Windows 11 is finally getting a much better volume mixer and sound settings menu

You’ll soon be able to control individual app volume from Quick Settings.

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What you need to know

It’s time for a newWindows 11preview build, and this week Microsoft is rolling out build 25309 to Insiders in the Dev Channel. This build actually has a handful of interesting new features and changes, including an updated sound output quick settings menu that now finally allows you to adjust the volume of individual apps.

You can now also bring up the volume quick settings menu with a keyboard shortcut (WIN + CTRL + V) and the menu itself now also includes the ability to quickly turn on spatial audio if you’re using a PC or peripheral that supports it.

Other new features in today’s preview build includes an update to Auto Color Management, which now works across all apps, but required an Intel 12th-Gen series, AMD RX 400 series, or NVIDIA GTX 10 series or later.

There’s also improvements to voice access and other general improvements. The changelog is below, butbe sure to check out the complete blog post here.

Windows 11 build 25309 changelog:

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