The major new versions of Microsoft Windows 10 to be released once a year

Microsoft made an announcement that it is slowing down the speed at which it releases the new major versions of Windows 10. The updates of Windows 10 twice a year so far have introduced significant new features. But this has also caused some violent reactions to being disruptive, and they will become major and minor alternate releases. The company is also changing the way its Windows Insider evaluators will have access to unpublished updates as they are created, to test them and generate comments. Microsoft will focus on the introduction of new features with each alternative version. The intermediate ones will contain minor, potentially invisible changes, such as bug fixes and stability improvements.

In a series of blog posts discovered by Ars Technica, Microsoft has noted that this new system of primary and secondary updates will let you spend more time making sure that each major release is fully prepared. Probably, this is partly a reaction to the disastrous October 2018 update, which had to be stopped several times and then implemented in an extremely controlled manner after users reported with issues like system failures, massive errors and data loss.

Microsoft has also faced criticism that its updates are too frequent and troublesome, sometimes disrupting important work and troubling users to install them. The company has introduced much more precise controls on when and how updates will be downloaded and installed. Also, allow users to accept updates until their current version of Windows approaches its service end date. Windows 10 can now also automatically try to revert a failed update.

With this new intonation, Microsoft is also changing the way it's slow and fast Windows Insider rings gain access to the beta versions of Windows 10. Users in the slow ring will now only obtain the main versions of Windows 10 and skip the secondary alternatives, while those on the fast ring will receive both. Earlier, those in the fast ring received updates first, even if they were not very stable, while those in the slow ring received less, but more polished.

Beginning with the fall update of 2019, these minor versions of Windows 10 will be implemented more like common patches, which won't need a lengthy configuration process and will need a maximum of a one-time restart. This process will apply to those who are already running the Windows 10 May 2019 update. This next update is currently scheduled for September this year and will be compatible for 30 months instead of 18 months for most versions.