Microsoft today released its last preview update of 2022 for Windows 10 and 11, and Windows 11 users are getting some new features.
“The November 2022 non-security preview release is now available for all supported versions of Windows,” the Windows Message Center notes. “There will be no preview, non-security releases for Windows 10 or Windows 11 during the month of December.”
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As that site notes, Preview releases normally target the third week of the month, or the so-called “week C.” But this one arrived in the fifth week of November, which Microsoft isn’t discussing from what I can see. Whatever: we have some new features to preview. (This update will be delivered to everyone in the second week of December, or in “week B.”) To get them, you will need to manually check for updates in Windows Update and then install 2022-11 Cumulative Update for Windows 11 Version 22H2 (KB5020044).
According to the release notes, this update includes three new features for users:
KB5020044 also fixes numerous bugs, including one that prevented “Modern” (Microsoft Store) apps from opening.