Behind the build 22526 from last week, today Microsoft brings us a new compilation for users of the Dev channel. This time it’s about the build 22533, and we show you the main novelties of this new release for Windows 11.
Important notes about build 22533
- We are resetting the updated entry point display for widgets over time on the taskbar first introduced with Build 22518. As a result, some Insiders who had this enabled may find that it has been reverted to the original experience as shown. See in the released version of Windows 11. However, our intention is to rapidly expand the deployment to the majority of Insiders on the Dev Channel.
- This release includes a good set of fixes and improvements, but as always, be sure to check for known issues as well.
- We are rolling out a new calling experience for the Your Phone app – details on this release are below.
- We provide ISO images for this version that can be downloaded here.
Changes and improvements in build 22533
- We’ve updated the layout of the hardware indicators for brightness, volume, camera privacy, camera on / off, and airplane mode to align with Windows 11 design principles. These new pop-ups will appear press the volume or brightness keys on the laptop and they will respect the light / dark mode to give you a more consistent Windows experience. The brightness and volume indicators remain interactive with the update.
- This week we are starting to roll out a new Calling experience for the Your Phone app on Windows 11. This update will be available to all Windows Insiders on the Dev channel. This update includes a new Calls in Progress window with updated icons, fonts and other changes to the user interface that align with the improved design of Windows 11. Calls with the Your Phone application should continue to work as before with this new interface. Please give it a try and share any feedback with us through the Feedback Center under Apps> Your Phone.
- Now you can search for voice access from the taskbar and pin voice access to your taskbar or Home like other applications, as well as activate / deactivate it.
- We are expanding the rollout of extending the 13 touch keyboard themes to IMEs, emoji panel, and voice typing (first introduced with the Build 22504) to all Windows Insiders on the Dev Channel.
- When you press WIN + X or right-click on the Start icon, it will now say “Installed Applications” in the menu instead of “Applications and Features.”
- Now it is possible to uninstall the Clock application if you wish.
Build 22533 fixes
General features
- Fixed an issue where Insiders could see error 0x8007012a during a driver or firmware update.
- Fixed an issue that resulted in Insiders being unable to log into certain apps, such as Feedback Hub.
- Corrected the exploit protection description text in the Windows Security app to only refer to Windows and not Windows 10.
- Fixed an issue that prevented importing photos from certain cameras and mobile phones into the Photos app (“0 items found” message would repeat forever).
- When starting the Windows Sandbox, closing it, and restarting it, two Windows Sandbox icons should no longer appear on the taskbar (one of which is not working).
Taskbar
- The Wi-Fi icon should now appear more reliably on the taskbar.
- If you have multiple monitors connected to your PC and you right-click on the date and time in the taskbar of your main monitor, explorer.exe will no longer crash.
- If you hold down the CTRL key and hover your mouse over the task view icon on the taskbar, explorer.exe will no longer crash.
Setting
- Fixed an underlying issue related to the use of Mica in Settings, which affected the overall reliability of the Settings app in the latest builds.
- Fixed an issue affecting some Insiders causing Settings to crash when trying to access the Installed Apps, Launch Apps, and Default Apps pages.
- Fixed an issue that caused the Wheel page in Settings to crash when adding an action for an app.
- You should no longer hear a crackling sound when playing audio and repeatedly press the volume slider in Quick Settings to change the volume.
Window management
- If you hover over a truncated window title in ALT + Tab view or Task view, a tooltip will now appear showing the full name of the window.
Input method
- Text and button color appearance has been improved with theming applied to the emoji panel and clipboard (prior to this, some buttons / text were difficult to see with certain custom background colors).
- The voice typing launcher should no longer unexpectedly reappear after clicking the microphone icon to invoke voice typing.
- For Insiders with the updated input method experience, accessibility tools like Magnifier and Narrator should work better now.
Known issues for build 22533
Beginning
- In some cases, you may not be able to enter text when using search from Start or the taskbar. If you experience the problem, press WIN + R on your keyboard to launch the Run dialog and then close it.
Taskbar
- Taskbar sometimes flickers when switching input method.
Search
- After clicking the search icon on the taskbar, the search panel may not open. If this happens, restart the “Windows Explorer” process and reopen the search panel.
Setting
- When viewing the list of available Wi-Fi networks, the signal strength indicators do not reflect the correct signal strength.
- The settings can be locked by going to System> Display> HDR. If you need to enable or disable HDR on an HDR-capable PC, you can do so using the keyboard shortcut WIN + ALT + B.
- There is a blank entry in Bluetooth and Devices.
Widgets
- Changing the alignment of the taskbar can make the Widgets button disappear from the taskbar.
- When you have multiple monitors, the content of the Widgets on the taskbar can get out of sync between the monitors.
- With the taskbar aligned to the left, information such as temperature is not displayed. This will be fixed in a future update.