Optional Windows 11 September update adds tons of new preview features

AI actions in File Explorer

In addition to other improvements, File Explorer in Windows 11 will obtain new features fueled by AI:

• The right click on image files will now present certain AI actions, including visual search (web search using an image), a blurred background (carried out via the photo application), deleted objects (also via the photo application) and delete the background (via painting). To date, these actions are only available for JPG, JPEG and PNG files.
• You can now generate summaries of documents stored in OneDrive / SharePoint using Copilot without having to open each. (Requires an active Microsoft 365 subscription as well as a co -pilot license.)
• The Click to Do Context menu now offers the actions fueled by AI the most recent and most used, as well as more concise summaries via the Summary Action.

Windows settings improvements

Here are some of the upcoming improvements on the Settings Application:

• A direct navigation link to the agent page in the settings is now available from agent search results. (Only for Copilot + PCS.)
• The redesigned advanced parameter page (located on settings> system> Advanced) now replaces the page for for developers, which facilitates the search for various options.
• Several times, the language and keyboard settings have been moved from the configuration panel to the Settings application. This is in particular the addition of additional clocks, the formatting of date / personalization time and the rehearsal speed of the keyboard and the flashing rate of the cursor.
• New keyboard shortcuts have been added to quickly insert a Dash character (Windows + Less key) and an EM-Dash character (Key Windows + Shift + less).

Accessibility and accessories

Here are some protruding facts for external devices and accessibility features that are built directly in Windows 11:

• The management of the Xbox controller has been improved. By pressing in short, the Xbox button now opens the game bar, pressing long, it now opens the view of the task, and keep it completely extinguishes the controller.
• The Windows narrator now includes Braille Viewer, which displays text on the screen as well as its braille equivalent on a refreshing braille screen. It is accessible using the Windows + CTRL + key Entrance the shortcut, then the narrator key + the shortcut Alt + B.
• Windows vocal access now supports natural language controls, allowing you to use filling words and synonyms instead of strict, rigid and predefined control structures. This is currently available only for Copilot + PC PCs powered by AMD.
• Windows 11 now has a seamless plugin manager, which is accessible via settings> Accounts> Passkeys.

Other Windows 11 bug corrections

In addition to the new features, here are some notable bug corrections:

• In Explorer File, accentuated backgrounds are deleted from the “Open with” list, icons and overlapping text are fixed when using the increased text scale, and cloud files are getting faster now.
• A problem when starting hyper-V virtual machines with TPM on the ARM64 devices has been corrected.
• A problem where certain characters are not displayed properly when the Chinese IME was used.
• A problem where you cannot connect to shared files and folders when using the SMB V1 protocol on NetBT has been corrected.

There is always a problem where DRM content may not read in Blu-ray / DVD applications (but not in streaming applications like Netflix).