Windows 11 Insider Beta (26H1) Preview Build 28020.2731

Release date: 17 August 2026

Changes and improvements gradually being rolled out

Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) has been removed in this release. This change is part of the ongoing deprecation and removal of WMIC from Windows.
For more information about this change, see Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) removal from Windows.

Thank you to Insiders who have provided feedback about the Drag Tray experience. Based on feedback, we're removing the experience in this build. We're continuing to explore improvements in this area and look forward to sharing more about a future replacement experience in a later update.

Fixed an issue from the previous flight that caused Settings to crash when interacting with System > Notifications.

Fixed an issue impacting Magnifier launching for some Insiders in the previous flight.

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Features and experiences included in these builds might never get released as we try out different concepts and get feedback. Features might 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.
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