues where Insights may not show up as expected if you switch keyboards while typing in Sticky Notes.

We’ve fixed some issues with Undo and Redo (CTRL + Z/CTRL + Y) while typing, so they’ll now do so more reliably.

We’ve improved the performance of text input while typing.

It’s now easier than ever to get the latest Sticky Notes app updates. When our next update is available, we’ll show an in-app prompt so all you have to do is click ‘Update’.

We’ve also done a whole lot of UI/UX polishing and performance improvements that we hope you enjoy.

There are also addition improvements with Windows Ink:

We increased the number of Recently Used apps shown in the Windows Ink Workspace to 6, and added a link to quickly access your pen settings.

We’ve improved the performance of loading Sketchpad when there’s a lot of ink present on the sketch.

We’ve updated the new protractor, so that you can use the scroll-wheel on your mouse to shrink/expand it (depending on the direction of the scrolling).

We fixed an issue where, when using Sticky Notes in the Windows Ink Workspace, the background would ding when tapped.

We fixed an issue where inking and resizing the protractor at the same time would result in Sketchpad crashing.

We’ve updated the “Pen & Windows Ink” Settings for pen users to now include a link to the handwriting training tool – simply click on “Get to know my handwriting” to launch it. We’ve also improved how we learn from your handwriting samples – try it out and let us know what you think!

Here are the other changes including the fixes for Mobile. Lookout for my hands on video soon:

Other improvements and fixes for PC

We have fixed the issue causing Internet Explorer to crash a few seconds after launch.

We fixed an issue where, when using Cortana in French (France or Canada), the “Prendre une <photo/video/selfie>” (take a picture, video, or selfie) command was redirecting to a Bing search rather than opening the Camera app as expected.

We’ve made some graphics improvements so the system will now respond better when WIN + L is pressed while playing a full screen game.

We’ve updated the ALT + F4 Shutdown dialog to better respond to DPI changes when connected to an external monitor. We also fixed an issue where the tooltips for the taskbar notification area items would be incorrectly sized after a DPI change until rebooting the machine or otherwise signing out and back in.

We’ve fixed an issue where File Explorer might crash when creating or renaming a folder on a network share.

We fixed an issue resulting in the text on the Outlook Calendar tile on the Start menu being slightly fuzzy.

We fixed an issue where deleted files might reappear in File Explorer with a 0 byte size.

We fixed an issue resulting in a Windows Default Lock Screen window sometimes appearing after logging in.

We fixed an issue resulting in File Explorer crashing after right-clicking an app in Task Manager and selecting “Open File Location”.

We’ve updated our migration logic so that going forward from Build 14965, preferred UAC settings, startup shortcuts, and File Explorer folders that had been pinned to the Start menu will all now be preserved across upgrades.

We fixed an issue resulting in vertical lists written in XAML, such as those found in Groove Music, unexpectedly animating in from the side.

We fixed an issue resulting in Cortana crashing if you typed “Create an appointment” then clicked on the resulting suggestion to “Create an appointment”.

We fixed an issue where in Microsoft Edge, after cancelling a file download, the progress bar for the next file downloaded might appear to be stuck at the point at which the old file’s download was at when it was cancelled.

We fixed an issue that could result in the Japanese Input Method Editor (IME) periodically showing the candidate window in the upper left corner of the desktop and not being able to enter text into the Office 2016 apps and some other text editors.

Other improvements and fixes for Mobile

We fixed an issue where, when using Cortana in French (France or Canada), the “Prendre une <photo/video/selfie>” (take a picture, video, or selfie) command was redirecting to a Bing search rather than opening the Camera app as expected.

We fixed an issue resulting in Cortana crashing if you typed “Create an appointment” then tapped on the resulting suggestion to “Create an appointment”.

We improved the performance for English (India) text prediction.

We fixed an issue in Data Usage Settings, where after selecting the data plan to be unlimited, it would still prompt to set a limit. We’ve also made it easier in the Data Usage Settings for those with dual SIM phones to differentiate between the cellular data use on each SIM, and fixed a few other polish issues, including that the sort by dropdown on the Usage Details page was unexpectedly wide.

We fixed an issue where Narrator wasn’t giving feedback when adjusting sliders, for example in Settings, or in the Volume flyout.

We fixed a migration issue resulting in Microsoft Edge to fail to launch for some Insiders after updating to a new build.

More info on the Windows Blog.