Windows 11 Insider 23550 build released with new features and fixes

A new 23550 build has been released for the Windows 11 Insider on Dev channels, this new update adds voice access in OOBE and includes a September 2023 update for the Windows Subsystem for Linux. In addition, it will also fix an underlying issue that was causing sporadic explorer.

In addition, the update also resolves and problem that was causing thumbnails in Gallery to flash sometimes when scrolling. You can check more details about the Windows 11 Insider 23550 buil below.

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Voice Access in OOBE  

As part of the work mentioned in Build 23516 for making voice access available to use on more areas in Windows, voice access can be used for setting up your new Windows devices and navigating through OOBE (“out of box experience”). You can launch the accessibility flyout on the bottom right corner of their screens and click on voice access to enable it.

NOTE: You will need to make sure you set up an internet connection while setting up a new device to enable the language model download and set up voice access to use it.  

You can navigate OOBE, insert passwords using the on-screen keyboard, type text using dictation and control your mouse and focus using number and grid overlays once voice access has been enabled.

Changes and Improvements

Windows Subsystem for Linux

• The September 2023 update for the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is rolling out and includes networking improvements in the latest Insider Preview builds.

Fixes

General

• Fixed an underlying issue that was causing sporadic explorer.

File Explorer

• Fixed an issue that was causing thumbnails in Gallery to flash sometimes when scrolling.

Start

• Fixed an issue that was causing some icons in Start’s recommended section not to show correctly.

Search on the Taskbar

• Fixed an issue where the magnifying glass wasn’t displaying correctly when search was set to “Search icon and label”.

Task Manager

• Fixed an issue where the dialog when collecting a process memory dump erroneously said it was collecting a kernel memory dump.
• Fixed an issue causing Task Manager to not launch for some Insiders.

NOTE- Some fixes noted here in Insider Preview builds from the Dev Channel may make their way into the servicing updates for the released version of Windows 11.

Known issues

Start menu

• Some apps under All apps on the Start menu, such as PWA apps installed via Microsoft Edge, may incorrectly be labeled as a system component.

Windows Copilot

• We heard feedback from Insiders in the Dev Channel that the Windows Copilot Preview is not available in some regions. We found an issue and plan to re-enable it for these Insiders with a fix in a future flight.
• You can use Alt + Tab to switch out of Windows Copilot, but not back into it. Windows + C will move focus back to Windows Copilot
• When first launching or after refreshing Copilot while using voice access you’ll need to use “Show grid” commands to click in the “Ask me anything” box for the first time.

Remember to use adaptive code when targeting new APIs to make sure your app runs on all customer machines, particularly when building against the Dev Channel SDK. Feature detection is recommended over OS version checks, as OS version checks are unreliable and will not work as expected in all cases.

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