Windows 10 build 17704 now rolling out for Insiders in the Fast ring

Later a two calendar week break, Microsoft is rolling out a brand new Insider Preview build for those in the Fast ring and Skip Ahead band. Today'southward build is 17704, and includes lots of new features and changes including updates to Microsoft Edge and more.

What's new?

New Microsoft Edge Beta logo: We're introducing a new Edge "BETA" icon to help users visually differentiate between officially released versions of Microsoft Edge and preview builds where Microsoft Edge is in ongoing development. This logo simply will be seen on Insider preview builds.
New design improvements: As we continue to evolve how Microsoft Edge leverages the Fluent Pattern System for a more natural and usable experience, you may find some subtle tweaks to the look of the tab bar in Microsoft Edge. In this build, we're adding a new depth effect to the tab bar to help emphasize the active tab.

Skype for Windows 10 gets a big update: This new Skype for Windows 10 update brings all the latest and greatest Skype capabilities to Windows 10 users.
Windows now shows you insights most how its AI has been helping you lot type with efficiency. If you use the software keyboard on Windows, there are many features built into the typing experience that leverage AI and ML to help you be more efficient. Some examples include autocorrecting your spelling mistakes, prediction of the adjacent word you would type, discussion suggestions every bit you start typing so you don't have to type the full word and the number of words yous've typed by swiping over the letters on the software keyboard (yes, you tin do that, try it out if you lot have non yet).
Our inbox text controls are now taking advantage of the new CommandBarFlyout control.
We've continued to work on the Current threats area on the Virus & threat protection section, which now displays all threats that demand action. You tin quickly have action on threats straight from this screen.
Task Manager now includes 2 new columns in the "Processes" tab to evidence free energy impact of the running process on their arrangement. This should help our customers to sympathize which apps/services are using the maximum ability vs. the least power-hungry apps. The metric takes CPU, GPU & Disk into evaluation when computing power usage.

At that place'southward loads more new in this build, and yous can check out the total changelog at the Windows Blog, including a list of known issues and more!

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