[Latest Windows 11 Update] What’s new in KB5036980?

In a Windows operating system, updates are provided via Windows Update feature. This feature helps you to get several kinds of updates essential for your system. Security updates or critical updates mitigate vulnerabilities against security exploits against your Windows system. While cumulative updates usually bundle multiple updates, both new and previously released updates. Cumulative updates were introduced with Windows 10 and have been backported to Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. For a properly licensed Windows system, Microsoft offers automatic updates. In this article, you’ll learn about latest Windows Update for Windows 11.

Microsoft usually releases updates on the second Tuesday of each month which is well known by the name of ‘Patch Tuesday’. However, the company can provide them whenever a new update is urgently required to prevent a newly discovered or prevalent exploit. These updates are often called Out-of-band updates. Apart from these, Microsoft may also release preview updates to preview some upcoming features.

What’s new in KB5036980 for Windows 11?

The latest update for Windows 11 atm is KB5036980** and it updates the latest version to build number 22631.3527. The update applies to Windows 11 Version 23H2 (Windows 11 2023 Update). It was released on April 23, 2024.

According to Microsoft, this KB:

• [NEW] The Recommended section of the Start menu will show some Microsoft Store apps. These apps come from a small set of curated developers. This will help you to discover some of the great apps that are available. If you want to turn this off, go to Settings > Personalization > Start. Turn off the toggle for Show recommendations for tips, app promotions, and more.
• [NEW] In the coming weeks, your most frequently used apps might appear in the Recommended section of the Start menu. This applies to apps that you have not already pinned to the Start menu or the taskbar.
• [NEW] This update improves the Widgets icons on the taskbar. They are no longer pixelated or fuzzy. This update also starts the rollout of a larger set of animated icons.
• [NEW] This update affects Widgets on the lock screen. They are more reliable and have improved quality. This update also supports more visuals and a more customized experience for you.
• This update affects the touch keyboard. It makes the Japanese 106 keyboard layout appear as expected when you sign in.
• This update addresses an issue that affects Settings. It stops responding when you dismiss a flyout menu.

You can go to Settings app > Windows Update and check for latest updates and this update should be available for download, followed by installation. You can also install this update via Windows PowerShell. To know complete list of files changed with this update, check this link.

Windows 11 Update History

Here’s the list of updates released for Windows 11, till date. Covers only updates for current version.

In above list, ** indicates preview updates and * indicates Out-of-band updates. The preview updates will offer upcoming features while Out-of-band updates are released to fix an emergency issue raised after previous updates.

For complete changes about this update, you can refer this support article.

• To view installed update history on Windows 11, check this guide.
• To uninstall installed updates, you can refer this guide.
• To block this update, you can refer this guide.

That’s it!