Microsoft Releases February 2026 Patch Tuesday Updates

Microsoft has just released the February 2026 Patch Tuesday Updates for Windows 11which include security fixes and a couple of new features that will be rolling out gradually to all users. That includes improvements to cross-device resumethe feature that lets Android users continue activities started on their Android phone on their PC.

Last month Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11 (KB5074109) was quite buggyand it forced Microsoft to release two emergency updates to address issues related to shutdownremote connectionsand cloud storage. As of this writingMicrosoft isn’t aware of any issue in today’s KB5077181 update for Windows 11 versions 25H2 and 24H2.

Here are the main changes included in this updateplease note that some new features will be rolling out gradually:

Agent in Settings (Copilot+ PCs only): The Settings Agent now supports more languagesincluding GermanPortugueseSpanishKoreanJapaneseHindiItalianand Chinese (Simplified).

Settings improvements: The new Device card on the home pagewhich appears when you sign in with your Microsoft accountshows key specifications and usage details for your PC. To help ensure that only authorized Windows users can access system filesthe app now also displays a User Account Control (UAC) prompt when you open Storage settings.

Cross-device Resume improvements: With this updateVivo Android phone users can continue browsing from Vivo Browser on their PCand those with an Android phone from HONOROPPOSamsungvivoor Xiaomi can resume online files that were opened in the Copilot app on the phone and continue working on them on their PC.

Windows MIDI Services improvements: This update brings enhanced support for MIDI 1.0 and MIDI 2.0including WinMM and WinRT MIDI 1.0 support with built-in translationshared MIDI ports across appscustom port namesloopback and app-to-app MIDIplus performance improvements and bug fixes.

Narrator improvements: Narrator now lets users choose which details are spoken and adjust their order to match how they navigate apps.

Smart App Control improvements. Smart App Control can now be toggled on and off normally. Previouslyonce it was offit couldn’t (officially) be re-enabled.

Windows Hello New ESS improvements: Windows Hello Enhanced Sign-in Security (ESS) now supports external fingerprint sensors that can be used with desktop PCsincluding Copilot+ PCs.

File Explorer improvements: This update includes some underlying changes that help improve the responsiveness of the app when navigating in network locations.

As Microsoft announced earlier todaythe company is preparing to roll out new Secure Boot certificates to keep Windows PCs supporting the technology protected from boot-level attacks. Today’s update includes a “broad set of targeting data that identifies devices and their ability to receive new Secure Boot certificates.” Microsoft plans to roll out these new certificates to devices that need them after they show “sufficient successful update signals.”