Build 22504 for Windows 11 arrives: a revamped Your Phone app

This is Thursday and that means that if you use Windows 11 within Microsoft's test channels you already have access to the latest build. This is Build 22504 that the company has launched for all those who are part of the Dev Channel within the Insider Program.

An application that brings many aesthetic changes to the different applications that integrate it. Here comes new backgrounds to use with the on-screen keyboard, in the emoji panel, improvements in voice typing and a redesigned Your Phone application that is reaching the users.They also warn that due to the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, next week there will be no new compilation in the Insider Program.

Changes and improvements

The Your Phone application begins to debut its new updated design that brings notifications to the center. With this new view, you'll always have access to your messages, calls, and photos with the added benefit of staying on top of important messages and other notifications more efficiently. The app also adopts the beauty of Windows 11 design to bring together your seamless experience on your Windows desktop.

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• Expanded to 13 themes for use on the touch keyboard, including IMEs, emoji panel, and typing voice.Also available for all theme experiences is the theme engine that allows you to create a fully customized theme that includes background images. These options appear in the new Text Input> section."

• Increased the ability to custom combinations of emojis based on skin tones and faces of family members, couples with hearts , kisses and people holding hands. To use them you must open the emoji panel (WIN +.) and type the following in the search box: family, couple, holding hands or kisses. As in the previous case, it is only available to some insiders.

• You can now use the keyboard shortcut WIN + Alt + K to toggle the new mute icon on the taskbar when it is displayed.

• They have made the search for emojis in Portuguese and Polish a little more flexible with keywords that contain diacritics.
• The .NET Framework 4.8.1 is here, the latest .NET Framework to provide native ARM64 support for the .NET runtime Framework.
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• Suppresses a notice when a warning appears related to Settings > System > Sound in Windows 11>"
• Added support for DST cancellation for the Republic of Fiji for 2021.
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• They are making a change so that in the future, on new installations, the tactile indicator option is now disabled by default in Settings > Accessibility > Mouse pointer and touch. So they&39;ve added a link to this Settings page from Settings > Bluetooth and Devices > Touch."
• Apps will now launch maximized by default when in the tablet position on small devices (screens 11 inches diagonal or smaller).

Other improvements

• Fixes an issue where causing icons to not display correctly in the Recommended Startup section (showing the wrong icon or generic) sometimes.
• If Start opens and you immediately press Shift+F10 or the context menu key, the context menu should now be aligned with the search box.
• Fix an issue that caused explorer.exe to crash on recent builds if there were issues loading the battery icon on the taskbar.
• Made changes to help the clock on the taskbar update more reliably, including addressing a recent issue where it didn't update at all in Remote Desktop.
• Remediated a positioning issue that could cause the date and time to be clipped to the bottom of the taskbar.
• If you have updated the critical and low battery level notification definitions, the battery icon on the taskbar will now appear aligned, instead of using the default values ​​to display a warning.
• Right-clicking the date and time on the taskbar will now close Notification Center if it's open, so you can see the context menu options.

• The light that appears on the keyboard (for example, for caps lock) should work correctly again now with this build.
• Added new tweaks to our emoji search keywords based on feedback, including improved results for day, night, and raised eyebrow face.
• Fixed an issue that caused kaomoji to list on WIN+. blank when accessed while using a Chinese IME.
• Fixed an issue with emoji panel search results that could lead to a single gif being displayed repeatedly with certain queries.
• An issue that caused IMEs to not work with certain games has been mitigated.
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• Fixed an issue where options in Settings > Personalization > Typing to change settings>"
• Now when taking a long pause while using voice typing (WIN + H), you should be able to resume listening more reliably now.
• Fixed some inconsistencies between the actual listening state and the microphone image in voice typing.
• Text should no longer unexpectedly duplicate itself if the caret is moved while using voice typing.
• Selecting snap layout options should no longer randomly place windows when using another monitor.
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• The brightness and volume sliders in Quick Settings should no longer randomly turn invisible. "
• Fixed an issue that prevented the active hours setting from being set manually.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the touch keyboard to obstruct the password entry field when connecting to a network in Quick Settings .
• Fixed a scaling issue that caused the update request dialog (and other dialogs of that style) to be cut off and not draw correctly after the DPI changed.
• Improved the position of the context menu when right-clicking in the bottom corner of the desktop.
• An issue with TCPIP that could cause bug checks when waking up a device has been mitigated.
• Fixed an issue where high priority notifications (such as an alarm) a Sometimes they were dropped unexpectedly without you committing to them, causing them to randomly reappear the next time a normal priority notification came in.

Known Issues

• Users upgrading from builds 22000.xxx, or earlier, to newer Dev Channel builds using the latest Dev Channel ISO may receive the following warning message : The build you are trying to install is Flight Signed.To continue with the installation, enable flight signing. If you get this message, press the Enable button, restart your PC and try the update again.
• They are investigating a problem where some PCs cannot install new versions or other updates. The PC may report an error code 0x80070002. If you experience this problem, restart your PC and try again.
• In some cases, you may not be able to enter text when using Search from the start or taskbar. If you experience the issue, press WIN + R on your keyboard to open the Run dialog, then close it.
• The taskbar sometimes flickers when switching input methods.
• Sliding the mouse back and forth between different desktops in Task View will cause the displayed thumbnails and content area to shrink unexpectedly.
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• After clicking the search icon on the taskbar, the search panel may not open. If this occurs, restart the Windows Explorer process>"

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If you belong to the Dev Channel within the Insider Program with Windows 11, you can download the update by going to the usual path, that is, Settings > Update and Security > Windows Update ."

Via | Microsoft