Windows 11 build 22504 introduces new ‘Your Phone’ app and personalized emoji

Personalized emoji, keyboard themes, new Your Phone app, and more.

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It’s Wednesday, which means it’s time foranother Windows 11 preview buildfor Insiders in the Dev Channel to get their hands-on. Today’s build is 22504, and includes a handful of notable new changes and enhancements, including new themes for the touch keyboard now available in the emoji panel, personalized emoji’s in the emoji panel, a new Media Player app, and an updated Your Phone app.

The new Your Phone app features an updated design, with your phones notifications running down a sidebar on the left hand side. Messages, Photos, Apps, and Calls, now reside in a tabbed interface along the top. Unfortunately, the preview for this app is rolling out gradually, so not all Insiders will see it immediately after updating to this build.

Additionally, Microsoft has also added a feature that will automatically open apps maximized when in the tablet posture on devices with 11-inch screen sizes or less. This is going to be great for devices like the Surface Go, which may be used as a tablet more often than a laptop.

Here’s today’s changelog:

And here’s all the fixes in today’s build:

As always, you can check out the full changelog, including a list of known issues, at theWindows Blog.

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