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Busy flighting day today, new builds for everybody! aka.ms/WIP-Beta-6-12-2026 aka.ms/WIP-Beta26H1-6-12-202… aka.ms/WIP-Experimental-6-12… aka.ms/WIP-Experimental26H1-… aka.ms/WIP-ExperimentalFP-6-… aka.ms/ReleasePreview24H2-25… aka.ms/ReleasePreview-26H1

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Hey Insiders, we're flighting several builds today, including a new 26H1 build train. See the WIP blog for more details: aka.ms/WIPBlog6-8-2026

Announcing new builds 8 June 2026

Hello Windows Insiders,   Announcing several new builds today across Beta and Experimental, including a new build train for 26H1!

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No Experimental or Experimental (Future Platforms today). We are working on restoring regular scheduled flighting for these.
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No new WIP builds today, working hard to resume flighting for next week!

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Start your engines, new WIP builds today! Blog: aka.ms/WIPBlog5-29-2026 Beta: aka.ms/WIP-Beta-5-29-2026 Experimental: aka.ms/WIP-Experimental-5-29… Experimental (26H1): aka.ms/WIP-Experimental26H1-… Experimental (Future Platforms): aka.ms/WIP-ExperimentalFP-5-…

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We're flighting! Beta: aka.ms/WIPBlog5-22-2026 Experimental: aka.ms/WIP-Experimental-5-22… Experimental (26H1): aka.ms/WIP-Experimental26H1-… Experimental (Future Platforms): aka.ms/WIP-ExperimentalFP-5-…

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The Beta link above links to the announce blog. Actual Beta release notes link: aka.ms/WIP-Beta-5-22-2026

Beta Preview Build 26220.8491 - Windows Insider Program

Release notes for Beta Preview Build 26220.8491

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Updated build numbers for Windows 11 Insider Release Preview builds for 24H2/25H2 and 26H1, containing minor bug fixes. See aka.ms/WIPBlogRP5-14-2026 for more details.

Announcing new Release Preview builds for 14 May 2026

[19 May 2026: Updated build numbers for new releases containing bug fixes - see release notes for details] Hello Windows Insiders, Today we're releasing new builds for Release Preview across our...

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And we're live with all todays builds! Thank you Insiders for patience as we had a slight publishing delay, we hope you enjoy today's Taskbar and Start announcements! aka.ms/WIPTaskbarStart

Improving Windows quality: Making Taskbar and Start more personal

In our commitment to Windows quality, we outlined our plans to deliver improvements in performance, reliability, and craft. We are also committed to

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Today's release notes: Beta: aka.ms/WIP-Beta-5-15-2026 Experimental: aka.ms/WIP-Experimental-5-15… Experimental (26H1): aka.ms/WIP-Experimental26H1-… Experimental (Future Platforms): aka.ms/WIP-ExperimentalFP-5-…
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And we're off! New WIP builds for today: Beta: aka.ms/WIP-Beta-5-8-2026 Experimental: aka.ms/WIP-Experimental-5-8-… Experimental (26H1): aka.ms/WIP-Experimental26H1-… Experimental (Future Platforms): aka.ms/WIP-ExperimentalFP-5-…

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Windows Insider Program retweeted
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Sharing April highlights as part of your ask for more transparency. Thanks for pushing us forward. Proud to be part of this community. @WindowsInsider flights are live today. aka.ms/WIP-5-1-26Update

Windows quality update: Progress we’ve made since March

Hello Windows Insiders I’ve now spent the past two months in this expanded role leading the Windows Insider Program. Two themes hav

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We have lift off! Today's flight notes: Beta: aka.ms/WIP-Beta-5-1-2026 Experimental: aka.ms/WIP-Experimental-5-1-… Experimental (26H1)/Canary 28000 Series: aka.ms/WIP-Experimental26H1-… Experimental (Future Platforms)/Canary 29500 series: aka.ms/WIP-ExperimentalFP-5-…

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We've also expanded the new WIP program to Canary 28000 Series Channel Insiders, moving to Experimental (26H1). See aka.ms/wipblog5-1-2026 for more details

Announcing new builds for 1 May 2026 and extending ISO support

Hello Windows Insiders, Today we are expanding the rollout of the new Windows Insider experience improvements to Canary Channel 28000 series devices, which will begin to move to Experimental (26H1)....

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And links for today's flights: Beta Channel: aka.ms/WIP-Beta-4-24-2026 (26220.8283) Dev Channel/Experimental: aka.ms/WIP-Experimental-4-24… (26300.8289) Canary 28000 Series: aka.ms/WIP-Experimental26H1-… (28020.1873) Canary 29500 Series: aka.ms/WIP-ExperimentalFP-4-… (29576.1000)

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Today's the day folks, we're beginning our move to the new Windows Insider Program channel system! As part of this, we're changing how we release build information. See aka.ms/wipchangesrollout for more details

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And we are ready for take off! Canary: aka.ms/WIP-Canary-4-17-2026 (28020.1863) Canary Option: aka.ms/WIP-Canary29570-4-17-… Dev: aka.ms/WIP-Dev-4-17-2026 (26300.8276) Beta: aka.ms/WIP-Beta-4-17-2026 (26220.8271)

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Take a look at the highlights from our Insider meetup in Seattle last month! Look forward to meeting more of you next week in New York City. Register your interest to attend this, as well as other locations! aka.ms/InsiderMeetupSeries youtu.be/xWfR-N1-RVE

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And we're cleared for lift off with today's flights! Canary: aka.ms/WIP-Canary-4-10-2026 (28020.1812) Canary Option: aka.ms/WIP-Canary29565-4-10-… (29565.1000) Dev: aka.ms/WIP-Dev-4-10-2026 (26300.8170) Beta: aka.ms/WIP-Beta-4-10-2026 (26220.8165)

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Sharing some big news and improvements coming to your Windows Insider experience! Check out the details at aka.ms/WIPChanges2026

Improving your Windows Insider experience

Hello Windows Insiders, Last month, Pavan shared our commitment to improving Windows quality, with a focus on performance, reliability and craft, i

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