Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview for PCs with Groove support in Cortana, Windows Ink improvements

Microsoft today announced the release of a new Windows 10 preview build for people participating in the fast ring of the Windows Insider Program. Build 14352, which comes two weeks after the release of build 14342, includes a few useful updates to Windows 10’s Cortana personal digital assistant and the Windows Ink feature for writing on apps with a stylus, which was released to Insiders last month.

Cortana now lets you set a timer, cancel it, and find out how much time is left. And for people with a premium Groove Music Pass, Cortana will now be able to play the music you want to hear, whether you name a specific artist, a genre, a playlist, or a song, Gabe Aul, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s Engineering Systems Team, wrote in a blog post. Currently, Cortana’s Groove smarts are limited to U.S. English users, but the feature will become available to more users over time, Aul wrote.