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Microsoft's "commitment to Windows quality" starts with overhaul of beta program

Windows Insider builds remain confusing, but they should be more predictable.

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Microsoft's "commitment to Windows quality" starts with overhaul of beta program

Microsoft says it hears the complaints people have about the current state of Windows, and it wants to fix them. One of those fixes is another overhaul for its Windows Insider Program, the public beta system that Microsoft has used since Windows 10 to test and preview upcoming versions of the operating system and new app updates. The company hinted at this in its "commitment to Windows quality" post last month, and it's announcing details today in another post attributed to Microsoft Principal Group Product Manager Alec Oot. Since its last reorganization in 2023, the Windows Insider Program has had four testing channels. From least to most stable, these are the Canary channel, the Dev channel, the Beta channel, and the Release Preview channel. Both Canary and Dev are for earlier builds of Windows and new apps, while Beta tends to get things that are closer to finished and much more likely to ship to the general public. The Release Preview channel is a new Windows version's last stop before public release and is usually near-final. Read full article Comments

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