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Microsoft Starts Testing Windows 10's Next Major Update (theverge.com)

Posted by msmash on from the it's-coming dept.

A week after releasing Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Microsoft is already ready to unveil new features for its next major update dubbed Redstone 2. The Verge reports: The new update doesn't have any big new features for public testers yet, as Microsoft is in the early stages of making structural improvements to its OneCore shared code of Windows across PCs, tablets, phones, HoloLens, Xbox, and IoT. The first few builds available for testing "may include more bugs and other issues that could be slightly more painful for some people to live" according to Windows software engineer Dona Sarkar. Microsoft has released Windows 10 build 14901, and the company is testing out new notifications within File Explorer to provide tips on what's new in Windows 10. You can opt out of the notifications, and they're just a test for now.

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  1. When will Windows go to 11? by jfdavis668 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hear it will be 1 louder.

    1. Re:When will Windows go to 11? by fizzer06 · · Score: 3, Funny

      I'll just take the upgrades whenever they occur

      Do you have a choice?

  2. Are you sure you don't want Windows 10? by Thud457 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Microsoft starts sending burly goons to users' houses to "upgrade" their computers.

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    the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

  3. A good start, but... by Jahoda · · Score: 4, Funny

    >> the company is testing out new notifications within File Explorer to provide tips on what's new in Windows 10.

    Honestly, this is a really great step forward in user friendliness, but I really think they can go deeper. What I bet that users in middle america would really respond to is some sort of animated anthropomorphic cartoon folder - let's name him "tabby" - that can pop up every few minutes to offer helpful services from the Azure/Office 365 ecosystem.

  4. I clicked the [ X ] to Opt Out... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    And now I woke up with my kidney missing.