Microsoft has announced that it will remove Windows 10 feature updates for Windows laptops and PCs every year, which matches the Windows 11 update rate. This year’s Windows 10 update has was released today and the next update will be discontinued. for the second half of 2022.
“We are entering a new Windows 10 release cycle to align with the Windows 11 cycle and release annual feature updates,” said John Cable, director of Windows service and delivery at Microsoft.
Despite all the excitement surrounding this release schedule, this year’s update is quite minor and the only major feature is GPU compute support on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). The content of Update 2022 is not yet known, but Microsoft has clarified that at least one version of the operating system will be supported until October 14, 2025.
Analysis: There’ll still be support for Windows 10, for a while anyway
It looks like Microsoft continues to support Windows 10 and is rolling out Windows 11 at a rapid pace. This doesn’t seem to be true at first, but considering how long it takes users to get used to a new operating system, the decision makes sense.
Earlier this month, Windows 10 received the redesigned Microsoft Store, the same one that released 11 through the Insider Program, while for everyone else it was released for the November 2021 update. And in April, we learned that DirectX 12 would not be. related to Windows 10 updates, but it would be available for all versions of the operating system.
Microsoft seems to be encouraging Windows 10 users to update through the PC Health Check app on their devices so those who use it can see if they can run Windows 11.
However, the point is that many of these devices cannot be changed due to fairly strict requirements. So it’s important for the tech giant not to alienate current Windows 10 users, and the best way to do this is to ensure that they continue to have full support going forward.
