Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27768 (Canary Channel)

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27768 to the Canary Channel.

We are also not planning to release SDKs for 27xxx series builds for the time being.

Changes and Improvements

This update includes a small set of general improvements and fixes that improve the overall experience for Insiders running this build on their PCs.

We’ve added a New Folder option in the context menu when right-clicking locations in the navigation pane.

The ability to change time zones is available again under Settings > Time & Language > Date & Time for standard (non-admin) users.

Fixed an issue where the date/time properties of files were unexpectedly updated in some cases after copying them.
Fixed an issue where File Explorer may sometimes lose focus on the search box while typing.
Fixed an issue where when you did a search it may unexpectedly trigger the search happening repeatedly.
Fixed an issue where the Details Pane icons weren’t responding correctly to theme changes, making it hard to see if you switched from dark to light or vice versa.
Fixed a black flash in File Explorer that appeared when duplicating a tab.

Fixed an issue which could lead to the mouse cursor unexpectedly stuttering when you moved it around sometimes.

Fixed an underlying issue which could result in some games appearing oversaturated when using Auto HDR.

Fixed an issue causing some Insiders in Canary to experience bugchecks with error PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA.

[IMPORTANT NOTE FOR COPILOT+ PCs] If you are joining the Canary Channel on a new Copilot+ PC from the Dev Channel, Release Preview Channel or retail, you will lose Windows Hello pin and biometrics to sign into your PC with error 0xd0000225 and error message “Something went wrong, and your PIN isn’t available”. You should be able to re-create your PIN by clicking “Set up my PIN”.
We’re working on the fix for an underlying issue causing accent colored window borders to not be not displayed when enabled, shadows around windows not displaying when enabled, and window launching (and other) animations to show even though the setting to show animations is turned off.
[NEW] We’re working on the fix for an issue where SFC /scannow is showing errors every time it’s run.

[NEW] If you open a File Explorer window and minimize it in this build, it may not render correctly when you restore it.

The builds we release to the Canary Channel represent the latest platform changes early in the development cycle and should not be seen as matched to any specific release of Windows and features and experiences included in these builds may never get released as we try out different concepts and get feedback. Features may change over time, be removed, or replaced and never get released beyond Windows Insiders. Some of these features and experiences could show up in future Windows releases when they’re ready.

Many features in the Canary Channel are rolled out using Control Feature Rollout technology, starting with a subset of Insiders and ramping up over time as we monitor feedback to see how they land before pushing them out to everyone in this channel.
Some features may show up in the Dev and Beta Channels first before showing up in the Canary Channel.
Some features in active development we preview with Windows Insiders may not be fully localized and localization will happen over time as features are finalized. As you see issues with localization in your language, please report those issues to us via Feedback Hub.
To get off the Canary Channel, a clean install of Windows 11 will be required. As a reminder – Insiders can’t switch to a channel that is receiving builds with lower build numbers without doing a clean installation of Windows 11 due to technical setup requirements.

The desktop watermark shown at the lower right corner of the desktop is normal for these pre-release builds.
Check out Flight Hub for a complete look at what build is in which Insider channel.

Thanks,
Amanda & Brandon