Microsoft has released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26242 to the Canary Channel. The company will not release an SDK for builds flighted to the Canary Channel. The latest update has started to roll out Weather and more to the lock screen. You can keep updated with finance, traffic, and sports directly from your lock screen in addition to the weather. The weather card has been improved with acrylic blur, card size, and font optimizations including spacing. This feature can be activated by navigating to Settings | Personalization | Lock screen.
After the installation of the Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26252, you can pin apps from the Start menu to the Taskbar. You can drag and drop items directly to Taskbar from the pinned panel in the Start menu. You can view the expiry date of the Windows Insider Preview Builds by navigating to Settings | System | About. A new energy recommendation to switch off GDR to save energy on PCs have started to roll out. You can locate the option by navigating to Settings | Power & battery | Energy recommendations.
The Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26252 has resolved an issue that causes Windows Insiders to view errors while making use of Voice Typing with Chinese language. The flight has resolved an issue related to Windows Setup. The pinyin would be displayed twice in the list of available input methods. If the colors in the Performance section don’t display correctly in dark mode, then the issue has been resolved. If the icons in settings | Apps | Startup are too large for the available space, then the issue has been fixed. If the Power & Battery had duplicate content while showing a slow charger warning, then the issue has been rectified. Microsoft has resolved an issue pertaining to the Windows Update page in Settings after the previous flight.
Microsoft is currently investigating reports that some Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels are stuck on Build 26040 and Build 23620. However, if you are impacted, then you should reinstall Windows 11 by downloading the ISO file.
