Microsoft unveils plans to streamline the Windows Insider program, offering a simplified channel structure, moving between channels without wiping PCs, and more
ZDNET's key takeaways — Microsoft is making the Insider Program less complicated. — Beta channel will be a more reliable preview of the next retail release.
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@tomwarren
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Microsoft is finally letting Windows 11 testers unlock experimental features without ViVeTool. The Windows Insider channels are also being simplified to Experimental and Beta 🙏 all the details here 👇 https://www.theverge.com/...
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@brandonleblanc
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Today in a blog post on the Windows Insider Blog, we announced improvements for #WindowsInsiders. I'm really excited about these changes. I highly recommend reading Alec's blog post! blogs.windows.com/windows-insi...