Windows 11 preview build 22478 arrives with new Fluent-style emoji

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It'southward another week, which means it'southward time for another Windows 11 Insider Preview build for those in the Dev Channel. Today'due south build is 22478 and finally introduces the new Fluent-fashion emoji that the company showtime announced a couple of months ago. These new emoji align themselves with the residue of Windows 11's new, modern design.

In addition to the new emoji, today's build includes a bunch of new fixes and under the hood improvements to test. Here's what'southward new:

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We are excited to be giving Windows Insiders a "first expect" at how our new emoji design will wait in Windows 11 starting with today's Dev Aqueduct build.
The updated version of the Korean IME, which began rolling out with Build 22454, is now bachelor to everyone in the Dev Channel.
When your laptop is airtight, it'south at present possible to login to your PC using Facial Recognition (Windows Hullo) on a connected external monitor if information technology has a camera attached that supports it.
We've made a change to the underlying indexer platform to aid ameliorate overall reliability and database size, which should help reduce deejay space usage on the arrangement – peculiarly in cases where users had very large Outlook mailboxes.
Scrolling your mouse wheel on the book icon in the Taskbar will at present change the current book level.
Made some small adjustments to the dialog when adding a new linguistic communication in Settings to make it await a little more than modern, including rounding the corners.
Nosotros have begun testing Update Stack Packages that deliver update improvements outside of major Bone updates such every bit new builds.

Microsoft is besides releasing new wallpapers to marker the seventh ceremony of the Windows Insider Programme. Y'all can check out all the wallpapers here.

There'due south also a handful of new fixes as well:

Keyboard focus volition no longer get lost if you printing ESC after opening the user profile flyout in Start.
Updated the prompt text when pinning something from a UWP app to Offset, so it now says simply "Practise y'all want to pivot this to Start?".
Addressed an consequence that was causing Notification Center to become stuck in a country in contempo builds where it would end launching.
The plus icon for adding a new Desktop will now display properly when hovering over the Job View icon in the Taskbar when using Arabic and Hebrew languages.
After bringing upwardly an app'southward bound list from the Taskbar, right clicking on the app name should now testify the correct icon for Pin to Start (a pin icon).
Left and correct clicking Taskbar at the aforementioned time should no longer crash explorer.exe.
Fixed an issue where the control bar was doing unnecessary calculations when navigating to folders, causing an unexpected increment in performance. This is also believed to be the root cause of operation problems when using drag to select files, as well as using the arrow keys to navigate in sure folders.
The "Show subconscious items" option should no longer get out of sync when multiple File Explorer windows are open.
The recent searches flyout when hovering over the search icon in the Taskbar should no longer immediately dismiss on invocation if an admin window is in focus.
Setting focus to the search box in File Explorer shouldn't make the impact keyboard invoke and immediately dismiss at present when using a tablet with the Taskbar prepare to automobile-hide.
Fixed an issue causing the handwriting panel to non insert text when using it to write Chinese.
Mitigated a memory leak that could occur in ctfmon, causing unexpected resources usage over fourth dimension.
Addressed an event for a small number of users that was causing TextInputHost.exe crashes when setting focus on any text field.
for example if you continued an additional sound endpoint while the Sound folio in Settings was open.
Improved performance of loading the themes displayed in Personalization Settings.
If a non-admin user changes their display language in Language Settings, we'll no longer show the clickable sign-out button at that place as it was popping a UAC dialog and causing confusion.
The Windows Update entry at the pinnacle of the System page in Settings should no longer be misaligned with the other options (when shown) in languages like High german.
The Braille options in Settings for Narrator users should now be in sync with the actual country of the Braille input/output mode.
Made a modify to help address an outcome where "Media streaming options" in the Network and Sharing Middle would unexpectedly revert to default settings after an upgrade.
Improved Quick Settings launch reliability. This change should as well help accost the consequence causing the window to not fully return (merely a thin rectangle).
Addressed an effect where if you clicked on the media controls area in Quick Settings, information technology wasn't bringing the app displayed to the foreground in certain cases.
Fixed an issue where the colors for items in Quick Settings could get stuck and not reflect the proper colour for that country, particularly when using a contrast theme.
Updated the Quick Settings page for managing audio endpoints from "Volume" to "Sound output".
Opening the page for managing audio endpoints in Quick Settings should no longer crusade a cursory cut in audio playback when multiple devices are listed.
Mitigated an effect related to using ALT + Tab very quickly that could make explorer.exe crash.
Holding down ALT and pressing F4 subsequently pressing ALT + Tab will no longer crash explorer.exe.
When using the Standard arabic or Hebrew display languages, dragging an app window to a unlike Desktop should show the thumbnail moving in the correct direction now.
Fixed a casing effect that was causing LP.cab files to exist unexpectedly removed in certain cases, which could lead yous your brandish language changing until you added the desired display language back in Settings.
Addressed an issue that was causing some users to run into a bugcheck with error "KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_ERROR".
Mitigated an issue that was causing the SysMain service to utilize an unexpected amount of power in recent builds.
If the display order is missing in BCD settings that should no longer cause an upgrade failure.
Fixed an event that was causing captions to draw at the incorrect offset in certain apps.
Mitigated an effect that was causing crashes related to audiosrv.dll.
If going through OOBE with an Arabic or Hebrew brandish language, the book and accessibility buttons should brandish on the correct side of the screen at present.

As ever, you can cheque out the Windows Blog for the complete changelog, including a listing of known bug.

An internet connection will soon be required when setting up Windows 11 Pro

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An cyberspace connection will soon be required when setting upwards Windows xi Pro

Microsoft has announced that later this year, users will be required to connect to the cyberspace and sign-in with a Microsoft Account during the out of box setup experience on Windows 11 Pro. Microsoft has already been enforcing this requirement on Windows 11 Home since launch final Oct, and Windows 11 Pro is now expected to follow suit soon.