Microsoft Issues New Windows 11 Insider Preview Builds to Dev and Beta Channels

It looks like Microsoft isn’t getting into the holiday spirit quite yet. Instead, it has delivered Dev and Beta channel updates to the Windows Insider Program.

If you have a PC enrolled in the Dev channel, you’ll find a cumulative update (KB5048761) waiting for you in Windows Update that will upgrade Windows 11 version 24H2 to build 26120.2702. It includes a few new features, most notably a new advanced camera options page in Camera settings with multi-app camera capabilities and basic camera debugging and the Microsoft Edge Game Assist in-game browser. But there are also new WebAuth Plugin Authenticator APIs for third-party passkey providers and a slew of fixes. Plus some issues with Recall, Click to Do, and other system components that Microsoft says will be fixed in future updates (presumably after the holidays).

Meanwhile, KB5048753 is being offered to PCs in the Beta channel, upgrading them to Windows 11 version 23H2 build 22635.4655. This update provides minor changes to Spotlight on the Lock screen and Desktop, a visual preview when sharing web links, and Microsoft Edge Game Assist. All the usual CFR nonsense applies, so you may not see any or all of these changes immediately.