Announcing new builds for 12 June 2026

[TWF Bot]

Hello Windows Insiders, We have a number of releases today with new builds across Beta, Experimental and Release Preview. Release notes for inbox Windows 11 apps Windows 11 inbox apps are now getting their own release notes section on the Windows Insider Program Documentation Hub site. This is to help make finding app updates easier, with each inbox app getting its own dedicated page as new updates rollout. Check out some of the app updates rolling out to Experimental across Calculator, Camera, Clock, Media Player, Paint, Photos and Sound Recorder. More apps will be added over time. New builds this week Today we are releasing new Windows 11 Insider Preview Builds. As a reminder, all Insiders can find the release notes for your device based on the new channel system, even if you haven’t moved yet. This is to make finding build information as easy as possible during the transition. See your channel release notes here:

• Beta: Build 26220.8680
• Experimental: Build 26300.8687

For those on other specific build versions, here are today’s new builds and release notes:

• Beta (26H1): Build 28020.2298
• Experimental (26H1): Build 28120.2302
• Experimental (Future Platforms) – Including Canary 29600 series: Build 29610.1000
  • Note: The issue affecting AMD machines supporting System Guard has been resolved meaning these devices will be offered the Experimental (Future Platforms) build as usual

We also have Release Preview builds today for 24H2/25H2 and 26H1:

• Release Preview 24H2/25H2: Build 26100.8728/26200.8728
• Release Preview 26H1: Build 28000.2333

Notable new features​

[Windows Update]​

Release channel: Experimental

• As announced in the Windows Update announce blog, we are rolling out a new unified update experience to reduce the number of reboots you see per month. We are starting by coordinating driver, .NET, and firmware updates to align with the monthly quality update, reducing the update experience to a single monthly restart. See the blog for more information.

[Search]​

Release channel: Experimental

• Finding apps is more forgiving. Search is better at handling typos, dropped letters, extra letters, and partial words for apps. Queries like “utlook” can still find Outlook.
• Settings results are improving. We’ve made ranking improvements to help more relevant settings appear higher in results.

Thanks, Stephen and the Windows Insider Program team

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