Windows 10 Insider Preview 14951 Now Live for PC and Mobile

Windows x 14951 Live for PC & Mobile – Improvements to Camera, Touchpad & Windows Subsystem for Linux

Today seems like the evening of previews. Post-obit Google releasing Android 7.one Programmer Preview for its Nexus devices, Microsoft has also only started rolling its own Insider Preview. Enrolled in the Fast ring of Windows Insider Plan? You tin now update your PC and Mobile to Windows 10 Insider Build 14951.

What's new in Windows 10 Insider Preview 14951

The latest Windows 10 Insider Redstone 2 Preview build 14951 brings more problems fixes and enhancements to the Fast band members. Today's build is also available for both the PC and Mobile devices, every bit Windows 10 Mobile Insiders finally starting time getting regular preview builds.

Hither's what is new with Windows 10 Insider Preview 14951:

Refining the customization experience for precision touchpad (PC):Since concluding calendar week, nosotros've continued working in this space, and have another set of improvements headed your way. To start with, we've hooked up our keyboard shortcut picker, and then now if you choose that pick on the Advanced gestures page, you'll be presented a recorder and so you tin capture your favorite key combo – peradventure WIN + Alt + D or WIN + F to showtime with? Secondly, nosotros've added a Change sound and volume option to the set of bones swipe gestures you tin can pick from. Finally, we've updated the reset push to now has a progress circle and display a check mark when it is finished.

We've also heard your feedback from the last flight, and fixed a few problems including that the reset button wasn't clearing the settings listed on the advanced gestures page, that the 4-fingure gesture graphic was visible on devices that just supported 3-contact points, and that some of the avant-garde gestures options weren't working as expected. If you take any more feedback for us, delight let us know!

Windows Ink Improvements (PC):Starting with this build, pen dropdowns in Windows Ink Workspace volition allow you change both color and width without having to open up it twice. Later you make all the adjustments to your favorite pen, outset drawing correct away and we volition dismiss the dropdown for you.

Nosotros are also introducing Stencils. Windows Ink protractor tool combines functions of both protractor and compass into one – at present you can draw an arc or a complete circle of an arbitrary size with little endeavor. A familiar 2-finger pinch gesture resizes the protractor to the desired size and a degree readout follows your pen, mouse, or finger equally you lot depict along the side of the protractor displaying arc degrees. In this preview build, ruler also got a small update – its degree readout shows a numerical value of the bending, making drawing angles even easier.

Simplified, more familiar photographic camera interface (PC & Mobile):The Camera app received a big update this week for Insiders. Nosotros've redesigned the Camera interface for ease and accessibility.

You can now experience the magic of living images on your Surface, now enabled on Surface Book, Surface Pro 4, Surface Pro iii, and Surface 3! With living images, extend your still captures with a snippet of video. These are created automatically whenever your shots feature motion—merely navigate to Settings and turn on Capture living images.

And this release features a diversity of operation improvements to enhance your experience. We've added faster shot-to-shot support, improved feedback for saving big videos to SD cards, and improved photographic camera startup time, among other improvements.

Simplifying your developer feel (PC):We've washed some underlying work, and at present you lot'll no longer have to reboot your PC after turning on Developer Mode! This ways that you tin start using Device Portal and Device Discovery as presently as the Windows Programmer Mode bundle has finished installing, rather than having to reboot outset.

Narrator improvements:This build includes a number of improvements to Narrator including multiple fixes to continuous reading when used in tables and on web pages, a set up for the Caps Lock + Westward reading experience so dialogs and other elements are read correctly again, and a fix and so that reading hint text does not interrupt the reading of information by Narrator but comes subsequently the main information is read. And Narrator now properly indicates when it is exiting.

Windows Subsystem for Linux:Today nosotros are happy to announce ii large updates to WSL!

Official Ubuntu sixteen.04 support.Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial) is installed for all new Bash on Ubuntu on Windows instances starting in build 14951. This replaces Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty). Existing user instances volition non be upgraded automatically. Users on the Windows Insider program can upgrade manually from 14.04 to 16.04 using the do-release-upgrade command.

Windows / WSL interoperability.Users can now launch Windows binaries directly from a WSL control prompt. This is the number one request from our users on the WSL User Vocalism page.

The Windows development squad has also fixed a number of issues in PC and Mobile, including the problems with big Store games, such equally ReCore, Gears of War 4, Forza Horizon 3, Killer Instinct and Rise of the Tomb Raider that failed to launch. There are besides a few known issues with both the versions of today's Windows 10 Insider Preview. One of the previous issues with PC remains where you lot might not be able to complete the update to the latest build, if you accept a 3rd political party antivirus production installed. For more information on known issues and issues fixes, visit the official announcement page.

You tin install this latest Windows 10 Insider build via Windows Update if you're on the Fast ring.