Microsoft has announced the availability of Windows 10 Insider Preview build 14959 for PC and Mobile for testers on the Fast ring. This build includes Unified Update Platform on Mobile, plus display scaling improvements in Hyper-V virtual machines.
“Last week, we held an event in New York to share our aspiration to empower a new wave of creativity with the Windows 10 Creators Update,” Microsoft’s Dona Sarkar explains. “Windows Insiders running the latest builds have already been trying out the Creators Update [but] the new and exciting visible features you saw shown off at the event will start rolling out in builds in the coming weeks.”
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In the meantime, this new build contains one major feature each for Windows 10 Mobile and Windows 10 for PCs.
Mobile users are getting their first peek at Unified Update Platform (UUP), which I just wrote about separately. For the user, the impact will be small, in the sense that it doesn’t change how Windows 10 Mobile works. But UUP is a big deal.
For PC users, build 14959 picks up a new zoom feature for Hyper-V virtual machines so they can display correctly on PCs with high-DPI displays. Now, you can override the default scaling and set it to 100, 125, 150 or 200 percent. Nice!
Beyond that, build 14959 picks up various fixes and improvements on PC and Mobile, though nothing really stands out. You can check out the Microsoft post for more details. Known issues are likewise minimal. On PC, third party antivirus continues to be an issue—that’s an easy fix—and IE crashes regularly. Also an easy fix.