The updated system tray icon on the taskbar enables users to convey their emotions through emojis, GIFs, and Kaomoji across all applications and interfaces in Windows. The primary sections under Settings > System > About offer a straightforward method to examine your PC's essential specifications, emphasizing possible hardware enhancements and delivering a concise overview of your system.
The update incorporates fixes for problems related to the accessibility of Windows 11's File Explorer, including enhancements in text scaling within File Open/Save dialogs and Wizard dialogs. The update also resolves windowing issues, input problems, settings crashes, and the PDC_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT issue that occurs when resuming from sleep. Feedback may be submitted through the Feedback Hub located in the Files Folders and Online Storage section, specifically under File Explorer. The update is anticipated to be implemented progressively in the Dev Channel with the toggle activated.
Here is the announcement:
Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.3380 (Dev and Beta Channels)
Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.3380 (KB5053660) to the Dev and Beta Channels.
New features gradually being rolled out to the Dev Channel with toggle on*
Recommended files in File Explorer
Recommended files in File Explorer Home are now available to all Windows Insiders who are signed in with their personal Microsoft account (and local accounts). These files will provide you quick access to relevant files based on your activity in the Recommended section which is displayed as a carousel with thumbnail previews. This includes content such as files you frequently use, have recently downloaded, or added to your File Explorer Gallery. Users with a work/school account (Entra ID) will have additional types of recommendations available with this update. This change is not yet rolling out in the EEA (European Economic Area). Quick access folders will continue to be available in the navigation pane for easy access to pinned folders.
FEEDBACK: Please file feedback in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Files Folders and Online Storage > File Explorer.
Changes and Improvements gradually being rolled out to the Dev Channel with toggle on*
[Live captions]
- On AMD and Intel
-powered Copilot+ PCs, we’re beginning to roll out the ability to do real-time translation to Chinese (Simplified). Supported languages include Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech Danish, German, Greek English Spanish, English, Estonian, Finnish, France, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovene, and Swedish.
[Start menu]
- We are trying out a new change where we will recommend a snap group in the Recommended section of the Start menu based on two apps that are most likely to be snapped together. Let us know what you think if you see this!
[Search on the Taskbar]
- Improved support for web search providers in Windows Search for the EEA, including with increased discoverability.
[Notifications]
- To ensure you never lose access to your Microsoft account, we are introducing a new toast notification that will prompt you to add a secondary email or recovery phone number to your account. This will only appear if you’re signed in to your PC with your Microsoft account and this information is missing from your profile. Adding these account proofs will help you recover your Microsoft account if you ever forget your password or get locked out for any reason.
[Widgets]
- In this flight, we’re introducing the ability for web developers to easily utilize their existing web content to build dynamic and interactive widgets that can be added to the widgets surfaces in Windows 11. For more information, click here.
[Input]
- We are trying out a new experience to improve the discoverability of the emoji and more panel in Windows 11 with the introduction of a new system tray icon on the taskbar. With this new system tray icon, you can easily express yourself by using emojis, GIFs, Kaomoji etc. across all apps and surfaces in Windows in addition to using the WIN + . keyboard shortcut which is also now shown on the emoji and more panel. This new system tray icon for the emoji and more panel shows can be changed by right-clicking on the icon to go to taskbar settings page.
[Settings]
- We are rolling out “top cards” 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. This is designed to simplify decision-making by highlighting potential areas for hardware improvements while giving you a clear snapshot of your PC. Top Cards won’t appear yet on managed commercial PCs. Note this change appears only on specific PC form-factors such as desktops.
Fixes gradually being rolled out to the Dev Channel with toggle on*
[File Explorer]
- As part of our ongoing commitment to improving File Explorer accessibility, this release includes increased support for the text scaling (via Settings > Text size) across File Open/Save dialogs and Wizard dialogs.
[Windowing]
- Fixed an issue where the Snap Bar at the top of the screen was unexpectedly showing corners on the side closest to the screen.
[Input]
- Fixed a high hitting ctfmon.exe crash, which could impact the ability to type.
[Settings]
- Fixed an underlying issue which could lead to Settings crashing when adding a color profile in Settings > System > Display.
- Fixed an issue where Settings might crash after using Settings to sign into an MSA.
- Fixed an issue for Japanese users, where the name displayed at the top of Settings > Accounts showed First Name Last Name instead of Last Name First Name.
[Other]
- Fixed an issue which could lead to a bugcheck with PDC_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT when resuming from sleep.
- Fixed an issue with windows.storage.dll in the last few flights, where trying to open files from an app could lead to the app crashing.
Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.3380 (Dev and Beta Channels)
