News, Reviews & Betas which includes large community peer support Microsoft rolled out a Windows 11 build in both the Dev and Beta Channels yesterday, this means that the Dev Channel will soon be moving to a new development branch, opt to stay there or go Beta.
With the rolling out of Windows 11 build 22581 to the Dev and Beta channels yesterday, this action indicates that the Dev Channel will soon be moving to the CU (Copper) development branch, which is believed to be Sun Valley 3, or the third release of Windows 11 scheduled for release sometime in 2023. The Beta Channel will now use builds from the NI (Nickel) development branch, which is the Sun Valley 2 development, or 22H2, scheduled for release later this year. So although they are the same release for now, if you want a more stable build, you might want to consider moving to the Beta Channel, or even Release Preview, which is where we expect to see „C“ preview releases being released ahead of Patch Tuesday updates. This is what the Beta channel was being used for until yesterday. So you can live fast and loose with the latest relatively untested builds in the Dev Channel, or opt for the more stable builds in the Beta Channel. When we say relatively untested, we mean it as a figure of speech as Microsoft does put all builds through some internal testing before releasing them to the Dev Channel, which can mean that builds get delayed or pulled after the fact if blocking bugs are discovered.
