Microsoft releases Windows 10 Build 17063 with Timeline, Cortana Improvements and more

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Published on December 19, 2017

published on December 19, 2017

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After a long gap, Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 Insider Build. The new Windows 10 Preview Build 17063 for PC is now available for Insiders in the Fast ring and Skip Ahead. This is a major release with several new features like Timeline, Cortana Improvements, Edge improvements and more. Read about some of the new features included in this build below.

Timeline: Timeline introduces a new way to resume past activities you started on this PC, other Windows PCs, and iOS/Android devices. Timeline enhances Task View, allowing you to switch between currently running apps and past activities. Read about it in detail here.

Fluent updates in Microsoft Edge: Microsoft Edge now supports an updated Dark theme, with darker blacks, and much better contrast with all colors, text, and icons. This addresses many accessibility contrast issues, making the Microsoft Edge UI easy to navigate and more visually pleasing. As well, Microsoft Edge now supports Reveal on our navigation buttons, action buttons, buttons in the tab bar, as well as on lists throughout Microsoft Edge (such as in the HUB: Favorites, Reading, History, Downloads), making navigating Edge UI even easier. We’ve heard your feedback and have also updated the Acrylic in the tab bar and in-active tabs, allowing more color to show through. Read about it in detail here.

Cortana’s Notebook has a new look: Notebook has undergone a UX transformation to be more responsive to Cortana’s evolving capabilities and allow users to easily complete their tasks.

Your content has a new home called Organizer that lets you access your lists and reminders with ease. And all Skills are together, so you can easily configure Cortana to suit your needs. Configuration experience has also been significantly simplified.

Tabbed view to cleanly segregate your content and configuration and single page to manage Cortana’s Skills and easy way to discover more.

Simplified configuration experience page with easy interest management.

This is a server side change currently rolling out for those using English (United States) and will be rolled out to other markets with time.

Read about it in detail here.

Bring on the Fluent: Today, Start and Action Center support acrylic to align with Fluent design principles. And now we’re bringing the next wave of Shell UI to the party by applying acrylic to the taskbar, Share UI, Clock & Calendar flyout, Network flyout, Volume flyout, and Input flyout. Try it out and let us know what you think!

Read about it in detail here.