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As a reminder, these release notes apply to those who are in the Canary 29500 series Channel. As we begin the transition to the updated Windows Insider Program, all new build release notes will be labeled under the new channel names, even though Insiders in the Canary 29500 series Channel may not yet find themselves having transitioned to Experimental (Future Platforms). See the Windows Insider Blog for more details.
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Windows 11 Insider Experimental (Future Platforms) build 29580.1000 - May 1
UPDATE 5/08: https://www.elevenforum.com/t/windows-11-insider-experimental-future-platforms-build-29585-1000-may-8.46694/ Windows Insider Blog: As a reminder, these release notes apply to those who are in the Canary 29500 series Channel. As we begin the transition to the updated Windows Insider...
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Windows Insider Blog:
As a reminder, these release notes apply to those who are in the Canary 29500 series Channel. As we begin the transition to the updated Windows Insider Program, all new build release notes will be labeled under the new channel names, even though Insiders in the Canary 29500 series Channel may not yet find themselves having transitioned to Experimental (Future Platforms). See the Windows Insider Blog for more details.
Windows Insiders moving to Experimental and Beta on Windows 11
Windows Insider Program Blog: Hello Windows Insiders, Today is the day we’re beginning to move to the new Experimental and Beta channels as announced earlier this month. As a reminder, most Insiders, those who are in the Dev and Beta channels today will transition to the new channels over time...
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Enable or Disable Get Latest Updates as soon as available in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off "Get the latest updates as soon as they are available" in Windows 11. Starting with Windows 11 build 22621.1635, Microsoft added a new "Get the latest updates as soon as they are available" toggle under Settings > Windows Update. When you turn...
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Changes and Improvements gradually being rolled out*
[Sound settings]
We’ve been making some improvements to Settings > System > Sound in the latest Canary builds. This includes:- We’ve updated the design of the volume slider, so now if there is audio actively playing it will be displayed on the side.
- If your audio device supports hardware acceleration, an option to allow hardware acceleration has now been added to the Advanced section in Properties for that device.
Enable or Disable Audio Hardware Acceleration in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable audio hardware acceleration for sound device(s) in Windows 11. Hardware acceleration allows certain audio tasks to be performed on the device or driver itself, freeing up the CPU from intensive work. Starting with Windows 11 build 29576.1000...
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- Configuring exclusive mode for an audio device is now available in the Advanced section of the Properties for that device, so you don’t have to navigate to Control Panel to do it.
Enable or Disable Exclusive Mode for Audio Device in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable exclusive mode for audio devices in Windows 11. Exclusive mode allows applications to take exclusive control of an audio device, bypassing Windows audio processing and preventing other apps from using the device simultaneously.. You can also...
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- Configuring adaptive communication sound levels (reducing volume of other sounds when communications activity is detected) is now available directly in Settings, so you don’t have to navigate to Control Panel to do it.
Change Adaptive Communication Sound Levels in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to change adaptive communication sound levels to allow Windows to reduce volume of other sounds when communications activity is detected for your account in Windows 11. Option One: Change Adaptive Communication Sound Levels in Settings Option Two: Change...
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- The option to set an audio device as default sound device for communication will now always display in Properties, just greyed out if the device is already the default (rather than the control hiding in this case).
Change Default Sound Output Device in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you different ways to change the default audio playback (output) device for your account in Windows 11. The default audio playback device is the device that Windows uses to output (play) sound. When you connect multiple audio output devices such as speakers, headphones...
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Change Default Sound Input Device in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you different ways to change the default sound input device for your account in Windows 11. The default sound input device is the device that Windows uses for speaking or recording. When you connect more than one microphone or other recording devices to your PC, you can...
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[Point-in-time restore for Windows]
- Point-in-time restore for Windows empowers you to quickly roll your device back to a previous state — helping minimize downtime and simplify troubleshooting when disruptions strike. Whether you’re dealing with a widespread outage or a one-off issue, point-in-time restore helps recover your system (including apps, settings, and user files) to get you back to productivity faster. For more details, check out our documentation.
Perform Point-in-time Restore of Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to use the point-in-time restore feature to restore your Windows 11 PC to the exact state it was at an earlier point in time using restore points. Starting with Windows 11 build 26220.7271 (Dev and Beta 25H2), and build 29576.1000 (Experimental Future Platforms)...
