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The Windows 11 2024 Update[1] (also known as version 24H2, codenamed Hudson Valley[citation needed])[2][3][4] is the third and latest major update to Windows 11. It carries the build number 10.0.26100.

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Overview

The first preview was released to Insiders who opted in to the Canary and Dev Channels on February 8, 2024. The update began rolling out for Copilot Plus PCs on June 15, 2024.[5] As of build 26052, the version string has been changed from "23H2" to "24H2". The update began rolling out to all users on October 1, 2024.[6][4]

Version 24H2 notably introduces the first Windows 11 based Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) editions, along with new subscription variants of IoT Enterprise editions (both LTSC and non-LTSC).[7]

The update will reach end of service on October 13, 2026, for Home, Pro, Pro Education, Pro for Workstations and SE editions.[8] The Enterprise, Enterprise multi-session, IoT Enterprise and Education editions will reach end of service on October 12, 2027.[8] The Enterprise LTSC and IoT Enterprise LTSC editions will reach end of service on October 9, 2029, and October 10, 2034, respectively.[8]

System requirements

For the first time since the release of Windows 11, version 24H2 introduces modified system requirements:

  • A x86-64-v2 CPU supporting SSE4.2 and POPCNT CPU instructions is now required, otherwise the Windows kernel is unbootable.[9][10] (Only affecting systems bypassing the TPM 2.0 requirement, along with all 24H2 IoT Enterprise editions.)
  • IoT Enterprise editions (LTSC and non-LTSC) have officially eliminated a TPM and UEFI requirement, and lowers the minimum DirectX version to 10 from 12, which was previously required on 23H2.[7][11]
  • The new IoT Enterprise LTSC edition lowers the minimum required RAM to 2 GB, and storage space to 16 GB.[7][11]
  • ARMv8.1 is now required for ARM variants, dropping unofficial support for ARMv8.0.[12] On ARMv8.0 CPUs, the Windows kernel is unbootable.
  • ARM variants drop support for 32-bit ARM applications.[13] Only 64-bit ARM applications will run.

Known issues

Version 24H2, notably, has a longer than usual list of known issues; some require updated drivers to fix, while others have yet to be fixed as of February 2025. E.g., broken biometrics and camera support on a limited number of devices, and some older games and applications not functioning properly or not working at all; e.g., Asphalt 8 (resolved since March 19, 2025), Dirac audio improvement software (if cridspapo.dll is utilized), and AutoCAD 2022.[14][15][16]

New features

  • Windows 11 HDR background support for HDR monitors.[17]
  • Support for Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be), which enhances data transfer speeds, along with new user interface elements to refresh the list of Wi-Fi networks and indicate scan progress.[18]
  • Support for Bluetooth LE audio.[18]
  • Windows 11 Search adds the ability to search for documents and photos using descriptive phrases instead of just file names.[17]
  • Super Resolution: photographs may now be enhanced up to 8x without sacrificing quality using AI upscaling, which works faster on Copilot+ PCs.[18]
  • Windows Recall (preview) which lets users find content they have already viewed. Delayed and only being released in preview status due to the amount of negative feedback that it received when it was first introduced, this feature requires Windows Hello for secure access (because it may display sensitive data) and can be disabled.[17]
  • Windows Studio Effects for cameras and microphones in supported applications including Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Google Meet, Skype, and the Microsoft Camera app; effects include backdrop blur, eye correction, portrait lighting, and illustrative filters.[19]
  • Windows Click to Do (preview): an interactive PC screen overlay with several functions for tasks including text summarizing or sending, blending backgrounds in pictures, and using Microsoft Bing for visual search.[17]

