Windows 11 Build 22567 Is Out

Text as it appears in Windows Update when prioritizing installing updates in the background when more clean energy sources are available.

Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22567 is now available for Windows Insiders signed up with the Dev Channel. Today’s Preview Build brings a number of fixes and improvements, including the company enabling Windows Update to leverage renewable energy. This basically means Windows 11 will try to schedule update installations at specific times of day when doing so could result in lower carbon emissions.

Other highlights include:

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• Improvement to Microsoft 365 subscription management in Settings
• Phone linking in device setup (OOBE)
• New security feature called Smart App Control

Here is what’s new with Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22567

Windows Update leverages more renewable energy

Windows Update will try to schedule update installations at specific times of day when doing so results in lower carbon emissions. Most electrical grids are powered by multiple sources, including renewables and fossil fuels. Whenever possible, Windows 11 will now prioritize installing updates in the background at times when greater amounts of clean energy sources (like wind, solar, and hydro) are available. Users can always choose to install updates immediately by navigating to Settings > Windows Update and choosing “Check for Updates”.

This feature will only be enabled when your PC is plugged-in and regional carbon intensity data is available from our partners electricityMap or WattTime. If enabled, users will see the text shown below on the Windows Update settings page. We’re still working on the content that the text links to – stay tuned for future updates.

[We are beginning to roll this feature out, so it isn’t available to all Insiders just yet as we plan to monitor feedback and see how it lands before pushing it out to everyone.]

Improving Microsoft 365 subscription management in Settings

In October, we introduced subscription management within “Your Microsoft account” under Settings > Account. This enabled you to view your OneDrive storage, recurring billing and sharing information as part of your Microsoft 365 subscription within Windows 11. With today’s build, we’re making it easier for you to manage your Microsoft 365 subscription:

• We are elevating the Microsoft 365 subscription management experience a level up under Settings > Accounts. As we mentioned here, we will use Online Service Experience Packs to bring more experiences to you within accounts under Settings > Account.
  The Microsoft 365 subscription management experience is now at the top of Settings > Accounts.

• We are introducing payment details within the subscription card experience. This will allow you to view your payment information and be notified when your payment method needs to be updated, allowing you to continue your subscriptions without any disruptions.
  Banner under Settings > Accounts alerting you to update your payment for your Microsoft 365 subscription.

For customers who are not Microsoft 365 subscribers, we are highlighting the free benefits you have access to as part of your Microsoft account on the “Your Microsoft account” page. You can directly access your Office Web Apps, view your OneDrive storage or upgrade to a Microsoft 365 subscription to unlock the premium benefits.

Device Setup (OOBE): Phone Linking

You can now link your Android phone to your PC as part of the device setup (OOBE) for Windows 11. Linking will give you instant access to everything on your phone, right from your PC. Without needing to constantly swap your attention to your phone, you can use your favorite mobile apps, send text messages, make calls, and more on your PC with the benefit of a full keyboard and mouse.

The new phone linking page in device setup (OOBE).

We will be releasing updated ISOs in the coming weeks that will allow Windows Insiders to do a clean-install if they want to or set up a virtual machine to run through the device setup experience. You can use the PC reset feature under Settings > System > Recovery if you want to run through the device setup experience today.

Smart App Control

Smart App Control (SAC) is a new security feature for Windows 11 that blocks untrusted or potentially dangerous applications. SAC can only be enabled on Windows devices that have performed a clean install with the latest Insider Preview build (Build 22567 and higher). SAC is first configured in evaluation mode. While SAC is in evaluation mode, it will learn if it can help protect you without getting in your way too much. If so, it will automatically be turned on. Otherwise, it will automatically be turned off.  While in evaluation mode, a user can manually turn on SAC in the Windows Security app under the App & Browser Control section. More details on this feature will be shared in the future.

Smart App Control listed under “App and browser control” in Windows Security.

