Windows 11 February Preview update adds feature to improve facial recognition

What you need to know

• A preview update for Windows 11 is now available that brings PCs to Build 22000.1641.
• The update adds an auto-learning feature to improve facial recognition and includes several other improvements.
• A similar update will ship next month on Patch Tuesday.

Windows 11 has a new preview update available. Those that choose to install the update will have their PCs bumped up to Build 22000.1641. The build adds an auto-learning feature to improve facial recognition and includes a lengthy list of fixes.

Microsoft outlined all of the changes and highlights in a support document:

Windows 11 Build 22000.1641: Highlights

• New! This update adds an advanced auto-learning feature for facial recognition.
• This update addresses an issue that affects the Color filters setting. When you select Inverted, the system sets it to Grayscale instead.
• This update addresses an issue that affects IE mode. The text on the status bar is not always visible.
• This update addresses an issue that stops hyperlinks from working in Microsoft Excel.
• This update addresses an issue that affects a certain streaming app. The issue stops video playback after an advertisement plays in the app.

Windows 11 Build 22000.1641: Improvements

• This update addresses an issue that affects the Appx State Repository. When you remove a user profile, the cleanup is incomplete. Because of this, its database grows as time passes. This growth might cause delays when users sign in to multi-user environments like FSLogix.
• This update affects the United Mexican States. This update supports the government’s daylight saving time change order for 2023.  
• This update addresses an issue that affects the Z-order of two maximized windows. A window that is behind another window might appear on top.
• This update addresses an issue that affects AppV. It stops file names from having the correct letter case (uppercase or lowercase).
• This update addresses an issue that affects Microsoft Edge. The issue removes conflicting policies for Microsoft Edge. This occurs when you set the MDMWinsOverGPFlag in a Microsoft Intune tenant and Intune detects a policy conflict.
• This update addresses an issue that affects Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). Using a provisioning package for bulk provisioning fails.
• This update addresses an issue that affects the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS). LSASS might stop responding. This occurs after you run Sysprep on a domain-joined machine.
• This update addresses an issue that affects parity virtual disks. Using Server Manager to create them fails.

To install the update, follow these steps:

1. Open the Settings app.
2. Select Update & Security.
3. Select Windows Update.
4. Look in the Optional updates available section.
5. Install the listed update.

It's also possible to install the update through the Microsoft Update Catalog.