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Point-in-time restore shown in the Troubleshoot menu for Windows RE - Feedback: Share your thoughts in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Recovery and Uninstall > Point-in-time restore.
[Task Manager]
We’re making a few improvements to Task Manager:- We’re updating Task Manager to provide better insight into NPU usage for PCs that include an NPU. New optional NPU and NPU Engine columns are now available on the Processes, Users, and Details pages. The Details page also adds NPU Dedicated Memory and NPU Shared Memory optional columns to give you deeper visibility into how workloads are using NPU resources. Additionally, if there are neural engines that are part of a GPU, they will now appear on the Performance page, providing a more complete view of AI‑related system activity.
See NPU Usage Details in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to see NPU usage details in Windows 11. A NPU (Neural Processing Unit), or AI processor, is a specialized accelerator that handles artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) tasks right on your PC instead of sending data to be processed in the cloud...
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- We’re also adding a new optional Isolation column to the Processes and Details pages, allowing you to see which apps are running in an AppContainer.
See Which Apps are Running in an AppContainer in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to see which apps are running in an AppContainer in Windows 11. Starting with Windows 11 build 26220.8138 (Beta 25H2), build 26300.8142 (Dev 25H2), build 29576.1000 (Experimental Future Platforms), build 26100.8514 (RP 24H2), and build 26200.8514 (RP 25H2)...
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Feedback: Share your thoughts in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Desktop Environment > Task Manager.
[Other]
- Fixed an underlying issue causing some rendering issues in certain apps with recent Canary flights.
Reminder for Windows Insiders in the Canary 29500 Series Channel (Soon transitioning to Experimental (Future Platforms))
- These builds can be unstable and may be released with limited documentation.
- The builds we release to the the Canary Channel represent the latest platform changes early in the development cycle and should not be seen as matched to any specific release of Windows. Features and experiences included in these builds may never get released as we try out different concepts and get feedback. Features may change over time, be removed, or replaced and never get released beyond Windows Insiders. Some of these features and experiences could show up in future Windows releases when they’re ready.
- Many features in the Canary Channel are rolled out using Control Feature Rollout technology, starting with a subset of Insiders and ramping up over time as we monitor feedback to see how they land before pushing them out to everyone in this channel.
- The desktop watermark shown at the lower right corner of the desktop is normal for Windows Insider pre-release builds.
- Some features may show up in the Dev and Beta Channels first before showing up in the Canary Channel.
- For Windows Insiders who want to be the first to get features gradually rolled out to you, you can turn ON the toggle to get the latest updates as they are available via Settings > Windows Update*. Over time, we will increase the rollouts of features to everyone with the toggle turned on. Should you keep this toggle off, new features will gradually be rolled out to your PC over time once they are ready.
- Some features in active development we preview with Windows Insiders may not be fully localized and localization will happen over time as features are finalized. As you see issues with localization in your language, please report those issues to us via Feedback Hub.
- To get off the Canary Channel, a clean install of Windows 11 will be required.
- Check out Flight Hub for a complete look at what build is in which Insider channel.
Source:
Experimental (Future Platforms) Preview Build 29576.1000 - Windows Insider Program
Release notes for Experimental (Future Platforms) Preview Build 29576.1000
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Windows Insiders moving to Experimental and Beta on Windows 11
Windows Insider Program Blog: Hello Windows Insiders, Today is the day we’re beginning to move to the new Experimental and Beta channels as announced earlier this month. As a reminder, most Insiders, those who are in the Dev and Beta channels today will transition to the new channels over time...
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Download Official Windows 11 ISO file from Microsoft
This tutorial will show you how to download an official Windows Server or Windows 11 64-bit or ARM64 ISO file from Microsoft. Microsoft provides ISO files for Windows Server and Windows 11 to download. You can use these ISO files to clean install or in-place upgrade Windows 11. The Flight Hub...
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Select language for Windows 11 Insider Preview 29576.1000 (rs_prerelease) amd64
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UUP Dump - Download Windows Insider ISO
UUP Dump is the most practical and easy way to get ISO images of any Insider Windows 10 or Windows 11 version, as soon as Microsoft has released a new build. UUP Dump creates a download configuration file according to your choices, downloads necessary files directly from Microsoft servers, and...
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