Windows Insider Update | Looking back for the 25th anniversary of Windows 95

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! September Webcast Tuesday, 9/15/2020 at 10 AM PT Save invite to your calendar August Podcast Listen to the podcast Part 1 and Part 2 Looking back for the 25th anniversary of Windows 95 On August 24, 1995, Windows 95 was launched, introducing the iconic Start menu. Over the past 25 years, Windows has continued to evolve, building on this rich history of innovation. Join us for a look back at how Windows has changed to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. SEE ITS EVOLUTION > Introducing Your Phone Apps with Link to Windows integration Now, you can instantly access your Android phone’s mobile apps directly from your Windows 10 device. There’s no need to install, sign in, or set up your apps on your device, saving you time and hassle. (Currently supported on select Samsung devices.) LEARN MORE ABOUT YOUR PHONE APPS > GET YOUR PHONE APP > New design for refresh rate in display settings You can now see all the different supported refresh rates for your display and change yours in Settings > Display > Advanced display settings. Select a display to view or change, and then set your preferred refresh rate. This feature is available for Windows Insider Program users in the Beta channel only CHANGE YOUR DISPLAY REFRESH RATE > Store your signatures in the cloud We’ve heard from many of you that setting up Outlook from scratch on every new device was too time consuming, so this will be one less thing to worry about. Your default signatures will now follow your account across Windows devices. Create it once and use it everywhere! LEARN MORE ABOUT STORING SIGNATURES > Flight News Stay on top of the latest release in your channel! See what’s in the latest Windows 10 Insider Preview Build or version for your channel. Dev Channel Build 20201 Beta Channel Build 19042.487 Release Preview Channel Build 19041.450 Tips & Tricks Do you have friends, family, or teammates in different time zones? The Taskbar’s clock and calendar flyout can display up to two additional clocks. Great if you need to convert the time regularly. Wanna try it? Go to Settings > Time & Language > Date & Time and select Add clocks for different time zones. Like the wallpaper in the above screenshot? You can download it here. 😊 Pin Microsoft To Do lists to customize your Start menu With the updated Start menu design that’s rolling out, there’s no time like the present to make your Start menu feel a little more personal. Did you know that you can pin your Microsoft To Do lists to your Start to see a preview of what’s on your agenda? To pin one of your lists, just open Microsoft To Do, right-click on the desired list in the navigation pane, and select Pin to Start. You can also pin other things to the Start menu, including clocks from the Alarms & Clock app, notebooks from OneNote, the current weather in different cities via the Weather app, and your frequently used Settings pages that you want easy access to. Emoji and kaomoji at your fingertips When you’re communicating purely through text, sometimes you need a little something extra to help express yourself. Long gone are the days when you need to copy and paste emoji from a website —just press the Windows key plus Period (.) or the Windows key plus Semicolon to bring up the Emoji Panel. If you switch over to the kaomoji section, you’ll also find familiar expressions like shrug ( ¯\_(ツ)_/ ¯) and gimmie ( ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ ). FOLLOW US ON TWITTER FOR MORE FEATURES > For IT Pros 20H2 is now available for validation and support for organizations The next version of Windows 10 is now available for you to validate in your organization across the Beta Channel, the Release Preview Channel, Azure Marketplace, and WSUS. If your organization needs any support with the 20H2 builds, it’s now available for Insiders running 20H2 builds on work devices. LEARN MORE IN THE MICROSOFT TECH COMMUNITY > For Developers Latest in developer releases We’ve had many key releases for developers recently, including: WinUI 3 Preview 2 and Rust/WINRT versions with improvements and fixes. Windows Terminal Preview 1.2 and Windows Terminal 1.1 with new features like focus mode, always on top mode, and new key binding commands. PowerToys 0.20 with a new screen color picker. Windows Admin Center version 2007, which is compatible with the new Azure Stack HCI. Updated Figma design toolkit, which our design teams also use for projects like the design-to-code process from the fluent design talk at Microsoft Build. Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 USA