14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft has already confirmed that the Windows Insider program will continue after Windows 10 reaches RTM, and now the company has revealed that the Feedback app that helps participants in this program to send their suggestions to the developing team will continue to be available in the final tidbits of the operating system.
Future Windows 10 updates will thus be developed just like the core operating system based on user feedback, so many of the features that you expect to be implemented at some point during the development process could be released if they get enough votes.
Word has it that Microsoft has already started work on the very first Windows 10 update, and some of the features that wouldn’t be ready for the RTM version of the operating system would be included in this update, but the company continues to remain tight-lipped and keep everything secret.
The very first update for Windows 10 should launch in late 2015, most likely in October or November, sources say, but once again, we’re dealing with an uncertain schedule because Microsoft is working at full speed and bugs could push back the release.
Big update coming in 2016
This first update expected later this year is likely to bring features that wouldn’t ready for RTM, such as extension support for Microsoft Edge, which Microsoft already announced and demoed at its BUILD developer conference in April.
But the first real big update for Windows 10 will only arrive next year, reports have suggested, and Microsoft is already developing it, with some sources claiming that its internal codename is Redstone.
This update could arrive in two different waves, one in June and another one in the fall of 2016, as more features are being developed and added to the operating system.
Needless to say, there are plenty of vague details available right now, so don’t take anything for granted until Microsoft actually discloses its release dates for the first Windows 10 updates.