Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20257 Released

Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20257 Released

On Nov 11 2020 the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20257 was released. In the build 20257 mostly update on Your Phone app feature especially for interact with multiple Android mobile apps at the same time on your Windows 10 PC.

Compare with last update “Your Phone” feature this build 20257 are getting more powerful, as you can running multiple Android mobile apps side by side on your Windows 10 PC on support device. Apps will launch in separate windows enabling you to interact with multiple apps at the same time even if the “Your Phone” app is not open! And you also can pin those Android phone apps to Windows 10 Taskbar or Start menu like the normal Windows app for quick access. More than that you even can search the apps that your previously pinned Android apps via Windows search within Start app list. Pretty convenience for someone who working with the PC but also need to deal with message from mobile device.


The multi-apps feature has rollout already, one big limitation is for now only support with specific Samsung device (Note20 5G / Note20 Ultra 5G / Z Fold2 5G / Z Flip / Z Flip 5G) running Android 10 and link to Windows (LTW) integration and to Windows Insiders who are configured to be in Dev, Beta or Release Preview Channels. Wish will be support more Android device soon.

Other Changes

  • Updating Start menu tile theming logic such that the tile background for Win32 apps will no longer adjust based on detected contrast ratio, except in the case of pinned Microsoft Edge PWAs.

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue starting with Build 20236 where installing games from the Store to a secondary non-OS drive would result in the secondary drive becoming inaccessible.
  • Fixed an issue causing some devices to experience a DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION bugcheck in recent builds.
  • Fixed an issue resulting in some apps crashing on launch in the previous flight, including Microsoft Jigsaw and Microsoft Minesweeper.
  • Fixed an issue resulting in File Explorer having a transparent line across the top when maximized on systems with multiple monitors.
  • Fixed an issue resulting in win32 app titles being unexpectedly highlighted in the title bar after enabling and disabling high contrast.
  • Fixed an issue where the windows.old folder is not completely deleted when performing disk cleanup.
  • Fixed an issue where if you reset your PC then and re-connected your MSA, then your MSA picture might never sync down.
  • Fixed an issue impacting Windows Hello Face recognition if the device was trained in a different orientation than the orientation used at unlock time.
  • Fixed an issue where setting up a kiosk (assigned access) account wouldn’t work the first time you tried, only subsequent tries.
  • Fixed a deadlock that could result in unexpected CPU usage.
  • Fixed an issue resulting in recently some apps being slower to accept keystrokes into text fields.
  • Fixed an issue that could result in links from apps failing to launch the browser.
  • Fixed an issue from the last couple flights that could result in audio playback unexpectedly stopping.
  • Fixed an issue that could result in not hearing audio after streaming certain content then turning your Bluetooth headset off and back on.
  • Fixed an issue that could result in Movies & TV failing to play some recorded HDR videos with error 0x80004001.

Known issues

  • Looking into reports of the update process hanging for extended periods of time when attempting to install a new build.
  • Live previews for pinned sites aren’t enabled for all Insiders yet, so you may see a grey window when hovering over the thumbnail in the taskbar. We’re continuing to work on polishing this experience.
  • Working on enabling the new taskbar experience for existing pinned sites. In the meantime, you can unpin the site from the taskbar, remove it from the edge://apps page, and then re-pin the site.
  • Investigating reports that some users are seeing error 0x80070426 when using their Microsoft account to sign into various apps. If you encounter it, rebooting your PC may resolve this.
  • Investigating an issue where, after taking this build, no drives appear under Settings > System > Storage > Manage Disks and Volumes. As a workaround, you can manage your disks in the classic Disk Management tool.
  • Investigating reports that some screens incorrectly have black text on dark backgrounds when dark theme is enabled.

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