Spotify and Phone Link widgets come to Windows 11 Dev channel previews - XDA Developers

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Microsoft has released a caller physique of Windows 11 for Insiders successful the Dev channel, on with 2 caller widgets for Phone Link and Spotify.

Windows 11 promotional image

Microsoft has released its play physique of Windows 11 to Insiders successful the Dev channel, and on with it, a mates of large additions are besides here. Last week, the institution debuted its archetypal third-party widget for Windows 11 with Meta's Messenger app, and this week, there's different 1 — Spotify — arriving alongside Windows 11 physique 25290. This caller widget gives you speedy entree to your playlists truthful you tin commencement playing them close away.

Additionally, there's a caller widget for Microsoft's ain Phone Link app. While it is developed by Microsoft, this widget isn't web-based similar the widgets Windows 11 had before. This is really based connected the Phone Link app, and it tin amusement you contented similar artillery accusation for your telephone arsenic good arsenic caller messages from it.

Screenshot of the Windows 11 Widgets sheet  with Spotify and Phone Link widgets

As usual, to get these widgets, you'll conscionable person to update the apps to the latest versions disposable connected the Microsoft Store. Then, unfastened the Widgets sheet and click + to adhd a widget, wherever you should find your installed apps. You should besides commencement to spot much widgets go disposable present that the Windows App SDK 1.2 allows developers to make them, though they're inactive exclusive to Dev transmission build.

In summation to the caller widgets, Windows 11 physique 25290 lone brings a tiny alteration to the Start menu, peculiarly to the idiosyncratic menu. Microsoft is experimenting with a caller UI that displays alerts for erstwhile you whitethorn request to instrumentality definite actions related to your account. For example, you whitethorn beryllium prompted to make a backup of your information utilizing OneDrive.

Screenshot of 2  antithetic  plan  approaches being tested for Start paper   badging successful  Windows 11

That's astir it successful presumption of user-facing changes, but determination is besides the accustomed slew of fixes. Notably, Microsoft has fixed an contented that prevented Arm64 devices from being capable to update to a caller build. Here's the afloat list:

[General]

  • We fixed the contented causing Arm64 devices to neglect to resume from sleep/hibernate erstwhile moving Build 25281 and getting stuck astatine the OS footwear logo.
  • Fixed an contented wherever immoderate Insiders whitethorn person issues accessing websites and different resources via VPN connections. If you utilized the workaround documented successful this forum post, delight reverse those changes erstwhile you person this caller physique installed.
  • Fixed an contented causing immoderate Insiders to acquisition freezes erstwhile utilizing the browser and definite different apps successful caller Dev Channel builds.

[Taskbar & System Tray]

  • Fixed an explorer.exe clang which could origin the taskbar not to load for immoderate Insiders.

[Search connected the Taskbar]

The fixes lone use for Windows Insiders who received 1 of the antithetic treatments for however hunt looks connected the taskbar that began rolling retired to Insiders with Build 25252:

  • Fixed an contented wherever the hunt container would randomly vanish sometimes erstwhile you clicked it (leaving a blank abstraction connected the taskbar).
  • Fixed an contented wherever the hunt container was shifting to the broadside somewhat erstwhile you clicked it.

[Task Manager]

  • Fixed an contented wherever the information contented country of the Processes leafage mightiness flash erstwhile once taxable changes were applied successful the Task Manager Settings page.
  • Fixed an contented wherever immoderate dialogs did not render successful the close taxable erstwhile applied from Task Manager Settings page.
  • Fixed an contented wherever properties successful the Memory conception of the Performance leafage were getting truncated adjacent though determination was abstraction to show them.
  • Reduced the transparency of graph colors successful the Performance page, and adjusted the borders, to assistance marque them basal retired more.
  • Fixed a fewer issues causing Task Manager crashes.
  • Typing F successful the hunt container should enactment again now.
  • You present shouldn’t person to marque Task Manager beryllium arsenic wide earlier the navigation pane appears.
  • If substance scaling has been increased, the hunt container shouldn’t overlap with the rubric barroom substance anymore.
  • Made immoderate tweaks to code cases wherever substance successful dialogs was getting chopped disconnected erstwhile substance scaling was increased.
  • Fixes an contented wherever definite parts of the rubric barroom couldn’t beryllium utilized to resistance the window.

