Microsoft today pushed the Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25158 version to all Dev developers, introducing a notification badge with widgets. In this version, Microsoft fixes the long-standing problem of WiFi hotspots causing network disconnection and also points out that some games using Easy Anti-Cheat may crash or cause a computer to blue screen in the new version.
In addition, Microsoft also released the installation image of this version.
Notification markers for Widgets
Microsoft announced that it will roll out more dynamic Widgets content on your taskbar starting with this version and add notification badges to these Widgets. For example, the figure below is an example of a notification markup for Widgets.
Additionally, when you open the widgets panel, you can see a banner at the top where Microsoft says it will provide more information about triggering the notification badge. It is worth mentioning that Microsoft previously announced that the Dev channel will be in A/B testing mode, so not all Insiders can experience this new feature.
Changes in the new version
[General]
Thanks to everyone in the industry who gave us feedback on our first exploration of lightweight interactions for the Windows desktop! Starting with this week’s preview, we’re wrapping up the initial exploration process, so if you’ve received this new feature, it will be removed on your next reboot.
Starting with this release, Microsoft will provide different “Search” effects on the taskbar for different devices. Of course, after updating to the latest version, a restart is required to trigger this feature, and this new feature is also not available to everyone.
[TLS-based DNS]
DNS over TLS testing now supports Windows DNS client query protection. DoT is another protocol in addition to DNS over HTTPS (DoH), which is already supported by Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022.
[Enter]
The Nyala font has been updated to now support syllables from the Gurage language orthography of the Ethiopic Extended-B Unicode range. Ethiopian kerning has also been revised and replaced to fix gaps and errors in earlier implementations, improving the overall texture of Ethiopian language text.
Bug fix
[General]
- Fixed an issue that caused some Insiders to a blue screen with KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED error in NetAdapterCx.sys in recent builds.
- Fixed an issue that caused a persistent black screen on some PCs when resuming from a low power state in recent preview builds.
- Fixed an issue that generally affected Windows shell performance in recent releases.
- Fixed Mica and Acrylic blur effects sometimes render incorrectly in Start Menu, Notification Center, and other areas.
[File Manager]
- Fixed an issue where closing the command bar flyout button could cause explorer.exe to crash in rare cases.
- Fixed an issue that could cause explorer.exe to crash when navigating through File Explorer with OneDrive enabled.
- When opening a compressed folder in a new tab, there should now no longer be an issue with blank tab names.
- If focus is on a row of tabs, CTRL+W will no longer close both tabs, but just the tab with focus.
- Fixed CTRL + Tab not cycling in the correct order after rearranging the tabs.
- We’ve made some tweaks so that when you use “Show full path in header”, the folder name will always show up in the top tab of File Explorer.
[Mission Board]
- Fixed a potential issue that could cause pinned app icons to get stuck on the taskbar after uninstalling the app in recent preview builds.
- Fixed high chance explorer.exe crash in last few preview builds related to loading widgets.
[Start]
- Start should no longer crash when using CTRL + Shift + Right Arrow to move a pinned application into a folder that is the last item in Start.
- Fixed some Insider crashes when opening Start.
- The narrator will now read the prompt that opens when trying to properly uninstall an app from Start.
[Search]
- Fixed an issue where setting range priority for query rowsets when using IRowsetPriorititization did not properly change the indexing speed of rowsets, resulting in slower overall indexing.
- Searching for “Power Mode” should now return a Power Mode entry in Settings.
[Set up]
- Update the “System” entry under Network & Internet > Advanced network settings > Data usage to “System and Windows Update”.
- Made another fix to address an issue where the “Listen to this device” option for audio devices would stop working after a reboot.
- Fixed a crash seen by some Insiders when navigating Bluetooth & Devices > Printers & Scanners.
- Fixed an issue where the “Allow Bluetooth devices to find this computer” checkbox under Bluetooth and Devices > Devices > More Bluetooth Settings would sometimes not display the correct status.
- Fixed an issue that caused Quick Settings for ARM64 PCs to crash when attempting to use the Cast section to cast to certain devices.
- Fixed an issue that could cause the eye icon next to the Wi-Fi password box in Quick Settings to disappear after first use.
[Enter]
- Fixed a crash in textinputhost.exe initialization that occurred under certain circumstances in recent flights.
- Fixed an issue where the “Sync across devices” option under Settings > System > Clipboard would not remain enabled.
- Updated Times New Roman font family to include U+061D / ARABIC END OF TEXT MARK.
[Task Window]
- We’ve made some improvements to help improve the performance of opening Task View.
[Narration]
- Fixed so that the two-finger triple-tap touch gesture to close the context menu with Narrator works correctly again.
[Task Manager]
- Fixed an issue where some services were unexpectedly grouped under Microsoft Edge when they were not actually child processes.
[Other]
- Fixed an issue that would cause the network connection to drop after turning on the mobile hotspot.
- Addresses an issue that could cause the mobile hotspot button to be unexpectedly stuck in a grayed-out state under certain circumstances.
- Fixed a potential issue that caused your phone to crash under certain circumstances.
- Fixed a potential issue where the Microsoft Defender Application Guard window was not visible in the last few preview builds.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when using suggested actions.
- Fixed a potential issue when recording game clips with the Xbox Game Bar that could cause the saved video to not display correctly when viewed later on an iOS device.
- Several improvements have been made to help resolve an issue that caused apps in the Microsoft Store to fail to download with error 0x80080204.
- Addresses a potential issue that causes Microsoft Store app repair to fail with error 0x803FB004.
- Made some work around issues where the print dialog was not launching in the app center (e.g. in Notepad).
Note: Some of the fixes mentioned here in the Insider Preview builds of the Dev Channel may make their way into servicing updates for Windows 11 released builds.
Known issues
[Generally]
- [NEW] Investigating feedback about SQL Server Management Studio not starting.
- Some games that use Easy Anti-Cheat may crash or cause your PC to bug check.
[File Manager]
- The up arrow in the file explorer tab is not aligned. This will be fixed in a future update.
- Working on an issue where launching File Explorer in certain ways while using dark mode would unexpectedly display the body of File Explorer in light mode.
[Small parts]
- [NEW] Notification badge numbers may appear misaligned on the taskbar.
- [NEW] Notification banners for certain badges would not appear on the widget board in some cases.
- We’re fixing an issue that caused widget preferences (temperature units and pinned widgets) to unexpectedly reset to default.
[Live subtitles]
- Some full-screen applications, such as video players, can cause Live Captions to not display.
- Some applications located near the top of the screen and closed before Live Captions are running will be restarted after the Live Captions window at the top. When the application has focused, use the system menu (ALT + Space) to move the application’s window further down.
If you like our news and you want to be the first to get notifications of the latest news, then follow us on Twitter and Facebook page and join our Telegram channel. Also, you can follow us on Google News for regular updates.