Windows 11 Build 25281 - Notepad Tabs, Sound Settings, Spotlight UI + MORE

We take a look at the latest Windows 11 preview build, which includes an updated Spotlight UI and Graphics Settings, as well tabs in Notepad!

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[TheusKhan]

OMG, FINALLY the volume mixer is easy to access.
On Win10 I was using EarTrumpet to have this feature. Please guys, send positive feedback about this feature so we can have it on Non-Insider builds.

[whenhen]

I'm glad that they're finally making individual volume mixers easy to use. Would this work with web apps as well? I have Google Meet and a VOIP phone system installed as web apps, and would love to be able to adjust their volumes to be different than say the base Windows volume.

[kdpak]

3:02 I think it's due to the checkmark on the spotlight icon.

[DavixDevelop]

That screen recording feature is fantastic. Hope they add the ability to save the video as a gif, or compress the video so that it can be quickly uploaded, or uploaded to stuff like Discord.

[cpuccino]

The screen recording’s pretty neat. Can’t wait for that to land on stable

[samwheat]

Also the add desktop app / add windows store app buttons are vertically misaligned by a pixel or two.

[DanielDogeanu]

The right click at the beginning with the wallpaper, wasn't buggy, it was because you've selected that icon and it kept being selected. I think they are trying to change the way desktop interactions work. It's very confusing for sure!

[mnharjotsingh]

I would love to see tabs on the Sticky notes!

[sgoswami]

I love Zac's OCD to put the details pane vertical line exactly below the line of the search box on the top right. Totally relatable. :)

[liamsz]

I completely forgot about the existence of the volume mixer after switching to macOS then to windows 11, so happy Microsoft is making it easier to use

[bomberman]

The only thing they need to add is uncombined icons on the taskbar. In general they should give the user the ability to costumize THEIR pc. The direction is talking by years Microsoft is that you can't customize your pc in any way.

[teabagNBG]

im not going to lie, these tabs inside the explorere and notes are pretty dope but they need to add a split side by side view function... also when opening new folders it doesnt get opened as a tab... it gets opened up as new window..

[Zandanga]

Hope they get the screen recording function in the Snipping Tool fixed. Like tabs in Notepad. Thanks for the update news.

[grapepublic]

It's nice to see microsoft giving similar updates to windows 10 users like the pictures on the search bar.

[MeatNinja]

Can you have the nice alternating wallpapers without having the ugly ''learn about this picture'' icon? (I like my desktop clean)

[orphydiantechnology]

They are trying hard with File Explorer but there are only a couple of file formats that can use tags and metadata. Pngs and folders cannot be added tags for ex. So the only way of organizing your stuff is to make folders over folders over folders.

[orphydiantechnology]

Why archaic notepad still exists when there is a free lightweight version of the visual studio called VS code?

[joszsz]

Irrelevant but: Thanks for lining the Details Pane up with the search bar at 5:39 😆... It's what I would do, and the moment you started resizing it, I was itching for it to land on that spot (and the little readjustment you did when you pulled it back out tells me you were intentional about it).

[Accuaro]

Microsoft PLEASE update the animation for auto-hide taskbar. It's still the laggy low fps jittery animation from Windows 7!

[KangJangkrik]

It's good to see that windows is now looking good as KDE