Windows 11 build 22509.1000

Windows 11 build 22509 is the thirteenth 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 1 December 2021, seven days after its server counterpart.

Narrator
Performance improvements to Narrator have been made for web browsing with Microsoft Edge.
 * The response time of Narrator's scan mode when pressing Ctrl to jump to the address bar has been improved in order to start type immediately.
 * Narrator will now read the character that the cursor position is at after a character has been deleted.
 * Users will get more contextual information when navigating around the web.
 * Improvements in heading navigation, a more consistent scan mode navigation experience where scan mode is less likely to loop between items, and a more consistent hyperlink reading experience when navigating forwards and backwards has been made.

Start menu

 * "More pins" or "More recommendations" layout option has been added in the right-click context menu on Start to show an extra row of either pins or recommendations, respectively.

Shell

 * The clock and date will be displayed on the taskbars of the secondary monitor for glanceability when it's connected.
 * Three high priority notifications will now be shown as stacked and shown at the same time, along with the normal priority notification.
 * Repeatedly pressing ⊞ Win plus the number corresponding to an app icon's position in the taskbar should cycle now through the app's windows instead of stopping at the last window.
 * Narrator will show information about the desktops when Narrator focus is set to the Task View button and the Desktops flyout appears.
 * The Chinese Simplified IME candidates has been updated to be center aligned with the candidate window height has been customized.

Settings

 * The advanced sharing settings (such as Network discovery, File and printer sharing, and public folder sharing) in Control Panel have been moved to a new page under Advanced Network Settings page.
 * As part of this change, some of the entry points for network and devices settings in Control Panel will now redirect to the corresponding pages in the Settings app.
 * Updates to the device specific pages under Printers & Scanners page have been made in order to show more information about printer or scanner directly in the Settings app when available.
 * A new option to the Installed Apps page has been added to sort the list from Name (Z to A), and accordingly, the previous Alphabetically option has been renamed to Name (A to Z).
 * A confirmation dialog has been added when clicking the Uninstall button when using the Installed Apps page in grid view.

Miscellaneous

 * The system will now remember if Bluetooth or Wi-Fi is turned on while in airplane mode.
 * Support for rebooting inside of its virtualized environment has been added to Windows Sandbox.

Bugfixes

 * Fixed a bug where several system icons in the taskbar would get larger than normal if DPI scaling level is set to 125%.
 * Fixed an  crash related to updating badges in the taskbar in recent Nickel builds.
 * Fixed a bug where handwriting is not working when the language is set to Chinese.
 * Mitigated an issue related to the mouse that was causing some Insiders to experience a bugcheck during hibernation sometimes in recent Nickel builds (making it appear as if the computer had rebooted).
 * Fixed touch keyboard invocation in PowerShell.
 * Fixed a bug where the displayed thumbnails and content area in Task View would unexpectedly shrinking when hovering the mouse back and forth between different desktops.
 * Fixed a bug where the  (aka the option that some apps use to create a small always on top window) is not working.
 * Fixed a race condition that was causing  to crash sometimes when closing a snap group of three or more windows in Task View.
 * Removed the unexpected tilt animation when clicking down on a corner of the New Desktop button.
 * A tweak has been made to address an underlying issue that was causing the context menu to animation down to the mouse instead of away from the mouse when right-clicking a desktop in Task View.
 * Fixed a high hitting DWM crash in recent Nickel builds.
 * Fixed some overlapping text for certain languages on the Installed Apps page in the Settings app.
 * The  URI has been changed to   to address scenarios where existing links expect the latter to lead to the list of installed apps, for example, when selecting the App Settings option after right clicking a UWP app in Start.
 * Fixed issues where some devices are unable to install new builds or perform an update with error codes,   or  -.
 * Some work has been made to help address an issue leading to the Wi-Fi connection getting lost after resuming from sleep.