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10.0.26120.3073
[20]		 KB5050090 Dev Channel and Beta Channel:
January 31, 2025
  • Extended Windows Search with latent semantic indexing (LSI) to photos saved in the cloud[a]
  • Improvements to the Settings app
    • Added the ability to show home page for a commercial customer on a managed PC
    • New accounts, enterprise-specific device info and accessibility preferences cards under home page
10.0.26120.3281
[21]		 KB5052086 Dev Channel and Beta Channel:
February 14, 2025
  • Added the ability to seamlessly resume working on OneDrive files from iOS and Android devices on Windows devices with a single click
  • New filtering options in the Recall system tray flyout
  • Added the ability to share files directly from the jump lists on the taskbar
  • Added the ability to show inline messaging at the top of the snap flyout and snap bar
  • Improvements to File Explorer
    • New option to snooze or turn off the "Start backup" reminder in the File Explorer address bar
    • Added the ability to restore all previously opened tabs in each File Explorer window
  • Update to the top right hotspot on the lock screen with different treatments
  • Improvements to the Spotlight icon on the desktop
    • Changes to the interaction model
    • Additional changes to icon color/backplate and position
  • New homepage card in the Settings app for referring PC Game Pass to friends
  • Temporarily disabled the ability to show home page for a commercial customer on a managed PC due to some issues
  • Removal of the Location History feature
  • Increased support for the text scaling across File Explorer, file open/save dialogs and the copy dialogs
10.0.26120.3291
[22]		 KB5052080 Dev Channel and Beta Channel:
February 21, 2025
  • Added the ability to use Windows Search with LSI to find files saved in the cloud directly from the search box on the taskbar[a]
10.0.26120.3360
[23]		 KB5052090 Dev Channel and Beta Channel:
February 28, 2025
  • New customization settings for lock screen widgets in the Settings app[b]
  • Improvements to Task Manager
    • New standard metrics for CPU utility calculations
    • New CPU utility column option for the Details page
  • Added the ability to share with apps directly through the context menu in File Explorer or on the desktop
10.0.26120.3380
[24]		 KB5053660 Dev Channel and Beta Channel:
March 10, 2025
  • The availability of the Recommended files in File Explorer's Home page to all users who are signed in with a personal Microsoft account and local accounts
  • Added the ability to recommended apps to snap together on the Recommended section of the Start menu
  • Improvements to support for web search providers in Windows Search for the EEA[b]
  • New system tray icon for the emoji and more panel
  • New top cards at the top of the About page in the Settings app
  • Increased support for the text scaling across File Explorer, file open/save dialogs and the copy dialogs
10.0.26120.3576
[25]		 KB5053650 Dev Channel and Beta Channel:
March 17, 2025
  • Improvements to voice access
    • New real-time command suggestions[a][c]
    • Added support of Chinese language
  • New "Actions" page in the Settings app for managing which apps Windows can recommend actions from on Copilot+ PCs[a]
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  1. Rollout of this feature to Insiders on Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs at the time it was announced.
  2. Rollout of this feature to Insiders in the European Economic Area began at the time it was announced.
  3. Rollout of this feature to Insiders on AMD and Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs at the time it was announced.
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10.0.26100.560
[26]		 KB5037783 Release Preview Channel:
May 17, 2024
10.0.26100.712
[26]		 KB5037850 Release Preview Channel:
May 22, 2024		 The rollout of this build was halted on June 7, 2024 due to unknown reasons.
  • Introduction of Copilot in Windows as a standalone app
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    10.0.26120.3585
    [27]    		 KB5053644 Beta Channel:
    March 24, 2025
    10.0.26120.3653
    [28]    		 KB5053658 Beta Channel:
    March 28, 2025
    • New quick machine recovery (QMR) feature[29]
    • New speech recap feature in Narrator
    • Updated blue screen of death with more streamlined UI
    • New ⊞ Win+C keyboard shortcut for launching Copilot
    • Updates to Click to Do
    • Updates to Windows share window
      • New visual preview of links and web content
      • New ability to edit and enhance images while sharing
    10.0.26120.3671
    [30]    		 KB5055622 Beta Channel:
    April 3, 2025
    • New taskbar icon scaling feature
    • New drag tray UI at the top of the screen when dragging a local file from File Explorer or the desktop
    • Ported mouse related settings in Control Panel to the Settings app
    • New basic search history feature in Recall
    • New Ask Copilot action in Click to Do
    10.0.26120.3863
    [31]    		 KB5055613 Beta Channel:
    April 11, 2025
    • Extended Windows Search with latent semantic indexing (LSI) to Windows settings[a][b]
    • New ability to generate contextual description of images in Narrator[a]
    • New ability to read content such as full articles, slideshows, and videos directly within the MSN feed in the Widgets board
    • New ability to customize the lock screen weather widget in the Settings app[c]
    10.0.26120.3872
    [32]    		 KB5055640 Beta Channel:
    April 21, 2025
    • New text actions in Click to Do[a]
    • Added the ability to use Windows Search with LSI to find files saved in the cloud directly from the search box on the taskbar[c]
    • Improvements for voice access
      • New ability to add custom words to the dictionary
      • New immersive in-product experience to announce new features and improvements
      • New voice access toggle under the Accessibility flyout in Quick Settings
    • New ability to control the notifications per feed or dashboard in Widgets[c]
    • Redesigned dialog when renaming the printer via the Settings app
    • Change to File Explorer's behavior that opens a folder in a new tab when launching it from outside of File Explorer if a File Explorer window exist
    10.0.26120.3941
    [33]    		 KB5055634 Beta Channel:
    April 25, 2025
    • New profanity filter setting for voice typing
    • Improvements to Click to Do
    • New grouping in the Accessibility flyout in Quick Settings
    Version Knowledge base Release date(s) Highlights
    Notes:
    1. Rollout of this feature to Insiders on Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs at the time it was announced.
    2. Rollout of this feature to Insiders on AMD and Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs at the time it was announced.
    3. Rollout of this feature to Insiders in the European Economic Area began at the time it was announced.
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    10.0.26052.1100
    [34]    		 Dev Channel:
    February 8, 2024    		 Expiration date:
    September 15, 2024
    • New Sudo for Windows feature[35]
    • Improvements to the Settings app
      • New sections for managing hearing aids and controlling its audio presets, ambient sounds and experience enhancements
      • New Color management page
      • New mic test utility
      • Updated Storage Spaces page
    • New Copilot actions menu to the Copilot icon on the taskbar
    • Added the ability to change the Copilot icon's appearance and animate after copying text or image files
    • New search in subtree option for searching in Registry Editor
    • Added ability to scan a QR code with Wi-Fi details in the Camera app to quickly connect to a Wi-Fi network
    • Introduction of Power Grid Forecast API
