After finally serving up mainstream Windows
10 Mobile customers with the long-awaited Anniversary Update on
Tuesday, Microsoft is now dishing out a new preview build to Windows Insider
participants for both desktop and mobile platforms. Listed as Build
14905, this release of Windows 10 provides absolutely nothing new in the
features department for desktop participants outside a short list of fixes and
improvements. The new build for Windows 10 Mobile, however, is a different
story.
The lovely Windows Insider program boss Dona
Sarkar said on Wednesday that Build 14905 for Windows 10 Mobile
features a “newly refined sound set,” meaning the team is pushing for a higher
quality sound library on Windows 10 mobile devices that’s “more beautiful and
harmonious” than previous builds. This upgrade will bring Windows 10 Mobile in
tune with the sound library provided on PCs and tablets for a more familiar
experience on phones. These new sound effects can be sampled under Settings
> Personalization > Sounds.
The new build for Windows 10 Mobile also provides a
short list of fixes and improvements. For starters, the team resolved an issue
that prevented music from resuming once a call had ended. Strangely
enough, this issue also included the Maps app providing audible turn-by-turn
directions during music playback. Honestly, playing music,
focusing on turn-by-turn instructions, and talking on the phone at the same
time would be rather distracting while on the road.
On the PC front, Build 14905 brings support for the CTRL
+ O keyboard shortcut to Microsoft Edge, which places a focus on the address
bar. The built-in browser also had an issue stemming from opening a new tab,
which generated a large blank space between the address bar
and web content once the address bar moved back to the top.
Outside the improvements to Microsoft Edge, the latest
build fixes a problem with Sketchpad and Screen Sketch that crashed both apps
when the ruler was visible and the user tried to change ink color twice in a
row. Narrator Scan mode for table navigation now supports keyboard shortcuts
for moving to the beginning or the end of a table.
As previously reported, Windows Insiders won’t see
anything new in preview builds for a while given that the team is fine-tuning
OneCore, the foundation (or heart) of Windows 10 that’s used across multiple
form factors, including PC and mobile. Because of this work, Insiders may see
additional bugs and other annoying issues instead of new features. Participants
worried that the Fast Ring could cause instability problems during Microsoft’s
structural improvements are suggests to migrate over to the Slow or Release
Preview rings for now.
Finally, in addition to releasing Build 14905, Sarkar
also revealed the winner of the Windows Insider program T-shirt design contest.
The winning design was submitted by U.S-based E. Bautista, which will be used
on T-shirts sold by Microsoft via its online store. Nope, no free
T-shirts for Insiders.
