Windows 10 build 21327 is implemented for Insiders on the Dev Channel with user interface improvements

It’s that time of the week again! Microsoft is back with another preview version of Windows 10 for those on the Dev Channel that features some notable improvements to the user interface. Today’s build is 21327 and features an enhanced user interface for the taskbar ‘News & Interests’ features, as well as new Fluent Design system icons in applications such as Settings and Start.

This is the first build in a while that has added noticeable improvements to the user interface, which is nice to see. MIcrosoft is trying to make the Windows UI more consistent with the major launch of Sun Valley in the fall, and updating system icons is something Microsoft is doing to make that happen. Therefore, it is good to see that these slightly rounded and cleaner looking icons are now appearing on the system.

I’ll notice that these new icons are not everywhere yet, but this is because this is a preview version and it takes time to make everything consistent with the new design. I’m sure this will happen before these icons are sent.

Here’s the rest of today’s changelog:

• Thank you for your continued comments on news and interests on the Windows taskbar! Today, we are excited to start launching a new design that makes reading and interacting with the headlines and stories in your feed even more enjoyable. The images of the articles now shine with a vibrant and colorful design, making your feed more visible, engaging and beautiful.
• Insightful Windows Insiders will notice that many of the system icons in this build have been updated and are now aligned to the Microsoft Fluent Design style. This build includes a new Segoe Fluent Icons font. Areas of the operating system that use Segoe MDL2 features, such as the Start menu and the Settings application, will include new icon designs that have a more rounded and simplified appearance.
• On ARM64 devices, the default architecture for PowerShell is now x64 instead of x86.

And here are the corrections:

• We fixed an issue that affected the reliability of Start and other modern applications on recent flights.
• Fixed an issue where an alternating key on the touch keyboard had the wrong background color when you hovered the mouse cursor or the stylus over it. This change is being implemented initially in a subset of Insiders to help us quickly identify issues that can affect performance and reliability.
• Fixed an issue where the KANA input mode on the touch keyboard did not persist in the next release when using the traditional Japanese 106/109 keyboard layout.
• We fixed an issue with the new “Paste as plain text” option in the clipboard history, where the text was limited in some languages.
• We fixed an issue for the specific clipboard content where, if you clicked the first entry in the clipboard history, it would paste something other than what was selected.
• Fixed an issue that resulted in the emoji panel and the IME candidate window partially off the screen, sometimes on recent flights.
• We fixed an issue that could result in a bug check with IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL when installing certain applications.
• We fixed an issue with recent flights that could result in the DWM login and crash screen.
• We fixed an issue where, if your primary monitor uses HDR and the secondary monitors are using SDR, the thumbnails of the applications on the taskbar of the primary monitor are black.
• We fixed a bug where display changes can cause a window to unexpectedly increase or decrease. This was mainly isolated on systems with monitors configured for different scale factors (DPI).
• We fixed an issue on recent flights where your PC may crash if you rotate it in tablet mode.
• We fixed an issue that could result in a delay when using the Xbox Game Bar to record your game on a 144 Hz or higher monitor.
• We fixed an issue in recent builds that could result in crashes when playing games using multiple monitors.
• We fixed an issue that generated incorrect notifications after each update, indicating that new applications were added to the Startup applications section in Settings.
• We fixed an issue that could cause updates to crash at 88%.
• Fixed an issue that resulted in errors when launching bundled MSIX desktop applications on recent Dev Channel builds.

As always, you can check the Windows Blog for the full changelog, including a list of known issues. Will you install today’s development build? Let us know in the comments.