    • Added support of key protection with virtualization-based security (VBS) in Cryptography API: Next Generation (CNG) framework[36]
    • Deprecation of Windows Mixed Reality and Microsoft Defender Application Guard (MDAG) for Office and Edge
    10.0.26058.1100
    [37]    		 Dev Channel:
    February 14, 2024
    • New mouse pointer indicator accessibility feature
    • Improvements to Widgets board[a]
    • New notification badging for Widgets[a]
    • New icon labels for common actions in context menu
    • Improvements to Copilot in Windows
    10.0.26058.1300
    [37]    		 Dev Channel:
    February 22, 2024
    10.0.26058.1400
    [37]    		 This update is only available to AMD64 devices with virtualization-based security (VBS) enabled.
    10.0.26080.1100
    [38]    		 Dev Channel:
    March 13, 2024
    • Updates to Microsoft Teams
    • Added the ability to undock Copilot in Windows to a normal application window
    10.0.26080.1201
    [38]    		 Dev Channel:
    March 15, 2024
    10.0.26080.1300
    [38]    		 Dev Channel:
    March 18, 2024
    10.0.26080.1400
    [38]    		 This update is only available to AMD64 devices with virtualization-based security (VBS) enabled.
    10.0.26085.1
    [39]    		 Dev Channel:
    March 20, 2024
    • Disabled mouse pointer indicator accessibility feature (introduced in build 26058) for maintenance
    • Changes to SMB protocol
      • Added the ability to disable the SMB over QUIC client with Group Policy and PowerShell
      • New SMB over QUIC client connection auditing feature
      • New SMB signing and encryption auditing feature
    10.0.26090.1
    [40]    		 Dev Channel:
    March 28, 2024    		 —
    10.0.26090.112
    [40]    		 Dev Channel:
    March 29, 2024
    10.0.26100.1
    [41]    		 Dev Channel:
    April 3, 2024
    10.0.26100.268
    [41]    		 Dev Channel:
    April 26, 2024
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    10.0.26120.461
    [42]    		 KB5037009 Dev Channel:
    May 3, 2024
    10.0.26120.470
    [43]    		 KB5037864 Dev Channel:
    May 10, 2024
    • New Game Pass recommendation card on the Settings homepage
    10.0.26120.670
    [44]    		 KB5037869 Dev Channel:
    May 17, 2024
    10.0.26120.751
    [45]    		 KB5037874 Dev Channel:
    May 31, 2024
    • Introduction of Copilot in Windows as a standalone app
    • New Linked devices page in the Settings app
    10.0.26120.770
    [46]    		 KB5039314 Dev Channel:
    June 7, 2024
    10.0.26120.961
    [47]    		 KB5038575 Dev Channel:
    June 14, 2024
    • New account manager experience on the Start menu[a]
    • Added support of Emoji 15.1[a]
    • Added the ability to backup and restore sound settings via Windows Backup[a]
    • Redesigned "Rename your PC" and "Change date and time" dialogs[a]
    • Improvements to Task Manager[a]
    • Improvements to the Windows share window[a]
      • New button to generate a QR code to share a URL
      • Added the ability to send email to user's own Gmail account
    • Improvements to Voice access[a]
      • Added the ability to give Narrator commands
      • New auto restart mechanism
      • New command for searching directly with Windows Search
    10.0.26120.1252
    [49]    		 KB5038603 Dev Channel:
    July 15, 2024
    • Re-enabled new features set in build 26120.961[b]
    • Added ability to show additional quick status (such as sports, traffic and finance) on lock screen[b]
    • New drag-and-drop functionality between breadcrumbs in the File Explorer's address bar
    • Improvements to the Widgets taskbar button
    10.0.26120.1330
    [50]    		 KB5040543 Dev Channel:
    July 26, 2024
    • Added the ability to duplicate a tab in File Explorer
    • Performance improvements to Narrator scan mode
    • Added the ability to set device's power mode for plugged in and on battery via the Settings app
    10.0.26120.1340
    [51]    		 KB5040557 Dev Channel:
    August 5, 2024
    • Improvements to the spelling and corrections experience in voice access
    10.0.26120.1350
    [52]    		 KB5041871 Dev Channel:
    August 9, 2024
    • New option to share content to the My Phone app in the Windows share window[b]
    10.0.26120.1542
    [53]    		 KB5041872 Dev Channel:
    August 19, 2024
    • New position for the Widgets entry point on left-aligned taskbars[b]
    • Improvements to the Widgets dashboard[c]
    • Added support of first letter navigation on the taskbar
    10.0.26120.1843
    [54]    		 KB5043185 Dev Channel:
    September 20, 2024
    • New tabs for Recent, Favorites, and Shared on File Explorer's homepage[b]
    • Introduction of Windows Sandbox Client Preview
    • Updated position of media controls on the lock screen[b]
    • New simplified variant of system tray with shortened date/time change[b]
    • Updates to the new account manager on the Start menu[b]
    • New option to turn off the suggestions to disable notifications from certain apps
    • New option to share a local file in the search results from the search box on the taskbar[b]
    • Update to the Wi-Fi password dialog
    • Improvements to the Settings app[b]
      • New section for touch screen edge gestures
      • New detach VHD button in properties of attached VHD
      • New change that redirects links for the Fonts Control Panel panel to the Fonts page
      • Redesigned Delivery Optimization page
    10.0.26120.1912
    [55]    		 KB5043168 Dev Channel:
    September 30, 2024
    • Enhanced Windows Mobile Hotspot to support 6 GHz connections
    10.0.26120.1930
    [56]    		 KB5044388 Dev Channel:
    October 4, 2024
    • New SimSun-ExtG font with 9,753 ideographs supporting CJK Unified Ideographs Extensions G, H and I
    • Added the ability to configure the Copilot key via the Settings app
    10.0.26120.2122
    [57]    		 KB5044374 Dev Channel:
    October 11, 2024
    • Improvements to taskbar previews
    • Improvements to Task Manager
    10.0.26120.2130
    [58]    		 KB5044400 Dev Channel:
    October 18, 2024
    • New Gamepad keyboard layout for the on-screen keyboard
    10.0.26120.2200
    [59]    		 KB5044376 Dev Channel:
    October 25, 2024
    • New Studio Effects entry in the system tray and Quick Settings
    • Improvements to the Dynamic Lighting page in the Settings app
    10.0.26120.2213
    [60]    		 KB5045885 Dev Channel:
    November 4, 2024
    • Temporarily disabled the new Gamepad keyboard layout for the on-screen keyboard for maintenance
    10.0.26120.2222
    [61]    		 KB5046746 Dev Channel:
    November 8, 2024
    10.0.26120.2415
    [62]    		 KB5046723 Dev Channel:
    November 22, 2024
    • Introduction of Recall with Click to Do in preview[d]
    • New functionalities to Narrator scan mode
    • Improvements to speech-to-text and text-to-speech experience
    10.0.26120.2510
    [63]    		 KB5048780 Dev Channel:
    December 6, 2024
    • Introduction of Recall with Click to Do in preview[e]
    • New Cocreator feature in the Microsoft Paint app[e]
    • New Restyle Image and Image Creator features in the Photos app[e]
    • Added the ability to invoke Click to Do outside of Recall[e][d]
    • Modernized Windows Hello
    • Temporarily disabled the new simplified variant of system tray with shortened date/time change
    10.0.26120.2702
    [64]    		 KB5048761 Dev Channel:
    December 13, 2024
    • New advanced camera configurations page in the Settings app
    • Update to WebAuthn Plugin Authenticator APIs to support a plugin authentication model for passkeys
    • Improvements to the filtering for recommended websites on the Start menu[b]
    • Re-added the ability to change time zones for standard (non-admin) users
    10.0.26120.2705
    [65]    		 KB5050636 Dev Channel:
    December 18, 2024
    • New real-time translation feature in live captions (English and Simplified Chinese)[e][d]
    10.0.26120.2992
    [66]    		 KB5050083 Dev Channel:
    January 17, 2025
    • Improvements to Windows Search with latent semantic indexing (LSI)[d]
