Windows 11 build 22533

Windows 11 build 22533 is the seventeenth Insider Preview build of Nickel, the 22H1 development semester of Windows as a service. It was released to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel on 12 January 2022.

Shell

 * The flyout design for the hardware indicators for brightness, volume, camera privacy, camera on/off and airplane mode has been updated to align with the design principles of Windows 11 and removed the old Metro UI.
 * The ability to pin, search or toggle voice access on the taskbar or Start menu has been added.
 * The "Apps & Features" item in ⊞ Win context menu has been renamed to "Installed apps".
 * A tooltip showing the full window name will appear when hovering the mouse over a truncated window title in Alt or Task View.
 * The reliability of the Wi-Fi icon in the taskbar has been improved.
 * The experience for accessibility tools (such as Magnifier and Narrator) with the updated input switcher has been improved.

Features

 * The new "Text input" page in Settings app and 13 touch keyboard themes for customizing other input methods, initally introduced in build 22504, have been rolled out to all users.
 * The rollout of the updated entry point for Widgets, initally introduced in build 22518, has been reset.
 * As a result, the entry point may be reverted to the original view when updating to this build.

Miscellaneous
Starting from this build, the Clock app can be uninstalled by users.

Bugfixes

 * Fixed an issue where some devices may fail to update drivers and firmware with an error code.
 * Addressed an issue causing users to be unable to sign into certain built-in apps, such as Feedback Hub.
 * Fixed the text in the exploit protection description in the Windows Security app so it just refers to Windows and not Windows 10.
 * Fixed an issue resulting in not being able to import photos from certain cameras and mobile phones into the Photos app.
 * Launching Windows Sandbox, closing it, and then launch it again, should no longer lead to having two Windows Sandbox icons in the taskbar (one of which is non-functional).
 * Addressed an issue where right-clicking on the date and time on the taskbar on the primary monitor when multiple monitors are connected may lead  to crash.
 * Addressed an issue where holding Ctrl and hovering the mouse over the Task View icon in the taskbar may lead  to crash.
 * Mitigated an underlying issue related to the use of mica in Settings which was impacting overall reliability of the Settings app in recent Nickel builds.
 * Fixed an issue impacting some users which was resulting in Settings crashing when trying to access the Installed Apps, Startup Apps, and Default Apps pages.
 * Mitigated an issue that was making the Wheel page in Settings app crash when adding an action for an app.
 * The crackle sound when playing audio and repeatedly clicking the volume slider in Quick Settings to change the volume has been removed.
 * Improved how the text color and buttons look with theming applied on candidate window, emoji panel and clipboard.
 * Before this, some buttons/text was hard to see with certain custom background colors.
 * Addressed an issue where the voice typing launcher may unexpectedly reappear when clicking the microphone icon to invoke voice typing.

Settings

 * The signal strength indicators may not reflect the correct signal strength when viewing the list of available Wi-Fi networks in the Settings app.
 * The Settings app may crash when going to HDR section under System page.
 * A blank entry may appear under Bluetooth & Devices page in Settings app.
 * In some cases, several texts and strings across the Settings app may be mixed up and disorganized.

Widgets

 * Changing the taskbar alignment may cause the Widgets button to disappear from taskbar.
 * When having multiple monitors, Widgets content on taskbar may get out of sync between monitors.
 * The information such as temperature may not show on a left-aligned taskbar.

General

 * Attempting to open a folder named "advanced" may open the "Advanced sharing settings" page in Settings app.
 * Pressing multimedia keys (such as the volume and brightness keys) on the keyboard may crash.