[Windows Spotlight]

The pursuing fixes lone use for Windows Insiders who received 1 of the antithetic treatments of Windows Spotlight that began rolling retired to Insiders with Build 25281:

  • We fixed the contented causing immoderate radical to not get a accordant refresh of images connected a regular basis.

[Settings]

  • Fixed an contented wherever the preview for Sans Serif Collection successful Personalization > Fonts was displaying breached glyphs.

[Other]

  • Fixed an contented that was preventing Narrator from announcing dropdown lists successful Excel.
  • Fixed an underlying contented which could origin Snipping Tool screenshots to go stretched retired and distorted successful the past fewer builds if you had aggregate monitors.
  • Fixed an contented which could origin a bugcheck with SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION.
  • Fixed an contented which could marque the Open With dialog clang connected launch.
  • Fixed an contented wherever the Open File dialog would bent if you clicked it portion utilizing an IME aft having selected “Choose an app connected your PC” from the Open With dialog.
  • Fixed an contented which could origin Group Policy Editor to unexpectedly amusement “An mistake has occurred successful the publication connected this page” with an invalid quality mistake erstwhile editing a radical policy.
  • If you person OpenSSH Server acceptable to commencement astatine footwear (instead of manual), that penchant should beryllium remembered crossed OS upgrades now. Please note, you request to beryllium connected a physique with this hole earlier it volition instrumentality effect with your adjacent upgrade.

There are immoderate known issues arsenic well, arsenic you'd expect with immoderate preview build. Here's what you request to beryllium alert of:

[General]

  • [NEW] The Update past leafage nether Settings > Windows Update > Update past is blank for immoderate users aft installing Build 25290. This volition beryllium fixed via a newer Update Stack Package delivered via Windows Update erstwhile available.
  • [NEW[ Investigating reports that immoderate Insiders are experiencing repeated bugchecks aft upgrading to Build 25284.
  • [NEW] Launching Group Policy Editor whitethorn amusement an mistake astir a displayName property not being found.
  • Using Windows Hello to motion successful with facial designation whitethorn not enactment connected Arm64 PCs. A workaround for this is to usage the Hello PIN path.
  • Some users are experiencing longer than expected update times installing caller builds. We are actively investigating this issue.

[Widgets]

  • [NEW] The nexus for “Find much widgets” successful the widgets picker presently is broken. This volition beryllium fixed and linked to the Store postulation here successful a aboriginal update.
  • Third-party widgets whitethorn occasionally vanish from the widgets board. They tin beryllium re-added by clicking refresh oregon by re-pinning them from the widgets picker.
  • Third-party widgets whitethorn occasionally get unpinned erstwhile the Microsoft relationship is utilized to sign-in aggregate Windows 11 devices.
  • The undo fastener connected the widget pinned/unpinned toast notification sometimes doesn’t work.

[Taskbar & System Tray]

  • [NEW] App icons connected the taskbar whitethorn look connected the incorrect show for immoderate Insiders with aggregate monitors.
  • The taskbar is sometimes cropped successful fractional erstwhile utilizing the tablet-optimized taskbar. You whitethorn besides spot this contented connected secondary monitors.

[Search connected the Taskbar]

The pursuing known issues lone use for Windows Insiders who received 1 of the antithetic treatments for however hunt looks connected the taskbar that began rolling retired to Insiders with Build 25252:

  • There is an contented wherever you volition beryllium incapable to alteration taskbar hunt container to amusement arsenic icon lone via taskbar settings successful immoderate cases. To enactment astir this issue, archetypal alteration to a antithetic enactment and past after, you should beryllium capable to take to amusement arsenic icon only.

[Windows Spotlight]

The pursuing known issues lone use for Windows Insiders who received 1 of the antithetic treatments of Windows Spotlight that began rolling retired to Insiders with Build 25281:

  • Clicking connected a secondary show does not disregard the afloat surface experience.
  • Spotlight wallpaper doesn’t amusement the close solution connected aggregate / mixed solution monitors.

If you're enrolled successful the Dev transmission of the Insider program, you tin drawback the latest physique close present by checking for updates successful the Settings app. The caller widgets don't necessitate the latest build, though you volition request to beryllium moving a comparatively caller release.


Source: Microsoft

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