    • New "Refined" text action for Click to Do[e][d]
    • New keyboard shortcut in Magnifier for quickly toggling between the current zoom and 1× zoom
    • New buttons in Magnifier for resetting zoom to fit to screen or last/preferred magnification
    10.0.26120.3000
    [67]    		 KB5050103 Dev Channel:
    January 24, 2025
    • Improvements to the battery iconography in the system tray
    • Re-rolled out the Gamepad keyboard layout for the touch keyboard with new ability to use Xbox controller to navigate and type
    • New functionalities to Narrator scan mode
    • Improvements to support for web search providers in Windows Search for the EEA[c]
    • Deprecation of suggested actions
    Version Knowledge base Release date(s) Highlights
    Notes:
    1. Rollout of this feature to a subset of Insiders in the Dev Channel during June 28-30, 2024.[48]
    2. Rollout of this feature to a subset of Insiders in the Dev Channel began at the time it was announced.
    3. Rollout of this feature to Insiders in the European Economic Area began at the time it was announced.
    4. Rollout of this feature to Insiders on Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs at the time it was announced.
    5. Rollout of this feature to Insiders on AMD and Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs at the time it was announced.
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    10.0.26200.5510
    [68]    		 KB5054148 Dev Channel:
    March 24, 2025
    10.0.26200.5516
    [69]    		 KB5054687 Dev Channel:
    March 28, 2025
    • New speech recap feature in Narrator
    • Updated blue screen of death with more streamlined UI
    • New ⊞ Win+C keyboard shortcut for launching Copilot
    • Updates to Click to Do
    • Updates to Windows share window
      • New visual preview of links and web content
      • New ability to edit and enhance images while sharing
    10.0.26200.5518
    [70]    		 KB5054687 Dev Channel:
    April 4, 2025
    • New taskbar icon scaling feature
    • New drag tray UI at the top of the screen when dragging a local file from File Explorer or the desktop
    • Ported mouse related settings in Control Panel to the Settings app
    • New basic search history feature in Recall
    • New Ask Copilot action in Click to Do
    10.0.26200.5551
    [71]    		 KB5055617 Dev Channel:
    April 11, 2025
    • Extended Windows Search with latent semantic indexing (LSI) to Windows settings[a][b]
    • New ability to generate contextual description of images in Narrator[a]
    • New ability to read content such as full articles, slideshows, and videos directly within the MSN feed in the Widgets board
    • New ability to customize the lock screen weather widget in the Settings app[c]
    10.0.26200.5562
    [72]    		 KB5055642 Dev Channel:
    April 21, 2025
    • New text actions in Click to Do[a]
    • Added the ability to use Windows Search with LSI to find files saved in the cloud directly from the search box on the taskbar[c]
    • Improvements for voice access
      • New ability to add custom words to the dictionary
      • New immersive in-product experience to announce new features and improvements
      • New voice access toggle under the Accessibility flyout in Quick Settings
    • New ability to control the notifications per feed or dashboard in Widgets[c]
    • Redesigned dialog when renaming the printer via the Settings app
    • Change to File Explorer's behavior that opens a folder in a new tab when launching it from outside of File Explorer if a File Explorer window exist
    10.0.26200.5570
    [73]    		 KB5055632 Dev Channel:
    April 25, 2025
    • New profanity filter setting for voice typing
    • Improvements to Click to Do
    • New grouping in the Accessibility flyout in Quick Settings
    Version Knowledge base Release date(s) Highlights
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    2. Rollout of this feature to Insiders on AMD and Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs at the time it was announced.
    3. Rollout of this feature to Insiders in the European Economic Area began at the time it was announced.
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    10.0.26052.1000
    [34]    		 Canary Channel:
    February 8, 2024    		 Expiration date:
    September 15, 2024
    • New Sudo for Windows feature[35]
    • Improvements to the Settings app
      • New sections for managing hearing aids and controlling its audio presets, ambient sounds and experience enhancements
      • New Color management page
      • New mic test utility
      • Updated Storage Spaces page
    • New Copilot actions menu to the Copilot icon on the taskbar
    • Added the ability to change the Copilot icon's appearance and animate after copying text or image files
    • New search in subtree option for searching in Registry Editor
    • Added ability to scan a QR code with Wi-Fi details in the Camera app to quickly connect to a Wi-Fi network
    • Introduction of Power Grid Forecast API
    • Added support of key protection with virtualization-based security (VBS) in Cryptography API: Next Generation (CNG) framework[36]
    • Deprecation of Windows Mixed Reality and Microsoft Defender Application Guard (MDAG) for Office and Edge
    10.0.26058.1000
    [37]    		 Canary Channel:
    February 14, 2024
    • New mouse pointer indicator accessibility feature
    • Improvements to Widgets board[a]
    • New notification badging for Widgets[a]
    • Richer weather experience on the lock screen[a]
    • Improvements to Copilot in Windows
    10.0.26063.1
    [74]    		 Canary Channel:
    February 22, 2024
    • Added support for IEEE 802.11be (Wi-Fi 7) standard
    • Disabled new Copilot in Windows experience (introduced in build 26052) and improvements to Widgets board (introduced in build 26058) for maintenance
    10.0.26080.1
    [38]    		 Canary Channel:
    March 13, 2024
    • Updates to Microsoft Teams
    • Added the ability to undock Copilot in Windows to a normal application window
    10.0.26085.1
    [39]    		 Canary Channel:
    March 20, 2024
    • Disabled mouse pointer indicator accessibility feature (introduced in build 26058) for maintenance
    • Disabled the redesigned Delivery Optimization page in the Settings app (introduced in build 25987) for maintenance
    • Changes to SMB protocol
      • Added the ability to disable the SMB over QUIC client with Group Policy and PowerShell
      • New SMB over QUIC client connection auditing feature
      • New SMB signing and encryption auditing feature
    10.0.26090.1
    [40]    		 Canary Channel:
    March 28, 2024    		 —
    10.0.26100.1
    [41]    		 Canary Channel:
    April 3, 2024
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    Notes:
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    10.0.26200.5001
    [75]    		 Canary Channel:
    April 19, 2024    		 Expiration date:
    September 15, 2024
    • Improvements to the Widgets taskbar button
    • Added the ability for developers to send notifications to the Widgets taskbar button with custom Widgets dashboards[a]
    • Added the ability to disable Widgets taskbar notifications from individual Widgets dashboards[a]
    10.0.26212.5000
    [76]    		 Canary Channel:
    May 8, 2024
    • New button to generate a QR code to share a URL through the Windows share window
    • Added the ability to send email to user's own Gmail account from Windows share window
    10.0.26217.5000
    [77]    		 Canary Channel:
    May 15, 2024
    • Redesigned "Rename your PC" and "Change date and time" dialogs
    10.0.26227.5000
    [78]    		 Canary Channel:
    May 30, 2024
    • Introduction of Copilot in Windows as a standalone app
    • Added support of Emoji 15.1
    • New Linked devices page in the Settings app
    10.0.26231.5000
    [79]    		 Canary Channel:
    June 6, 2024
    • Improvements to Voice access
