Microsoft may now focus on Windows 11, which is due to be released at the end of the year, but Windows 10 will continue to be supported with the 21H2 update. However, the innovations in the next feature update planned for autumn are extremely moderate. There are a few changes for Windows Insiders.
The big design update for Windows 10 is known to be Windows 11, which is available today in a third preview in the Dev Channel for Windows Insiders. Support for Windows 10 is planned until October 2025 and feature updates could potentially continue to exist. With today's announcement of the 21H2 update, Microsoft has not made any statements as to whether this will be the last feature update for Windows 10. The release of the update is planned for autumn.
Windows 10 21H2 brings changes in only three areas, which, depending on the requirements of the user group, have little or no weight should fall.
Innovations in Windows 10 21H2
- Support for WPA3 H2E for more secure WLAN connections
- Windows Hello for Business support for the passwordless provision and commissioning of end devices within a few minutes
- GPU Compute support in the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and for Azure IoT Edge for Linux on Windows (EFLOW) for machine learning and similar workloads
Test feature update with build 19044.1147
A first test build of Windows 10 21H2 with build number 19044.1147 is available in the release preview channel, but it does not yet contain the new features mentioned , but just a number of bug fixes, which can be found on the Windows blog. The changes should follow with a later update.
Seekers must actively select update
Build 19044.1147 is offered via the so-called “Seeker” offer from Microsoft via Windows Update and users in the Release Preview Channel must register in Windows 10 under ” Settings – & gt; Update and security – & gt; Windows Update “actively decide for the download and installation.
Windows 11 also comes into the Beta Channel
The preview of the feature update is currently only offered to Windows insiders who have been transferred from the Beta Channel to the Release Preview Channel by Microsoft because their PC does not meet the requirements for Windows 11. Windows 11 is currently only offered to Windows insiders in the riskiest Dev Channel, but Microsoft also wants to soon offer Windows 11 releases to users in the currently “empty”, more stable Beta Channel. There is no date for this yet.