Overview
- Microsoft released an Insider Experimental Preview build (26300.8687) in mid-June 2026 that adds typo-tolerant matching so misspelled or partial app names return the correct installed app.
- A June 2026 Patch Tuesday update (KB5094126) already shipped a separate fix that lets Search show local file results after two characters instead of three.
- Journalists testing the Insider build confirmed examples where badly misspelled queries like "pwerp" returned PowerPoint and "tskm" matched Task Manager, and Microsoft says settings ranking has also improved.
- Microsoft is testing a new Settings toggle to run Search locally without Bing web suggestions or Store listings, which will remove the current need for registry edits to disable web results.
- The updates are rolling out in stages through the Windows Insider program and to stable users for smaller fixes, so wider availability depends on tester feedback and Microsoft’s staged release plan.