Today, Microsoft is releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview build 25136 to the Dev channel. This time, it actually comes with a couple of key new features. Most notably, it comes with tabs in the File Explorer.

Screenshot of tabs in the File Explorer

This is a feature that leaked in an earlier build, and then Microsoft announced later on. Now, it's finally going live. Unfortunately, assuming that the features require a new build of Windows 11, this won't arrive in this year's 22H2 update. It's possible that it could arrive via an experience pack or one of the many ways that Microsoft delivers Windows features these days.

There's also new navigation, which you'll notice if you take a look at the left panel of the File Explorer. Known folders have been split out from the This PC section and into their own. Also, known folders that are backed up to OneDrive will display the correct path.

Windows 11 widget content

Next up is new widget functionality. As you can see in the bottom-left corner of the screenshot above, it's showing information from the Finance widget. Right now, that space is reserved for weather information, so in this new build, it's going to show information from other widgets like Finance and Sports. The blog post didn't say anything about being able to customize what appears there.

As always, these new features aren't available to everyone. Even though Insiders in the Dev channel are explicitly sacrificing the stability of their system when they enroll in the Dev channel with the promised exchange being the ability to test new features, Microsoft only delivers those features to a lucky few.

As always, there are a bunch of fixes and known issues.

As always, you can et the build via Windows Update. If you're not on the Dev channel, you can enroll by going to Settings -> Windows Update -> Windows Insider Program.

Source: Microsoft