Microsoft has released a new build of Windows 11 for Windows Insiders on the dev channel. Build 23516 has improved screen casting, HDR Background Support and improvements to Presence Sensing.
Casting improvements in build 23516
Screen casting enables you to project your Windows 11 screen to a Miracast or another Windows PC, and with this build Microsoft are making the discovery of the easier:
When doing multitasking activities on your PC such as often switching between windows to complete a task or using Snap Assist to organize your screen space, we will provide the suggestion to Cast via a notification toast.
We will now provide inline setup of a PC from within the Cast flyout in Quick Settings, with step-by-step guidance for users to enable:
Installation of the optional Wireless Display feature.
Discoverability of the PC to other devices, via the “Projecting to this PC” Settings page.
HDR Backgrounds
You can set JXR files as your desktop background if you have a GDR display. To try it out download a JXR file and then set it as your desktop background. This only works if your display supports HDR.
Presence Improvements
If your PC has a presence sensor that supports attention detection, there is a new Adaptive Dimming option. Your device will dim the screen when you look away. This setting is in Settings/Privacy & Security / Presence sensing.
Other Changes
Narrator Natural Voices in French, Portuguese, English (India) ,German and Korea have been added.
Voice access is now available to use on more areas in Windows. You can now use voice to login to your PC and access other areas on the Lock screen.
[Windows Copilot]
[REMINDER] As of Build 23511, Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel who login and are managed by AAD (soon to be Microsoft Entra ID) will notice that the Windows Copilot Preview is no longer available in this build. This is just a temporary issue. You may enable it temporarily via this policy located here in Group Policy Editor: User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Copilot. Please note that this policy name will change in an upcoming flight. The Windows Copilot Preview will be defaulted on in a future flight including support for Bing Chat for Enterprise.
[Taskbar & System Tray]
As mentioned here with Build 23481, Microsoft Teams (free) is now pre-pinned to the taskbar in Windows 11. This change continues to roll out so not all Insiders will see it right away. Windows Insiders who click to launch Teams will discover a mini communications experience making it possible to chat, call, and meet with their people within just a click or two. Not only does its compact size make it easy to place the window anywhere on desktop, but you can passively keep tabs on their conversations with the ability to have it visible as they browse the web or connect with your communities. Phone Link integration is also coming soon to Microsoft Teams (free) as well.
New mini communications experience in Microsoft Teams (free).
As noted in our Beta Channel flight here, the settings for never combined mode for the taskbar were showing up under Settings > Personalization > Taskbar > Taskbar behaviors but do not enable the experience. We have temporarily removed the settings to fix the issue. The feature will be coming to a Beta Channel flight soon.
[File Explorer]
Added more fields to show in the Details pane, including image dimensions for pictures, number of pages for .docx, space used and free information for drives, and many others.
Fixes
[General]
After updating to Build 23511, some Insiders may have seen the Photos app pinned to the taskbar. This issue only occurred with that build and should no longer occur. We apologize for the issue.
[File Explorer]
Fixed an issue where the icons displayed in the tabs in File Explorer could become out of sync with the current folder after navigating.
Fixed a memory leak in File Explorer with the latest updates which could cause explorer.exe crashes and other issues over prolonged usage.
Fixed an underlying issue causing desktop icons to all go blank in the last few flights.
Fixed an issue which was causing File Explorer to show “Working on it” in an empty folder.
Fixed an issue where the text box for naming newly created files or folders on the desktop was showing in the wrong position (far away or way too close) relative to the thumbnail.
Fixed an issue where opening the context menu in the previous flight was crashing explorer.exe for some Insiders.
Fixed an issue where right clicking items in the navigation pane wouldn’t open a context menu after you changed folders.
Fixed an issue where ALT + P and Shift + Alt + P keyboard shortcuts weren’t working when focus was set to one of the images in Gallery.
Fixed an issue where Home and Gallery could get stuck in the wrong colors if they were open when changing between light and dark mode.
Fixed an issue where thumbnails in Gallery might not load after changing the view to a smaller icon size (for example, medium to small).
Fixed an issue where after refreshing Home, actions to pin and unpin favorite files might not work.
We fixed the following issues for Insiders with the modernized details pane in File Explorer:
Fixed an issue where the design of the details pane was displaying from left to right instead of right to left when using Hebrew or Arabic display languages.
We fixed the following issues for Insiders who have the modernized File Explorer address bar that began rolling out with Build 23475:
The ALT + D, CTRL + L, and F4 keyboard shortcuts should work now to set focus to the address bar.
Fixed an issue where typing drive letters, %localappdata%, and certain other things in the address bar wasn’t causing suggested paths to appear in a dropdown.
We fixed the following issues for Insiders who have the modernized File Explorer Home that began rolling out with Build 23475:
Fixed an issue which could cause explorer.exe to crash when opening Home.
Fixed an issue where the tooltip would get stuck on the screen when you scrolled Home with touch.
Fixed an issue where collapsing and expanding the sections of Home didn’t always work.
Made some small adjustments to the size of elements, including reducing the size of the text.
Fixed an issue where mouse wheel scrolling wasn’t working if your mouse was hovered over the recommended section of Home.
Fixed an issue which was causing certain mouse actions (including resizing windows with mouse) to not work over remote desktop.
[Dynamic Lighting]
Fixed an issue where switching user accounts could turn off device LEDs.
NOTE: Some fixes noted here in Insider Preview builds from the Dev Channel may make their way into the servicing updates for the released version of Windows 11.
Known issues
[General]
We’re working on the fix for an issue causing explorer.exe to crash on the login screen when attempting to enter safe mode.
[Start menu]
Some apps under All apps on the Start menu, such as PWA apps installed via Microsoft Edge, may incorrectly be labeled as a system component.
[Windows Copilot]
You can use Alt + Tab to switch out of Windows Copilot, but not back into it. Windows + C will move focus back to Windows Copilot
When first launching or after refreshing Copilot while using voice access you’ll need to use “Show grid” commands to click in the “Ask me anything” box for the first time.
[File Explorer]
Insiders may experience a File Explorer crash when dragging the scroll bar or attempting to close the window during an extended file-loading process.
[Windows Ink]
Windows Ink does not convert handwriting to text into the main content (e.g., Word documents and Excel spreadsheets) in Microsoft 365 applications.
Search boxes in Microsoft 365 applications (e.g., Microsoft Word) might not work correctly.
Comment fields in Microsoft 365 applications (e.g., Microsoft Word) might not work correctly.
[Input]
We’re investigating reports that typing with the Japanese and Chinese IMEs is not working correctly after the last flight.
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New mini communications experience in Microsoft Teams (free).