      • Added the ability to give Narrator commands
      • New auto restart mechanism
      • New command for searching directly with Windows Search
    • New copy button for copying files in the Windows share window
    • Improvements to Task Manager
    10.0.26236.5000
    [80]    		 Canary Channel:
    June 12, 2024    		 The rollout of this build was halted on June 18, 2024 due to unknown reasons.
    • New account manager experience on the Start menu
    10.0.26241.5000
    [81]    		 Canary Channel:
    June 19, 2024
    • New drag-and-drop functionality between breadcrumbs in the File Explorer's address bar
    10.0.26244.5000
    [82]    		 Canary Channel:
    June 28, 2024
    • New Game Pass recommendation card on the Settings homepage
    • New change that redirects links for the Fonts Control Panel panel to the Fonts page in the Settings app
    10.0.26252.5000
    [83]    		 Canary Channel:
    July 10, 2024
    • Added ability to show additional quick status (such as sports, traffic and finance) on lock screen[b]
    10.0.26257.5000
    [84]    		 Canary Channel:
    July 24, 2024
    • Added the ability to duplicate a tab in File Explorer
    • New toggles for enhanced mouse pointer precision and changing mouse scrolling direction in the Settings app
    Version Release date(s) Expiration date(s) Highlights
    Notes:
    1. Rollout of this feature to Insiders in the European Economic Area began at the time it was announced.
    2. Rollout of this feature to a subset of Insiders in the Canary Channel began at the time it was announced.
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    More information Preview builds of Windows 11 in the Canary Channel – rs_prerelease string, Version ...
    Preview builds of Windows 11 in the Canary Channel – rs_prerelease string
    Version Release date(s) Expiration date(s) Highlights
    10.0.27686.1000
    [85]    		 Canary Channel:
    August 15, 2024    		 Expiration date:
    September 15, 2024
    • Introduction of Windows Sandbox Client Preview
    • Improvements to the Settings app
      • New detach VHD button in properties of attached VHD
      • New option to allow HDR video streaming even when HDR is off
      • Added the ability to set power mode for both when the device is plugged in or when it's on battery
    • Removal of the 32 GB limit for formatting FAT32 partitions via format
    10.0.27695.1000
    [86]    		 Canary Channel:
    August 30, 2024    		 Expiration date:
    September 15, 2025
    • New position for the Widgets entry point on left-aligned taskbars[a]
    • New option to turn off the suggestions to disable notifications from certain apps
    • New option to share content to the My Phone app in the Windows share window[a]
    • Improvements to the Widgets dashboard[b]
    • Redesigned Wi-Fi password dialog
    • Added the ability to retrieve Windows LAPS encrypted passwords from Active Directory backup media with zero network interaction via Get-LapsADPassword PowerShell cmdlet
    10.0.27718.1000
    [87]    		 Canary Channel:
    October 2, 2024
    • Updated position of media controls on the lock screen
    • Added support of first letter navigation on the taskbar
    • Performance improvements to Narrator scan mode
    • New section for touch screen edge gestures in the Settings app[a]
    • New Administrator Protection platform security feature
    • Disabled the New detach VHD button in properties of attached VHD in the Settings app for maintenance
    10.0.27723.1000
    [88]    		 Canary Channel:
    October 9, 2024
    • New option to share a local file in the search results from the search box on the taskbar
    • Improvements to the spelling and corrections experience in voice access
    • New SimSun-ExtG font with 9,753 ideographs supporting CJK Unified Ideographs Extensions G, H and I
    10.0.27729.1000
    [89]    		 Canary Channel:
    October 17, 2024
    • Added the ability to configure the Copilot key via the Settings app
    10.0.27744.1000
    [90]    		 Canary Channel:
    November 6, 2024
    • New processor feature support in Prism (Windows on ARM emulator)
    • New Gamepad keyboard layout for the on-screen keyboard
    • Improvements to Task Manager
    10.0.27749.1000
    [91]    		 Canary Channel:
    November 13, 2024
    10.0.27754.1000
    [92]    		 Canary Channel:
    November 20, 2024
    • Modernized Windows Hello
    • Improvements to taskbar previews
    • New simplified variant of system tray with shortened date/time change
    10.0.27758.1000
    [93]    		 Canary Channel:
    December 4, 2024
    • New advanced camera configurations page in the Settings app
    10.0.27764.1000
    [94]    		 Canary Channel:
    December 11, 2024
    • Improvements to the Dynamic Lighting page in the Settings app
    • New functionalities to Narrator scan mode
    • Improvements to speech-to-text and text-to-speech experience
    10.0.27766.1000
    [95]    		 Canary Channel:
    January 3, 2025
    10.0.27768.1000
    [96]    		 Canary Channel:
    January 9, 2025
    • Re-added the ability to change time zones for standard (non-admin) users
    10.0.27774.1000
    [97]    		 Canary Channel:
    January 16, 2025
    • Added the ability to enable Administrator protection in the Windows Security app
    • Update to the Windows Security credential dialog with Administrator protection enabled
    10.0.27783.1000
    [98]    		 Canary Channel:
    January 29, 2025
    • New tabs for Recent, Favorites, and Shared on File Explorer's homepage
    • New keyboard shortcut in Magnifier for quickly toggling between the current zoom and 1× zoom
    • New buttons in Magnifier for resetting zoom to fit to screen or last/preferred magnification
    10.0.27788.1000
    [99]    		 Canary Channel:
    February 5, 2025
    • New Windows MIDI Services API (in public preview)
    • Added the ability to seamlessly resume working on OneDrive files from iOS and Android devices on Windows devices with a single click
    • Improvements to File Explorer
      • Added the ability to open desktop folders and external folder links in new tabs within a File Explorer window
      • New option to snooze or turn off the "Start backup" reminder in the File Explorer address bar
    • Improvements to the Settings app
      • Added the ability to show home page for a commercial customer on a managed PC
      • New accounts, enterprise-specific device info and accessibility preferences cards under home page
    10.0.27802.1000
    [100]    		 Canary Channel:
    February 28, 2025
    • Improvements to the battery iconography in the system tray
    • Added the ability to share files directly from the jump lists on the taskbar
    • Changes to the interaction model of the Spotlight icon on the desktop
    10.0.27808.1000
    [101]    		 Canary Channel:
    March 7, 2025
    • Improvements to Task Manager
      • New standard metrics for CPU utility calculations
      • New CPU utility column option for the Details page
    10.0.27813.1000
    [102]    		 Canary Channel:
    March 12, 2025
    • Removal of the Location History feature
    10.0.27818.1000
    [103]    		 Canary Channel:
    March 19, 2025
    • Deprecation of suggested actions
    10.0.27823.1000
    [104]    		 Canary Channel:
    March 26, 2025
    • New top cards at the top of the About page in the Settings app
    10.0.27842.1000
    [105]    		 Canary Channel:
    April 23, 2025
    • Updated blue screen of death with more streamlined UI
    • Ported mouse related settings in Control Panel to the Settings app
    Version Release date(s) Expiration date(s) Highlights
    Notes:
    1. Rollout of this feature to a subset of Insiders in the Canary Channel began at the time it was announced.
    2. Rollout of this feature to Insiders in the European Economic Area began at the time it was announced.
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    Public patches

