Bug fixes aplenty in surprise Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14385 release

It might be the weekend, but the code monkeys at Microsoft doesn’t let a small detail like that stand in the way of work. The release of Windows 10 Anniversary Update is now within spitting distance, and the Insider builds are being pushed out thick and fast.

Today Dona Sarkar announced the launch of Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14385 for PC and Mobile. As we're so close to launch day, it should come as no surprise that this is a bug fix release -- but there are plenty of them. There are also some extra performance tweaks thrown in for good measure.

Surface users have improved battery life to look forward to, and anyone who has been pestered with a message about the end of the Windows evaluation period will be pleased to hear that these notifications have been killed. The desktop build gets much more attention than the mobile build; here are the improvement you will find, as shared by Microsoft:

Improvements and fixes for PC

You should no longer see a notification pop-up once a day saying that your Windows evaluation copy expires on 7/15/2016. I know this has caused a lot of you some angst so thank you for being patient.

We have improved battery life for Surface devices.

We fixed an issue resulting in Spotify sometimes crashing while playing music.

We fixed an issue resulting in the Google Chrome window being clipped on the top when maximized.

We fixed an issue with Mobile Hotspot that could result the host device bug-checking (bluescreen) and rebooting if it was sharing on a 5GHz band and the connected device browsed to certain websites.

We fixed an issue where the pin prompt shown when connecting to certain VPNs would display behind the other open windows.

We fixed an issue resulting in LastPass and AdBlock extensions for Microsoft Edge not showing the expected context menu items or status information in subsequently opened Edge windows. We also fixed an issue where the current tab in Edge might hang after exiting Web Notes.

Projecting to a PC auto-discoverability is off by default. To have your PC beacon so it can be discovered and you can project to it through the Connect quick action from a Continuum enabled phone or another PC, go to Settings > System > Projecting to this PC and set “Windows PCs and phones can project to this PC when you say it’s OK” to “Available everywhere” or “Available everywhere on secure networks”. You can also set other settings on this page to your preference.

Improvements and fixes for Mobile

You can open PDFs in Microsoft Edge and use touch to interact with the PDF (such as scrolling, pan or zoom) again without it constantly reloading the PDF.

We have improved battery life for older devices, such as the Lumia 830, 930, and 1520.

We fixed an issue where setting the SIM name on a dual SIM phone would sometimes fail.

There are still a few issues to watch out for, and you can find out about these on the Windows blog.

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