Microsoft has released the third official build of Windows 11 and, sure enough, the major build number is unchanged and it brings only a handful of small refinements. So it’s pretty clear that Windows 11 is “complete,” in the sense that all major work is done, and that we’ll only be seeing small changes—plus the eventual release of a few promised but still missing new features—going forward.
The minor refinements we see in this build include:
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Entertainment widget. The first feature that most Windows 11 users will immediately disable, Widgets, has a new entertainment widget that will display new and featured movie titles available in the Microsoft Store.
Context menu improvements. The context menus in Windows 11 have been updated to use the Acrylic material.
Taskbar previews improvements. The thumbnail previews you see when you mouse-over open apps on the taskbar have been updated to reflect the new visual design provided by Windows 11.
And that’s it. Beyond those, Microsoft has also fixed numerous bugs across the system. As with the previous update, this is a tiny install that does require a reboot but can be completed in just several minutes. Let’s all hope this is the way most Windows 11 updates will be going forward. What a difference.
innitrichie
<p>I know that Windows is the best way to experience movies in the home. I’m excited to explore this new widget in Windows 11.</p>
blue77star
<p>Sad part is that Windows 11 won’t support my Skylake X 18/36 cores 7980xe 7th CPU. I do not understand how it is not enough for Windows 11, it is beast CPU and my mobo supports TPM 2.0</p>
blue77star
<p>Most likely I will end up installing hacked Windows 11 where security check is removed. There is no way for me to replace 18/36 Skylake X for something new.</p>
blue77star
<p>There are quite few bugs with Settings. One of them is rename link in Settings does not work. Also if you want to enable remote desktop connection to allow remote connection from other computers on your network, toggle does not work. To go around these two issues I used CMD and Control Panel.</p>
blue77star
<p>If you are on Zen 2 processor, stay away from Windows 11. The performance drops almost 20%, tested on 3900x. I believe this is because Windows 11 CPU Scheduler is completely redone to accommodate for big / little Alder Lake Design. I hope Microsoft fixes issue for Ryzen CPU, I believe they will but for now stick with Windows 10.</p>