Microsoft Releases Windows 11 Dev Build 26120.1252

Microsoft released the Windows 11 Dev build 26120.1252 yesterday, which brings a couple of new features to the version 24H2 of the OS. With this new flight, Microsoft is also restarting the rollout Voice Access auto-restart, Voice Access Command for Windows Search, and other new features the company started to enable on June 28 with the Dev build 26120.961 before pausing them two days later.

With yesterday’s build, Dev Channel Insiders who turned on the Windows Update toggle to get the latest features as soon as they’re available will gradually receive the following changes and improvements:

New way to pin apps to the taskbar: Microsoft is making it possible to drag and drop apps from the pinned section in the Start menu directly to the taskbar. Microsoft also made this feature available on the Release Preview Channel last week.

Widgets on the Lock Screen: Microsoft is improving the designs of the weather, finance, traffic, and sports widgets on the Lock screen with an acrylic blur effect, optimized card size, spacing, and font. These improvements were previously rolled out to the Canary Channel last week.

Widgets taskbar button: Microsoft is also improving the design of the Widgets button on the taskbar with a larger set of animated icons that should also look clearer.

Microsoft also fixed various issues with the Dev Channel build 26120.1252, including the stutters that some Insiders could notice in some animations, especially those related to Task View. Another issue causing File Explorer to crash when navigating away from Home has also been fixed.