New Windows 11 build tests Voice Access, Spotlight backgrounds

Microsoft issued a meaty Windows Insider Build on Wednesday for the Dev channel, testing one substantial improvement: Voice Access, as well as a couple of personalization improvements that should be welcomed by Windows users. Technically, the new features offered in Build 22518 of the Dev Channel for Windows 11 are new, untested code, which might not even make it to the stable channel. Still, there's a good chance that at least Voice Access will come to market, as it leans on Microsoft's accessibility strengths. Microsoft's new build has also added a "Spotlight" feature that will provide fresh, updated desktop backgrounds, and it tweaked the Widgets feature to resemble Windows 10. Microsoft describes Voice Access as a new feature, and one that's distinct from dictation, which has been in Windows for some time.