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Windows 11 PCs just got a massive update and we ranked the best features of this month If you’re a Windows 11 user and you haven’t paused updates, you’ve probably already spotted a Windows Update status icon on the left side of your taskbar. It is the mandatory Patch Tuesday security update that arrived on July 14. If you’re on the fence about installing it, well, this update, like last month’s Patch Tuesday update, comes packed with features, fixes, and improvements.

Microsoft says it’ll automatically archive your meetings using AI unless you manually turn off the feature. In addition, there are six major changes coming to Microsoft Teams in the next few weeks, including unfiltered live captions by default, notification presets getting granular controls, and delegated calls being locked. Right now, Teams does not use AI to archive your meetings. You have to do it manually, and it works well enough.

Windows 11 in Steam Machine shows minor improvements in 4K Gaming Windows 11 edges slightly better at gaming at 4K than SteamOS on the Steam Machine, where it won every game tested, and in benchmarks like Geekbench, where its multi-core lead was sizable. But if we count results across every resolution from 1080p to 1440p to 4K, installing Windows on Steam Machine could become an afterthought.

Microsoft says it built a full mock airplane cabin to test Windows 11’s Shared Audio feature, which lets two people listen to Windows audio using two different Bluetooth devices. The company later turned the fake airplane setup into a short film set to show what goes on behind the scenes. Shared Audio in Windows 11 uses Bluetooth LE Audio broadcast streams to transmit audio to two Bluetooth devices at the same time.

As Microsoft attempts to match its rhetorical mea culpa regarding Windows stagnating evolution, the company has now come out with documentation on how the operating system receives updates in the future. Cumulative monthly updates will not have pop-ups or prompts that cover the details of when and why the updates are arriving, but Microsoft at least wants to offer its own bit of clarity on your next set of updates.

Windows 10 July 2026 Security updates are live Windows 10 KB5099539 is rolling out as part of Microsoft’s July 2026 Patch Tuesday, and it’s a mandatory update that installs automatically on any PC enrolled in the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program. Microsoft has also posted direct download links for KB5099539 offline installers (.msu), but like every ESU-era Windows 10 patch, they won’t work unless your device already has ESU active.

Windows 11 storage bug is now fixed with the July 2026 update The July 2026 Patch Tuesday update is out, and buried in it is a storage fix some users have been waiting on since March. Windows 11 KB5101650 patches the Capability Access Manager bug that quietly filled system drives, and since it ships in the normal rollout phase, it installs on every eligible PC without needing to wait for a gradual rollout. Windows Latest documented how the bug ate up to 500GB of storage earlier this month.

Last week, Microsoft warned against delaying updates due to new AI-assisted threats.

Microsoft rolled out a massive July 2026 Patch Tuesday update, patching a record-breaking 570 security flaws. If you’ve been following Windows development, you’d realize how big of a deal it is, but for those who are unaware, that’s a 316% increase from the 137 vulnerabilities fixed in July 2025 and a 185% jump from the 200 flaws patched in June 2026.

Windows 11 KB5101650 is rolling out, and it comes with several minor new features for Bluetooth and system stability, but it’s a great update nonetheless. The July 2026 Patch Tuesday update has been released via Windows Update, and Microsoft has posted direct download links for the KB5101650 offline installer (*.msu). KB5101650 is a mandatory update, and it’ll automatically install on your PC whether you check for updates or not.