14 DAY TRIAL // AMD yesterday said that Windows 10 is projected to launch in late July, and while there was no confirmation from Microsoft that this statement is true, it turns out that Redmond is now making the necessary adjustments to make sure it reaches this deadline.
The company is working to release Windows 10 builds as part of the Windows Insider program at a faster pace, trying not only to keep registered users up-to-date with the efforts being made by the development team, but also to identify bugs and issues faster in order to address them before the public launch.
There are a lot of rumors swirling around the web these days and one of them says that Windows 10 is almost ready, so Microsoft is ready to switch the focus from new features to bug fixing in anticipation of a possible RTM reach date in June.
If this is true, Microsoft might be on track for the July launch date, and the faster release cadence could indeed make sense.
Faster builds, more bugs
Gabriel Aul, head of the Windows Insider program, said in a statement last month that Microsoft was even considering a new ring for users that would bring them daily builds of Windows 10, as they are compiled by the Windows team.
Codenamed “Ludicrous Speed” ring, the new channel was expected to debut ahead of the BUILD developer conference to give users and devs alike the chance to try out the latest improvements prepared by Microsoft.
In an email sent to insiders as few hours ago, Aul hints that this plan has changed and instead of launching a new ring, the company is now planning to update the fast channel more often and release builds at a faster pace.
“Based on your feedback, we're going to send out builds more frequently to Windows Insiders that have selected ‘Fast’ preview builds. That means you can getting fresher code with all of the features and fixes, more often – but builds may include more bugs,” he said in the email (pictured above).
No other details have been provided until now, but with such a plan, Microsoft would kill two birds with one stone. First and foremost, it would indeed provide insiders with new builds to try out at a faster pace and thus keep them updated with the latest developments regarding Windows 10.
And second of all, it can spot and fix bugs much faster using insiders’ feedback, as the company has until now released new builds only when the Windows team managed to fix major bugs in internal builds and put together reliable versions of Windows 10.
But from now on, Microsoft will practically extend the Windows development team to the whole Windows Insider program, so both engineers and users would run the same build of Windows 10. This translates to more feedback, more bug reports, faster fixes, and a rapid development work for the new operating system.