In the newest Canary build of Windows 11 released to Windows Insider, Microsoft has not only made a number of fixes and improvements, it has also introduced changes to power settings.
Other changes and additions to be found in Windows 11 Canary Build 29550.1000 are the ability to use voice typing to rename files and various performance improvements. This is far from being the end of the changes in this build, though.
Some of the things Microsoft list as being changes or additions are things that we have seen before, but this is certainly not the case for everything in the release notes. We have, for example, already heard about the arrival of Emoji 16.0, as well as the new controls for advanced webcams with pan and zoom options.
The full changelog for this new build is as follows:
What’s new in Canary Build 29550.1000
Changes and Improvements gradually being rolled out with toggle on*
- This update includes platform changes in moving to a new active development build.
[Emoji]
- The Emoji 16.0 release introduces a small thoughtfully curated set of new emojis, one from each major category. Each emoji carries timeless symbolism and practical versatility. These new emojis now appear in the emoji panel.
[Camera Settings]
- You can control pan and tilt for supported cameras in the Settings app. The controls appear under Settings> Bluetooth & devices > Cameras, in the “Basic settings” section for your selected camera.
[Power]
- Changes to global power settings (for example, Display, Sleep, Hibernate timeouts, Power/Sleep button, and lid close actions) from Settings are now applied to all power plans. This should help improve persistence of chosen settings.
[File Explorer]
- You can now use voice typing (Windows key plus H) when renaming files in File Explorer.
[Settings]
- Improved performance of loading Settings Home.
- Improved Settings reliability when navigating to Privacy & Security.
- Improved reliability of updating necessary components when prompted under System > Advanced > File Explorer.
- Improved reliability of configuring custom tools in Bluetooth & Devices > Wheel.
[Nearby Sharing]
- Improved the reliability of sending larger files using nearby sharing.
[Other]
- Improved reliability of running sfc/scannow.
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