What’s New in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26058 Released | New Improvement

What’s New in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26058 Released | New Improvement

A new Pointer Indicator setting has been added under Accessibility settings to help low-vision users more easily locate and use their mouse cursor. When enabled, users can toggle the pointer indicator on and off using the keyboard shortcut “Win + Ctrl + X“. This feature aims to make Windows devices more productive for accessibility needs.

In 26058, The widgets board also gains notable upgrades in this release. A navigation panel is now available on the left side allowing seamless switching between a dashboard showing your selected widgets and the new integrated Discover feed for current events. This expands the widget’s capabilities to move beyond a simple widget showcase into an information discovery platform.

Related to the widgets board, Microsoft has begun rolling out a useful badging feature that provides notification counts for any missed notifications when widgets aren’t open. The badge shows on the taskbar providing at-a-glance awareness to avoid missing important notifications.

For Canary channel users, a richer interactive weather card will now display on the lock screen including expanded forecast details on hover. The full weather forecast can also be viewed by clicking the card to launch a Microsoft Edge tab with MSN weather data. This enriches the lock screen with dynamic information to complement the background image or slideshow.

What’s New in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26058 Released | New Improvement

Windows 11 Insider Preview, Among the smaller changes in this build, the “CTRL + S” keyboard shortcut now opens Voice Access instead of the deprecated Windows Speech Recognition feature. File Explorer’s context menu also gains helpful text labels for copy, paste, and other actions to enhance usability.

In the fixes department, Microsoft resolved several high-impact issues from prior builds. These include the black screen occurrences some users faced, display problems in the Optional Features page, and Windows Sandbox failing to initialize errors. The Windows Update last checked time also shows correctly again.

While new known issues were introduced related to game compatibility, VPN status displays, and other areas – Build 26058 demonstrates steady progress in improving stability. For Windows Insiders on the development journey to Windows 11’s next feature update, the latest preview carries positive momentum.