Much of Windows 11 development is validated by users who are in Microsoft’s Insider program. This allows access to new features before they are released, at the same time as they are tested and evaluated.
Microsoft now wants to further change this program and change development philosophy. This will continue to be the way to access the news, but it will further separate the dev and beta channels, and now is the time to choose the channel and change.
Insider program with many changes
There aren't many times when the Windows 11 Insider development channels are aligned. These follow different builds, with different developments and with novelties also separate and in progression over time.
Microsoft has now slowed down its developments in builds with a clear purpose. Aligned development channels so that users can switch from Dev to Beta version, ensuring greater stability in systems.
Hey Folks - We have fresh #Windows11 build for #WindowsInsiders in the Dev AND Beta Channels today. Check out all the details including the limited window to switch flighting channels -- https://t.co/hgeWk8pcwa ^AL pic.twitter.com/S6yq5uUAN8
— Windows Insider Program (@windowsinsider) March 23, 2022
Microsoft will further change Windows 11
This is a unique window of opportunity, as the developments of this Windows 11 program will soon follow very different and parallel paths. Thus, it gives users the possibility to choose a new line of development.
Microsoft wants the Dev channel to be the place where its programmers test ideas and concepts that may never be materialized in Windows 11. The Beta channel will be the point where the next news are evaluated before being delivered in the updates of this system.
Time to choose Dev or Beta channel
The change must be made now, directly in Settings. Here, you must choose the Windows Update option and then Windows Insider Program, to access the options. Just choose the Beta channel to switch. Microsoft points out that this change can be made later, with a clean installation.
This is an interesting and very important change on the part of Microsoft. You want to make room for Windows 11 developments and that's why you now have these 2 Insider program channels. Both the Dev and the Beta will follow different paths with very different philosophies.
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