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Microsoft Gives Windows 11 Insiders Fluid Dictation and External Webcam AI, Prioritizing Intel Copilot+ PCs
Microsoft’s latest Insider preview builds for Windows 11 are delivering a pair of practical AI upgrades that have been on many users’ wish lists: fluid dictation that cleans up your speech in...
Microsoft Ships Insider Builds 26220 and 26120 with On-Device Fluid Dictation and Expanded Camera Effects
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Windows 11 Insider Preview Adds Native Clipboard Sync for Android Keyboards via Link to Windows
Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Insider Dev build has quietly surfaced a feature that instantly syncs your PC’s clipboard to an Android phone—and it works with any keyboard, including Gboard and...
Why Windows 11 Feels Laggy: Unpacking the XAML UI Slowdown and Proven Fixes
A recent investigation by YouTuber epcidiy, highlighted by Touch Reviews, claims to have found the smoking gun behind Windows 11’s notorious sluggishness: Microsoft’s shift to XAML and so-called...
Microsoft's New Narrator Braille Viewer Lets Sighted Users See Braille Output—No Hardware Needed
Microsoft just eliminated a persistent barrier for sighted accessibility testers, teachers, and developers who need to follow Narrator’s Braille output. The August 29, 2025, Windows 11 Insider...
Windows 11 Canary Build 27934 Repairs Black Flash Crashes, But Breaks Reset this PC
Microsoft's latest Windows 11 Insider Preview for the Canary Channel, Build 27934, landed on August 29, 2025, bringing with it a trio of much-needed stability fixes—and one glaring, deal-breaking...
Windows 11 25H2 Release Preview Arrives: PowerShell 2.0 and WMIC Axed
Microsoft released Windows 11, version 25H2 (Build 26200.5074) to the Release Preview Channel on August 29, 2025, giving IT administrators an early shot at validating this year’s annual feature...
Microsoft Beta Build 26120.5770 Adds Table-to-Excel AI and Braille Viewer
Windows 11 Insiders in the Beta Channel just got another serving of polish and productivity smarts with the release of Build 26120.5770 (KB5064089). This cumulative update, part of the 24H2 servicing...
Microsoft’s Word Now Saves New Docs to Cloud Automatically: What You Need to Know
Microsoft has begun rolling out a fundamental shift in how Word for Windows handles new documents. Starting with Word for Windows Version 2509 (Build 19221.20000) in the Insider channel, every fresh...
Windows 11 Preview Brings Apple Handoff-Style Spotify Resume from Android to PC
Microsoft is rolling out a new Android-to-PC handoff feature to Windows Insiders that lets you pick up a Spotify track exactly where you left off on your phone—with a single click on the desktop...
Microsoft Pilots 'Continue on PC' Handoff for Android Apps in Windows 11 Insider Builds, Spotify First
Microsoft has begun testing a new Windows 11 feature that lets users seamlessly hand off active Android app sessions to their PC, with Spotify as the first supported app. The capability, dubbed...
Windows 11 Insider Builds Add One-Click Spotify Handoff from Android to PC
Microsoft is rolling out a new Windows 11 feature to Insiders that can hand off music playback from an Android phone to a PC with a single click. The capability, spotted in the latest Dev and Beta...