Microsoft is delivering on its January promise of delivering new experience to Windows 11 users. Now rolling out to Windows Insiders in the Beta and Release Preview channels is Windows 11 Build 22000.526. This release brings some much anticipated new features like seeing the weather in the Taskbar, seeing the date and time on multiple monitors, and sharing the open application windows directly from your taskbar to a Microsoft Teams call.
Though these features were already in testing in the Dev Channel months ago, the rollout to the Beta and Release Preview Channels means that regular non-beta testing Windows 11 users should be getting these same features soon. As you likely know, this is because the Beta and Release Preview branches are the most stable and the place where Microsoft last tests new WIndows elements.
Today's build also brings some other bug fixes relating to TIme Zone settings, Task Manager, and more. The changelog can be seen below, so we can spare you the visit to Microsoft's blog.
Note that, a feature from the Windows 10 21H2 update also rolled out to Windows 11 in this release. This is Windows Hello for Business Cloud Trust. It uses the same technology and deployment steps that support on-premises single sign-on (SSO) for Fast IDentity Online (FIDO) security keys. "Cloud Trust removes the public-key infrastructure (PKI) requirements for deploying Windows and simplifies the Windows Hello for Business deployment experience," said Microsoft.
Though it hasn't been confirmed, Windows Central also believes that this build eventually enables support Android app support on the production version of WIndows 11. We'll have to wait and see, but for now, it's exciting that Windows 11 is getting features that Microsoft promised.