Windows 11 24H2: Distribution of the release preview surprisingly stopped
Microsoft had been distributing the release preview of Windows 11 24H2 in the Insider channel since the end of May. Now Microsoft has put the brakes on.
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Microsoft has been distributing the preview of Windows 11 24H2 in the release preview insider channel since the end of May. Microsoft has now discontinued the distribution without giving reasons.
Many small improvements are to flow into the 24H2 edition of Windows 11. These include support for HDR backgrounds, improved energy saving, sudo for Windows, the inclusion of Rust in the Windows kernel, support for the new Wi-Fi 7 standard and better speech intelligibility. But the developers have also tackled small details. For example, they have added scrollable quick settings as a so-called flyout from the taskbar, the ability to create 7-zip and.tar archives in the file explorer instead of just ZIP archives. They have also made general improvements when connecting devices using Bluetooth Low Energy.
Temporary interruption
In the announcement of the update preview, Microsoft has now announced: "We are temporarily pausing the rollout of Windows 11 version 24H2 in the release preview channel. We will resume the rollout in the coming weeks".
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Microsoft is not commenting on the reasons for the distribution stop.
On X, formerly Twitter, Brandon LeBlanc, Senior Program Manager on Microsoft's Windows Insider team, commented: "I have nothing more to share beyond the content of the blog post and that we are working to roll it out again shortly".
Meanwhile, a brief discussion has sprung up on Reddit. There, users speculate that hitchy animations are a possible cause or several annoying bugs such as changing color profiles after waking up from sleep mode. Another participant interjects: "At least on ARM it's disastrous, the worst 'release' preview I can remember" - but what didn't work is not listed there.
Others argue that Microsoft may want to work on the announced changes for Recall. At the weekend, following sustained public criticism of the AI function, Windows boss Pavan Davuluri announced that Recall would become an opt-in feature and that the screenshots would no longer simply be searchable. Microsoft explicitly mentioned in the release notes for the update preview that Recall is not yet available in the update, as the function requires a Copilot+ PC. However, Recall could be activated with build 26100.712 on ARM systems or in Microsoft's Cloud Azure for tests with a few tricks and additional software.
(dmk)