    More information Public patches of Windows 11, version 24H2, Version ...
    Public patches of Windows 11, version 24H2
    Version Knowledge base Release date(s) Highlights
    10.0.26100.863
    [26][5]    		 KB5039239 Release Preview Channel and Copilot+ PCs:
    June 15, 2024
    10.0.26100.994
    [106]    		 KB5039304 Release Preview Channel:
    June 20, 2024
    10.0.26100.1000
    [107]    		 Release Preview Channel and Copilot+ PCs:
    June 28, 2024
    10.0.26100.1150
    [108]    		 KB5040435 Release Preview Channel and Copilot+ PCs:
    July 9, 2024
    10.0.26100.1297
    [109]    		 KB5040529 Release Preview Channel:
    July 25, 2024
    • New account manager experience on the Start menu[a]
    • Added ability to show additional quick status (such as sports, traffic and finance) on lock screen[a]
    • New drag-and-drop functionality between breadcrumbs in the File Explorer's address bar[a]
    • Added support of Emoji 15.1[a]
    • Added the ability to backup and restore sound settings via Windows Backup[a]
    • Redesigned "Rename your PC" and "Change date and time" dialogs[a]
    • Improvements to Task Manager[a]
    • Improvements to the Windows share window[a]
      • Added the ability to share specific Microsoft Teams Channels and groups chats
      • New copy button for copying files
      • New button to generate a QR code to share a URL
      • Added the ability to send email to user's own Gmail account
    • New Linked devices page in the Settings app[a]
    • New Game Pass recommendation card on the Settings homepage[a]
    10.0.26100.1301
    [110]    		 Release Preview Channel and Copilot+ PCs:
    July 30, 2024
    10.0.26100.1457
    [111]    		 KB5041571 Release Preview Channel and Copilot+ PCs:
    August 13, 2024
    10.0.26100.1586
    [112]    		 KB5041865 Release Preview Channel:
    August 19, 2024
    • Added the ability to duplicate a tab in File Explorer[a]
    • Performance improvements to Narrator scan mode
    • Improvements to the spelling and corrections experience in voice access
    • New option to share content to the My Phone app in the Windows share window
    • Added support of first letter navigation on the taskbar
    • Improvements to the Widgets dashboard[b]
    10.0.26100.1591
    [113]    		 Release Preview Channel and Copilot+ PCs:
    August 27, 2024
    10.0.26100.1742
    Version 24H2
    [114][4]    		 KB5043080 Release Preview Channel and Copilot+ PCs:
    September 10, 2024

