Home windows 11 KB5008353 Cumulative Replace Preview Launched

Microsoft has launched the optionally available KB5008353 Preview cumulative replace for Home windows 11 with 39 fixes or enhancements.

This Home windows 11 cumulative replace is a part of Microsoft’s January 2022 month-to-month “C” replace, permitting customers to check upcoming fixes within the February 2022 Patch Tuesday.

Not like Patch Tuesday updates, optionally available preview updates don’t comprise safety updates and solely embody bug fixes and efficiency enhancements.

Home windows customers can set up this replace by going into Settings, clicking on Home windows Replace, and deciding on ‘Verify for Updates.’ As that is an optionally available replace, you may be prompted to click on on the obtain and set up button earlier than Home windows 11 will set up the replace.

Home windows 11 customers can even obtain and manually set up the KB5008353 replace from the Microsoft Replace Catalog.

What’s new in Home windows 11 KB5008353

After putting in the KB5008353 replace, Home windows 11 will change its construct quantity to 22000.469.

The Home windows 11 KB5008353 cumulative replace preview consists of 39 enhancements or fixes, with the 12 highlighted ones listed beneath:

• Updates a problem that causes the audio service to cease responding on some gadgets that help hardware-accelerated Bluetooth audio.

• Updates a problem that impacts icons for apps when the apps usually are not working. On the taskbar, these icons would possibly show as energetic as if the apps are working.

• Provides a brand new Your Microsoft Account web page to the Accounts class in Home windows Settings for Residence and Skilled editions.

• Updates a problem that incorrectly exhibits the quantity icon within the taskbar as muted.

• Updates a problem that causes a tool to cease working when it’s related to a number of shows.

• Updates a problem that impacts the auto-hide function of the taskbar. The taskbar may not reliably seem whenever you hover over the first or secondary show.

• Updates a problem that may forestall icons from showing on the taskbar of a secondary show.

• Improves auto brightness to offer a greater response beneath low mild circumstances on all of the supported programs.

• Updates daylight financial savings time to begin in February 2022 as an alternative of March 2022 in Jordan.

• Provides the HelpWith function, which makes use of Microsoft Bing applied sciences to recommend Assist subjects which might be related for every Settings web page. 

• Updates a problem that shows outdated battery percentages for related Bluetooth gadgets on the Bluetooth and different gadgets web page in Settings.

• Updates a identified concern that may forestall some picture modifying packages from rendering colours accurately on sure excessive dynamic vary (HDR) shows. This steadily impacts white colours that may show in vibrant yellow or different colours.

This replace additionally consists of the fixes for area controller reboots and L2TP VPN connection points attributable to the January 2022 updates.

Microsoft says that there’s just one identified concern on this replace, the place Microsoft Outlook search might not present current emails.

“Latest emails may not seem within the search outcomes of the Microsoft Outlook desktop app. This concern is said to emails which were saved domestically in a PST or OST information,” explains the KB5008353 launch notes.

“It would have an effect on POP and IMAP accounts, in addition to accounts hosted on Microsoft Trade and Microsoft 365. If the default search within the Microsoft Outlook app is ready to server search, the problem will solely have an effect on the superior search.”

To mitigate this concern, Microsoft recommends customers disable Home windows Desktop search, which is able to power Microsoft Outlook to make use of its built-in search function.

You’ll find a whole checklist of enhancements and fixes within the KB5008353 help bulletin.