Microsoft has provided details on how Windows 11 delivers flawless updates that will be 40% smaller than Windows 10 and have everything happening in the background. Windows 11 will have fewer feature updates than Windows 10. With Windows 11, only one feature update will now be released each year, reminiscent of Apple’s annual macOS updates.
To keep its promise of updates 40% smaller than Windows 10, Microsoft has made some quality-of-life improvements for Windows 11 updates. By checking for Windows 11 updates when a new patch is available, Windows 11 compares the content of the new update with what is already installed on your computer so that you download only the content that you need, increasing the size of the number of updates. significantly reduced.
Business benefits
This quality of life improvements in Windows 11 updates extend to business users who have, for example, Microsoft Endpoint Manager. Organizations have additional capabilities to manage critical security updates and drivers through Configuration Manager.
Another quality of life improvement for future Windows 11 users is that Windows updates will be automatically downloaded when you are not actively using the PC. Microsoft is using a new version of its artificial intelligence and machine learning software to identify the hours that you are not actively working on your computer or laptop.
However, Windows 11 updates won’t be much faster than Windows 10. Windows 11 users will still have to restart their computer and watch a blank screen for a while after downloading and installing an update. not much time. Hopefully, Microsoft will improve this in a future update to Windows 11, but there are no changes to this at this time.
Windows 11 is expected to hit the market on October 5, but Microsoft will be releasing it gradually over the next few months.