Microsoft continues the work on the very next feature update for Windows 11, and a few hours ago, the company moved one step nearer to the actual launch of the highly anticipated release with a brand new build for the Beta channel.

In other words, insiders who are signed up for the Beta ring from the Windows Insider program can now download and install Windows 11 build 22621 on their devices.

This era also marks the official closing from the window that allowed insiders to change between Dev and Beta channels without a full reinstall.

This new build doesn't come with any breaking changes, as it's focused specifically on refining bugs and increasing the performance of the OS. This is an indicator that we're in the final stages of the Windows 11 version 22H2 development.

Important bug fixes

File Explorer and the taskbar are generally getting improvements in this build, based on Microsoft.

"Fixed a problem resulting in Insiders seeing error 0x800703E6 when copying files from Google Drive. Fixed a problem where if you had ever opened the context menu, doing CTRL + ALT + DEL and cancelling would result in explorer.exe crashing," Microsoft explained.

"Fixed an issue associated with loading the machine tray icons in Settings > Personalization > Taskbar that could cause Settings to crash when opening that page recently. This problem may have also resulted in some explorer.exe crashes for impacted Insiders."

The only real known issues concern the live captions.

Microsoft insists that while the watermark is not there in this build, it doesn't suggest the introduction of this feature update is complete. However, there's an opportunity the RTM phase would be reached rather earlier than later, especially as Microsoft manages to iron the last remaining bugs.