Windows 11 Insider Build 22567: Changes and Improvements

[General]

• We have updated the “Open with” dialog box to align with Windows 11 design principles. The updated dialog box honors light/dark theme. We have also simplified the experience by making it possible to update your default app with just one click. [We are beginning to roll this feature out, so it isn’t available to all Insiders just yet.
  The “Open with” dialog before and after with the updated design.

[Start menu]

• When you hover one pinned app icon over another, there will now be a small animation to hint that this will create a folder.

[Windowing]

• We’re updating multi-finger touch gestures to include responsive and delightful animations that follow your finger.
  Use three fingers to swipe down and minimize all windows. Swipe up with three fingers to bring your windows back.

[Voice typing]

• The ability for voice typing to download Speech Packs from the Microsoft Store for device-based speech recognition to provide a better performance of transcription is now available for all Insiders in the Dev Channel. This began rolling out with Build 22538.
• The ability for you to choose which microphone to use in voice typing if you have multiple microphones connected to your PC is now available for all Insiders in the Dev Channel. This began rolling out with Build 22557.
• The following new commands in voice typing are now available for all Insiders in the Dev Channel. This began rolling out with Build 22557.

To insert this	Say this
Enter	“Press Enter”
Backspace	“Pres Backspace”, “Backspace”
Space	“Press space”, “Insert Space”
Tab	“Press Tab”, “Tab”

[Settings]

• We have made updates to pages across the Settings app to adopt WinUI controls for consistent look and feel across the app.
• To make it easier to find settings within the app, we have made improvements to how searching for settings works behind the scenes. These improvements will provide users with a more accurate set of search results as well as bring more relevant search results up to the top of the list.
• You can now mute and unmute your audio by clicking the volume icon in the hardware indicator for volume.

[Task Manager]

• The redesigned Task Manager that began rolling out with Build 22557 is now available for all Insiders in the Dev Channel.

[Windows Sandbox]

• Windows Sandbox mapped folders now support relative paths. For example, ..relativefolder..

Windows 11 Preview Build 22567: Fixes

[General]

• Fixed an issue where users weren’t hearing the startup sound.

[Taskbar]

• Using the taskbar to bring an already running app to the foreground should work more reliably now.
• Fixed an issue where if you changed time zone the calendar flyout wouldn’t update to reflect a date change.
• Using Narrator key plus Enter or Narrator touch gestures should now work to activate items in the taskbar now.
• Mitigated an issue that was causing windows to be able to draw on top of the taskbar after dismissing one of the taskbar flyouts.

[Tablet-optimized taskbar]

NOTE: These fixes will only show if tablet-optimized taskbar is enabled on your device, which is beginning to roll out to Windows Insiders and not yet available for everyone.

• The taskbar setting has been changed to “Optimize taskbar for touch interactions when this device is used as a tablet”.
• We have improved mouse click reliability of system tray icons.

[Start menu]

• Fixed an issue affecting the reliability of the Start menu opening.
• Fixed an issue where dragging a pinned app icon between pages of pinned apps wasn’t working.
• Addressed an alignment issue with the More button.

[File Explorer]

• Clicking the buttons in the new OneDrive flyout should now bring those objects into foreground focus.
• Star rating supported files (for example mp4 files) should work again now.
• Fixed an issue that could cause explorer.exe to crash when opening the context menu sometimes.
• Improved the performance of displaying the content in the Recycle Bin in cases where there were many files.
• Addressed an underlying crash that was happening when trying to start a search from File Explorer, impacting the ability to search.
• Fixed a rare issue for people with small screens where the context menu in File Explorer would animate in downwards, disappear, then immediately reappear animating upwards.

[Input]

• Improved input switching responsiveness when using WIN + Space.
• Fixed an issue which was leading to some Insiders seeing black text on a dark background in the input switcher.
• Addressed an issue where the Japanese IME toolbar could become transparent, and the IME candidate window clipped or not displayed at all.
• If you’re using the Japanese IME with a vertical candidate list, the text should now appear written in the correct direction.
• Updated the icon used for hiding key press visuals in the touch keyboard when focus is set to a password field to help make…