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The latest Windows 11 Experimental build finally adds per-app microphone and camera connectors for Win32 apps.
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This feature appears in Experimental Insider build 26340.9212 and includes on/off toggles and recent app sorting.
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It’s still experimental, so expect more improvements before releasing to public PCs.
After Microsoft emerged from the Copilot-led frenzy earlier this year, we’ve seen the company shift its focus to Windows 11. We’ve seen the launch of its big Windows K2 release, which aims to address some of the operating system’s most pressing issues. Now, the company seems to be paying attention to people’s privacy concerns in Windows 11 as it adds a way to disable microphone and webcam access for certain Win32 apps.
Windows 11’s privacy and security settings take over camera and microphone controls
For now, it is in an experimental structure
This news comes through us According to Jacob XMade a note covering the change in the Experimental section for Windows 11. Microsoft adds some necessary controls over what apps can and can’t access the webcam and microphone, with a simple toggle for each.
You don’t need to delve too deeply into what you can see in the screenshot from X’s post; After all, we’re looking at a work-in-progress screen in the Experimental section, so there’s plenty of time to tweak and improve the material. That said, it’s shaping up to be very well-rounded, with an easy-to-read UI that gives users the ability to quickly toggle every app on the system.
I think this page would really benefit from a search bar to quickly find the app in question, but it seems like there’s a sort of sorting of your recently accessed apps closer to the top, which is a nice environment.
This screen is still in Experimental Build, so we’ll have to wait for it to go through all the test builds before we see it on home PCs. Still, it’s good to see Microsoft adding ways to control which apps can see and hear us.
