Microsoft has paused the rollout of some new features to Windows 11 testers while it “investigates some issues” discovered in the Dev Channel (build 26120.961).
The announcement was made in a blog post announcing the latest batch of new Windows 11 features that have now been put on hold.
These features include improvements to Voice Access, such as support in Narrator to enable hands-free text dictation, and the addition of Voice Access to Windows 11's search functionality — all great advancements for accessibility.
There's also a new account manager panel in the Start menu and fixes for Task Manager, all of which are on hold while Microsoft investigates said issues. The software giant hasn't yet given us any indication of when we can expect a resolution to these problems.
PhantomOfEarth, a regular X leaker, notes that Microsoft applied the brakes due to issues including a “broken touch keyboard, emoji picker, and clipboard history.”
This feature set stopped rolling out yesterday. pic.twitter.com/DGGsMuFo16July 1, 2024
The broader problems of Windows 11
We shouldn't have to wait too long for any issues in the pipeline to be fixed, given that Windows 11 preview builds arrive on a fairly regular basis (at least once a month, minimum).
It hasn’t been the best week for Windows 11, as Microsoft just broke the taskbar for some users when it rolled out a fix for a previous issue (for which update KB5039302 was put on hold after some users got stuck in an unpleasant infinite boot loop). Another recent issue has been ads appearing in the Start menu.
In the case of this latest preview build, it makes sense why Microsoft has delayed these more experimental features, but it's far from a good look given all of the current issues surrounding Windows 11, particularly the controversial Recall feature, which was also recently put on hold.
Honestly, Microsoft really needs to make an effort to improve its performance on a broader level with Windows 11.
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