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Windows Insider Program Explore the future of Windows Welcome to our monthly newsletter, where we discuss the latest in features, flights, and innovation for Windows Insiders. Tune In Learn more about upcoming features, discuss preview builds, explore technical issues, and more! June Podcast Listen to the podcast Introducing Windows Insider Channels We are excited to announce that we’re transitioning our current ring model, based on the frequency of builds, to a new channel model that pivots on the quality of builds and better supports parallel coding efforts. To provide a similar experience to all Insiders, Microsoft is offering similar names and expectations across Windows and Office programs and soon Microsoft Edge and Microsoft Teams. As always, we’re excited to provide a better experience to our Windows Insiders to help shape the future of Windows. LEARN MORE ABOUT CHANNELS > See the latest Windows 10 Insider Preview Build or version in your channel: Dev Channel Build 20152 Beta Channel Build 19042.330 Release Preview Channel Build 19041.329 May 2020 Update—Thank you for your contribution! Since the beginning of this year, the world’s changed significantly all around us. As people’s routines change, it’s our mission to continue to evolve and improve the Windows experience to meet over a billion people’s needs. Thanks to all the Windows Insiders who gave us feedback on Windows 10 Insider Preview Builds and helped us deliver the new features in the May 2020 Update. LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MAY 2020 UPDATE > Control your music and audio from within the Your Phone app Check out another exciting Your Phone app feature that’s available to general public. This feature allows you to control your music and audio apps from within the Your Phone app. You can access and control the audio apps, including play, pause, and previous/next, playing from your phone directly within the app, without needing to split your attention between devices or breaking your workflow. Your audio tracks will remain in sync between your phone and PC, and you can switch between multiple sources using the dropdown in the player. GET THE YOUR PHONE APP > Share your thoughts on participating in and browsing feedback We’d like to hear from our Windows Insiders who regularly use Feedback Hub or UserVoice to share opinions and ideas about Microsoft products or browse feedback. If you have left comments, upvoted feedback, or provided more information about known problems, please complete this survey and help us better understand what matters to you most and what can be improved for a better feedback experience. TAKE THE SURVEY > New capabilities in Presenter Coach in PowerPoint Presenter Coach in PowerPoint uses AI to help you rehearse upcoming presentations, and we're excited to announce new capabilities to make your presentations the best they can be. Now, based on feedback from preview participants, we’re introducing Monotone Pitch and Speech Refinement. SAY HELLO TO PRESENTER COACH > Try our experimental marketplace for the fair exchange of data Every day, developers and researchers are finding creative ways to leverage AI to augment human intelligence and solve tough problems. Whether they’re training a computer vision model that can spot endangered snow leopards or helping us do our business expenses more easily when we scan pictures of receipts, they need a lot of quality pictures to do it. Trove, a Microsoft Garage project, creates a platform for everybody to securely participate in the development of meaningful AI projects by connecting developers and photo takers in a fair, transparent marketplace. Using the mobile app, photo takers can browse and contribute to different AI projects by submitting photos that AI developers can use to train models. Trove aims to foster the development of higher quality data through an experimental marketplace that values transparency, control, enrichment, and connection. Trove is currently accepting a small number of experiment participants in the United States on both Android and iOS. Sign up for a private preview today. LEARN MORE AND TRY TROVE > Tips & Tricks Are you colorblind? Is someone you know? Did you know Windows comes with three color filters you can choose from to help make the colors on your screen more distinct if you're colorblind? The option is under Settings > Ease of Access > Color Filters. If it’s turned on in Settings, you can also quickly turn your preferred filter on or off with WIN + Ctrl + C. Monitor your system activity and manage active processes Does anyone else like to open Task Manager just to see what's going on with their system? Ctrl + Shift + Esc will bring it up when you need it. If you always want Task Manager to launch on top of your other apps, you can turn this on in Task Manager under Options. Need to get at Device Manager or an elevated PowerShell window? Press WIN + X! A bunch of useful options will appear. You can also bring up this menu by right-clicking the Start menu icon. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER FOR MORE FEATURES > For IT Pros Deploying a new version of Windows 10 in a remote world Interested in learning how to deploy Windows 10, version 2004 (and future versions of Windows 10) to your organization while working remotely? We have recommendations on how to keep a remote workforce and your device ecosystem current with Windows 10 by leveraging direct internet connections in secure ways. LEARN MORE IN THE MICROSOFT TECH COMMUNITY > Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 USA