Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25120 Releases
Microsoft pushed Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25120 to users in the development channel recently. This update mainly fixes known issues but has new features. This new feature is a desktop search box widget, that is, a search box is displayed on the desktop, and users can enter keywords in the search box to invoke browser search. If you would like to remove this search box, you can right-click on the desktop, choose “Show more options,” and toggle the “Show search” option.
Changelog
Fixes
[Suggested Actions]
- Suggested actions should appear for more date and time formats now.
- Addressed some issues with certain formats when copying a date and/or time.
- Improved overall performance and reliability of the feature.
[Settings]
- Fixed an issue that could crash Settings when opening and looking at the battery usage graph.
- Improved performance of displaying Wi-Fi networks after enabling Wi-Fi from the Wi-Fi section of Quick Settings.
[Task Manager]
- Addressed an issue leading to some unreadable text in the Performance page when a contrast theme was enabled.
[Other]
- Fixed an issue which could cause Windows Update to stall and roll back updates for WSA users.
- Did some work to address a stutter in the progress wheel animation when upgrading to a new build.
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]
- Some games that use Easy Anti-Cheat may crash or cause your PC to bugcheck.
[Live captions]
- Certain apps in full screen (e.g., video players) prevent live captions from being visible.
- Certain apps positioned near the top of the screen and closed before live captions is run will re-launch behind the live captions window positioned at top. Use the system menu (ALT + Spacebar) while the app has focus to move the app’s window further down.
