Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Microsoft Releases Windows 10 October 2020 Update
Microsoft late Tuesday released the Windows 10 October 2020 Update, the year's second major update to the operating system. This update focuses on improving the user interface, without too many under-the-hood changes. It sees closer integration of the Edge web-browser with Windows, where Alt+Tab lets you cycle not only among open windows but also among web-browser tabs. Edge also introduces Collections, a feature akin to Firefox Pocket, which lets you easily organize and save content you find on the web.
Updates to the Start menu and Taskbar see app icons do away with the square "modern UI" background in the apps list. The Display Settings now include refresh-rate setting. Windows comes with closer integration of 2-in-1 device context switching (between tablet to laptop modes). Commercial users get simpler mobile device management, improved Windows Hello biometric sign-in, and Windows Defender Application Guard (WDAG), which uses hardware isolation to protect supported apps such as Edge and Office, by leveraging hardware virtualization. Microsoft started releasing the Windows 10 October 2020 Update (free for existing Windows 10 users), through Windows Update.A video presentation by Microsoft follows.
Updates to the Start menu and Taskbar see app icons do away with the square "modern UI" background in the apps list. The Display Settings now include refresh-rate setting. Windows comes with closer integration of 2-in-1 device context switching (between tablet to laptop modes). Commercial users get simpler mobile device management, improved Windows Hello biometric sign-in, and Windows Defender Application Guard (WDAG), which uses hardware isolation to protect supported apps such as Edge and Office, by leveraging hardware virtualization. Microsoft started releasing the Windows 10 October 2020 Update (free for existing Windows 10 users), through Windows Update.A video presentation by Microsoft follows.