    Public release:
    October 1, 2024
    10.0.26100.1876
    [115]    		 KB5043178 Release Preview Channel:
    September 23, 2024
    • Updated position of media controls on the lock screen[a]
    • Updates to the new account manager on the Start menu[a]
    • Redesigned Delivery Optimization page in the Settings app[a]
    • New option to share a local file in the search results from the search box on the taskbar[a]
    • Added the ability to set device's power mode for plugged in and on battery via the Settings app[a]
    • New toggles for enhanced mouse pointer precision and changing mouse scrolling direction in the Settings app[a]
    10.0.26100.1882
    [116][4]    		 Release Preview Channel and Copilot+ PCs:
    September 30, 2024

    Public release:
    October 1, 2024
    • Added the ability to manage Copilot Pro subscription in the Settings app
    10.0.26100.2033
    [117]    		 KB5044284 Release Preview Channel and public release:
    October 8, 2024
    10.0.26100.2152
    [118]    		 KB5044384 Release Preview Channel:
    October 10, 2024
    • New Gamepad keyboard layout for the on-screen keyboard
    • New option to turn off the suggestions to disable notifications from certain apps
    • Introduction of Windows Sandbox Client Preview
    • New detach VHD button in properties of attached VHD in the Settings app
    • Redesigned Wi-Fi password dialog
    • Added the ability to configure the Copilot key via the Settings app
    10.0.26100.2161
    [119]    		 Release Preview Channel and public release:
    October 24, 2024
    10.0.26100.2314
    [120]    		 KB5046617 Release Preview Channel and public release:
    November 12, 2024
    10.0.26100.2448
    [121]    		 KB5046740 Release Preview Channel:
    November 14, 2024
    • New simplified variant of system tray with shortened date/time change
    • New section for touch screen edge gestures in the Settings app
    • Improvements to the Dynamic Lighting page in the Settings app
    • Added the ability to share content to an Android device from the context menu
    • Improvements to Task Manager
    • New functionalities to Narrator scan mode
    • Improvements to speech-to-text and text-to-speech experience
    • Updated "Tailored experiences" to "Personalized offers" in OOBE and the Settings app
    10.0.26100.2454
    [122]    		 Release Preview Channel and public release:
    November 21, 2024
    10.0.26100.2605
    [123]    		 KB5048667 Release Preview Channel and public release:
    December 10, 2024
    10.0.26100.2894
    [124]    		 KB5050009 Release Preview Channel and public release:
    January 14, 2025
    10.0.26100.3025
    [125]    		 KB5050094 Release Preview Channel:
    January 21, 2025
    • Improvements to taskbar previews
    • New Studio Effects entry in the system tray and Quick Settings
    • New tabs for Recent, Favorites, and Shared on File Explorer's homepage
    • New SimSun-ExtG font with 9,753 ideographs supporting CJK Unified Ideographs Extensions G, H and I
    • Enhanced Windows Mobile Hotspot to support 6 GHz connections
    • Re-added the ability to change time zones for standard (non-admin) users
    10.0.26100.3037
    [126]    		 Release Preview Channel and public release:
    January 28, 2025
    10.0.26100.3194
    [127]    		 KB5051987 Release Preview Channel and public release:
    February 11, 2025
    10.0.26100.3321
    [128]    		 KB5052093 Release Preview Channel:
    February 18, 2025
    • Improvements to the battery iconography in the system tray
    • Added the ability to share files directly from the jump lists on the taskbar
    • Improvements to the Spotlight icon on the desktop
      • Changes to the interaction model
      • Additional changes to icon color/backplate and position
    • New functionalities to Narrator scan mode
    • New homepage card in the Settings app for referring PC Game Pass to friends
    • New option to snooze or turn off the "Start backup" reminder in the File Explorer address bar
    • New advanced camera configurations page in the Settings app
    10.0.26100.3323
    [129]    		 Release Preview Channel and public release:
    February 25, 2025
    10.0.26100.3476
    [130]    		 KB5053598 Release Preview Channel and public release:
    March 11, 2025
    10.0.26100.3613
    [131]    		 KB5053656 Release Preview Channel:
    March 18, 2025
    • New real-time translation feature in live captions (English and Simplified Chinese)[c][d]
    • Re-rolled out the Gamepad keyboard layout for the touch keyboard with new ability to use Xbox controller to navigate and type
    • New system tray icon for the emoji and more panel
    • Improvements to the Settings app
      • New customization settings for lock screen widgets
      • New top cards at the top of the About page
    • Improvements to voice access
      • New real-time command suggestions[c]
      • Added support of Chinese language
    • Improvements to Task Manager
      • New standard metrics for CPU utility calculations
      • New CPU utility column option for the Details page
    • Deprecation of suggested actions
    • Removal of the Location History feature
    10.0.26100.3624
    [132][133]    		 Release Preview Channel:
    March 24, 2025

