Microsoft publishes what will be the last build of Windows 10 Technical Preview in 2014

Microsoft promised continuous updates to Windows 10 Technical Preview and is delivering. Now it does so by publishing a new build, the 9879, which is a milestone more in the development of the next version of its operating system. A build that has already begun to reach users who have fast updates enabled.

From Microsoft they assure that this is the last build of Windows 10 Technical Preview that will appear publicly in 2014It brings with it, in addition to the usual bug fixes, a series of small changes and news directly influenced by the comments and suggestions provided by members of the Windows Insider program. Program that also incorporates improvements to further facilitate the transmission of feedback to the development team.

News in build 9879

Among the changes and news based on user requests are some that we already had the opportunity to learn about previously thanks to leaks or announcements made by Microsoft itself. Among the first ones was the possibility to hide the 'Search' and 'Task View' buttons from the taskbar With the new build this will be possible by unchecking the corresponding options in the drop-down menu when right-clicking the mouse on the bar.

On the other hand, among the latter we have the news announced directly by the company in the past TechEd Europe 2014 conferences that took place in Barcelona. There, Joe Belfiore unveiled improvements to the Snap Mode wizard, which will now also work with multiple monitors; and a set of additional gestures for touchpads that can be activated when using three fingers:

• Minimize all open windows when you swipe down with three fingers.
• Recover windows when you swipe up with three fingers.
• With windows open, launch Task View by swiping up with three fingers.
• Switch between apps by swiping left or right with three fingers.
• Open search on three-finger tap

But the new build brings with it much more.Along with the previous ones, Microsoft has also incorporated changes and news to OneDrive in Windows 10 Technical Preview Those from Redmond have modified the integration of their storage service and how it is sync the files. Thus, from now on, all our files will be accessible from a single location in the file explorer and the possibility of selective synchronization has been added, which will allow us to select those folders or files that we want to keep synchronized.

In the multimedia section, Microsoft has finished introducing in its system the native support for MKV Although this was already available from the build 9860, now completes even more, allowing direct playback of MKV files in Windows Media Player, in any player, or even via DLNA; as well as the incorporation of thumbnails and metadata visible in the explorer for .mkv. The multimedia section of the system thus wins integers. And more than that he will win, because from Redmond they assure that soon we will have additional news on this front

Taking advantage of the new build, Microsoft will also introduce improvements to the system user interface, which, as we already know, is still being designed. Among the changes in build 9879 are new animations when minimizing and restoring applications, the modification of the button to access the Modern UI application options, a better format for the dialog windows in them or the possibility of pinning favorite folders to the home screen. In addition, new icons have been introduced and a multitude of errors reported by users have been fixed.

Precisely, the final package of new features in the build is represented by the improvements in the Windows Insider programWith them, Microsoft intends to make it even easier to send feedback and keep us abreast of the news of the Technical Preview. For this purpose, those from Redmond have included a new application called Insider Hub, where all the news and announcements will appear; at the same time they have introduced more functions to facilitate immediate feedback. The perfect example is Internet Explorer, which will now incorporate a button in the shape of an emoticon that will allow us to notify us directly and quickly when we discover a website that does not work as it should.

Available via Windows Update

The new build will arrive automatically through Windows Update It will do so first to those users who have the quick option selected in the preview settings. Forcing it is as simple as accessing the 'Update and recovery' section, opening the 'Preview builds' section and selecting the 'Fast' option in the update rhythm.Then it will only be necessary to press the 'Check Now' button so that the notice of a new build available will pop up.

Although Microsoft recommends updating via Windows Update, and, in fact, only then can we access it initially; The new build will also be available for download via ISO images These images will be released at the same time as build 9879 reaches users with slow update rates ('Slow').

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In any case, it must be taken into account that this is a complete build, so with its installation the system will be reinstalled, forcing us to go through the Installing your applications screen once again>we are still facing a very early version of Windows 10, so there are known issues that we may run into. It&39;s a risk to take if we want to remain the first to try the latest in Windows."

Via | Microsoft