These are the main novelties of the new build 9926 of Windows 10 Technical Preview

Announced Tuesday and released today, the new build of Windows 10 Technical Preview is one of the most comprehensive builds to date. So much so that it well deserves a review of all the new features it incorporates. We already warned that not all of those shown in the conference (or in the video above) are there, but many of them are, including some of the most anticipated by users.

From the arrival of Cortana ( although in English and only for the United States region), to the renewal of fundamental sections of the system.Windows 10 Technical Preview build 9926 is packed with new features that all members of the Windows Insider Program can try starting today, and which we've rounded up briefly here.

Cortana (only in English and for the United States)

Highlighting above all the novelties, the main one is represented by the arrival of Cortana on the desktop The personal assistant begins its expansion in the Windows ecosystem embracing computers, laptops and tablets and allowing us to resort to its artificial intelligence directly from the taskbar. And be careful, because on its way to the big screen it comes with news.

Cortana on the desktop will be more proactive than ever, displaying information that it considers relevant to us as soon as its window is opened. If what we are looking for is to consult something or for Cortana to perform a task for us, we can either write it or dictate it out loud by clicking on the microphone button.That is if we do not want to go any further and configure the assistant to listen permanently and activate as soon as we say the words 'Hey Cortana' .

Of course, for the moment we will have to settle for speaking with Cortana in the language of Shakespeare. Initially, and despite the fact that the search already works in other languages, the assistant will only be available in English for the United States With future builds it will be extended to other languages, at the same time that in Redmond they are polishing their operation.

New start menu, notification center and settings

The other notable change, and one that possibly has more influence on our day to day with Windows 10, is the renewal of various sections of the system. Starting with the Start Menu, which now allows you to choose color and can be maximized to fill the entire screen, something related to Continuum and very useful in tablet mode.

A similar spirit of renovation is the one that has also affected the newly released notification center The same will now be displayed on the entire side right of the screen incorporating quick access buttons that will allow us, for example, to start the connection to wireless audio and video devices with a click.

But the most surprising change is the ultimate revamp of system settings in Windows 10. The app that seemed destined to replace the The control panel has now adopted a very similar style to the latter, displaying the sections in a grid of icons and allowing you to search between them from a simple search bar.

New apps and Windows Store Beta

During Tuesday's keynote, Joe Belfiore demonstrated the new versions of many of the Windows applications that Redmond is working on . For most we will still have to wait, but some of them, such as the photos application or the maps application, are already available to users with this build 9926.

But speaking of applications, Microsoft has work ahead of it with its store. Precisely, in this build is present a new Windows Store in beta version, which includes a new design and begins to show the unification between all the application stores of the company. And we say start because it is still a very early version and with a lot of work ahead.

The same thing that remains with the Xbox application Already present in Windows 10, the application will allow us to access our profile and many of the sections that are part of the Xbox One dashboard, but don't expect to already have the full experience.For this we will still have to wait a few months.

Numerous changes based on Insider feedback

There are months ahead for Microsoft to continue polishing the details of Windows 10. As much as we get heavy, we never tire of repeating that this is a version still System development and there are many bugs pending to be fixed and many details to be polished. In this task, all help is little and that is why Redmond insists on the value of the feedback received by the members of the Windows Insider program.

A lot of that feedback is what has contributed to the many small changes that this build already introduces 9926 Since support for more languages , including Spanish, up to the option to select a default folder for the file explorer, going through changes in the operation of jumping between windows with the ALT+TAB key combination.

But there is still a lot to do and many months of development and feedback ahead to build the best Windows possible among all. Only at the end of the road will we see if Windows 10 lives up to expectations and manages to live up to what the more than 1.5 billion users of the Microsoft operating systems.

Via | Microsoft