    Public release:
    March 27, 2025
    • Improvements to Windows Search with latent semantic indexing (LSI)[c]
    • Extended Windows Search with latent semantic indexing (LSI) to photos saved in the cloud[c]
    10.0.26100.3775
    [134]    		 KB5055523 Release Preview Channel and public release:
    April 8, 2025
    10.0.26100.3781
    [135]    		 KB5059087 Release Preview Channel and public release:
    April 16, 2025
    10.0.26100.3902
    [136]    		 KB5055627 Release Preview Channel:
    April 10, 2025
    • Introduction of Recall with Click to Do in preview[c][d]
    • Improvements to Windows Search with latent semantic indexing (LSI)[d]
    • New speech recap feature in Narrator
    • New ability to manage Android mobile devices directly from the Start menu
    • New customization settings for lock screen widgets in the Settings app[b]
    • Increased support for the text scaling across File Explorer, file open/save dialogs and the copy dialogs
    • New "Actions" page in the Settings app for managing which apps Windows can recommend actions from on Copilot+ PCs[c][d]
    10.0.26100.3909
    [136]    		 Release Preview Channel:
    April 18, 2025
    10.0.26100.3915
    [137]    		 Release Preview Channel and public release:
    April 25, 2025
    Version Knowledge base Release date(s) Highlights
    Notes:
    1. Rollout of this feature to a subset of Insiders in the Release Preview Channel began at the time it was announced.
    2. Rollout of this feature to Insiders in the European Economic Area began at the time it was announced.
    3. Rollout of this feature to Insiders on Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs at the time it was announced.
    4. Rollout of this feature to Insiders on AMD and Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs at the time it was announced.
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