What is the new function update method of Windows 11?

Notice of Windows Insider Program's operation policy in 2022 (from Windows Blog)

In an article entitled "Consider Windows 11 Function Update" in this series, I mentioned some questions about the update of Windows 11, but Microsoft came out of the official answer without time.[Photo] Mary Joe Folly's article This time, I would like to summarize the topics about the "function update" coming in 2022 and the future of Windows Insider Program.・ Microsoft has a stronger experimental color of Windows Insider Program.

Clearly use three channels of Windows Insider Program

This new information is February 3 (US time) on February 3 (US time) by Amanda Langowski, the leader of Windows Insider Program in Microsoft, USA. What was posted on the official blog. Although it is a topic about Windows Insider Program, at the same time, the point of "How to add a new feature to Windows 11, regardless of the period of the large update (function update), which was a question in the previous article". Therefore, let's explain it all together. Currently, Windows Insider Program has three channels, "Dev Channel", "Beta Channel", and "Release Preview (Channel)", but Dev Channel "just incorporates the latest features anyway", BETA Channel is "the last time." Release Preview was positioned as "to test the latest build just before the general public," Release Preview was released. Earlier, when Dev Channel was called "Fast Ring" and Beta Channel was called "Slow Ring", he commented that "it is hard to understand because there are almost no differences between them", but according to the name change. The differences between the two have been clarified, and at least the build they want to try makes it easier to select a channel. The commentary on each channel by Langowsky is as follows. DEV Channel A channel that engineers are developing on functions and experiences that may not be released in the future through verification and feedback of different concepts. Note that DEV Channel does not match specific Windows or functions, but can be changed, deleted, or replaced with another function, and provides to general users beyond Windows Insider Program. It will not be done. Beta Channel A channel for previewing an experience provided by general users. DEV Channel and Beta Channel are in parallel development, and functions and experiences may appear first in Beta Channel. Release Preview (Channel) A perfect channel for pre -experiencing the release provided to general users. There is no particular role change at present. The point is the "parallel development" in Beta Channel. Earlier, "The Android app execution function was faster in Beta Channel, and was retrofitted in Dev Channel," this is a phenomenon that can occur in the role of Beta Channel, which Microsoft thinks. This time, the period from preview to release was short, so the phenomenon occurred in Beta Channel before Dev Channel, but some functions will continue to prioritize in Beta Channel. In addition, although the implementation is temporarily performed in Dev Channel, there are cases where it is immediately removed or "functions that can only be used by specific users". This is a type of "A / B test", and is intended to verify Dev Channel users as "when specific functions are provided and not." Note that even if you participate in Dev Channel, not all functions provided by the channel can be used. Perhaps if you want to try the latest features ahead of general users, you should choose Beta Channel rather than Dev Channel.