Last updated to match version 10.0.21327, see 21H1 for more changes

Start + taskbar

• Folders in the app list in the Start menu will now be flattened when only 1 item is located in the folder
• News and interests has been added to the right on the taskbar, including a news feed, weather widget and more, showing the weather on the taskbar
• Right-clicking locally available files in jumplists will now show an option to "Open File Location"

User Interface

• Replaces the MDL2 icon set with Segoe Fluent Icons
• Updates the window opening and closing animations
• Aero Shake has been removed, shaking a window will no longer hide all other windows

File Explorer

• The 3D Objects userfolder has been removed as a default library.

Microsoft Edge

• Removes Microsoft Edge Legacy and replaces it with Microsoft Edge

System

• Support for x64 emulation on ARM devices

Settings

System

• The "Multitasking" page has been renamed to "Multi-tasking"
• Storage Space settings have been added under "Storage"
• Sounds now displays a message when microphone permissions have been turned off for the whole system or all apps

Devices

• Toggling the touchpad no longer required admin privileges
• The notification to pair Bluetooth tdevices will now remain on screen longer

Apps

• Under "Apps & features" > "Optional features" you can now install and uninstall the Snipping Tool
• Updates a number of strings under "Offline maps"

Time & Language

• When the timezone in your locations changes, Windows will now show a notification indicating that the timezone is being changed, if the OS isn't certain about this change, it will provide options within the notifications to not change the timezone

Apps

PowerShell

• PowerShell will now run as x64 on ARM64 instead of x86.

Register

• Adds support for using Ctrl + Backspace to delete an entire word in the Find window, when renaming a key and other places

Snipping Tool

• Snipping Tool can now be uninstalled through Optional Features

Task Manager

• Updates the scaling of graphs in the Task Manager's Performance-tab

Accessibility

• Narrator will now announce that notifications have been cleared when deleting a group of notifications when using the Delete key or Dismiss button
• Narrator has an updated icon
• Magnifier has improved, smoother motion when transitioning between mouse and keyboard

Language and input

• The dictation UI has been updated to appear floating at the bottom of the screen instead of beng locked to the top bar
• Improved spellchecking and text prediction relevance
• Undocking the keyboard will now automatically switch it to the small keyboard layout
• The symbols view has been updated for the small and split keyboard layouts
• The keyboard layouts are now a nested menu under settings rather than a top-level one
• Updates the password feedback icon to an eye-icon instead of a blinking-key icon
• When the keyboard is shown on screens larger than 12", the Esc, Tab and Windows key will be shown as well
• The candidate bar will now only show up to 5 results and center them for easier access
• The N’Ko keyboard layout now provides quick access to curreny and other symbols by holding Shift and using the top row

Emoji picker & Clipboard

• You can now pin items in the clipboard history
• An option to "Paste as plain text" has been added to the clipboard history

Input Method Editor

• Revampes the IME design to be more in line with Fluent Design
• The IME now provides quick access to the emoji picker

And further

• Support for Emoji 12.1 and 13.0, as well as updates to pre-existing emojis
• Replaces the display version with "Dev" rather than the YYHH-version, and removes the copyright year from the Windows version dialog