Changes prepared for the updating system on phones

Oct 7, 2016 05:19 GMT  ·  By

The next Windows 10 Mobile insider builds are expected to bring more substantial changes as compared to its predecessors, including tweaks to the updating system that will bring it in line with the PC version.

Specifically, screenshots posted by Aggiornamenti Lumia reveal that the next Redstone 2 builds could bring a new icon that will show up when completing system updates or requesting reboots, but as it happened with PCs, Microsoft is very likely to experiment with several versions before choosing the final one.

Furthermore, it turns out that Microsoft plans to rename Phone update to Windows Update in order to sync PCs and mobile phones and offer similar experiences across all devices. There’ll be new advanced options for the phone update section, and Microsoft is expected to add more settings as development goes further and we get closer to the official release date of Redstone 2.

Windows Update notifications

The same source reveals that Windows Update will be included in the list of apps that provide notifications, so you’ll be able to control when and what notifications you get when receiving updates.

For the moment, there’s no information as to when the new build could roll out, but it’s not believed that Microsoft intentionally decided to hold back the release of a new Windows 10 Mobile build last week in order to get all these changes ready.

If this is the case, they should be included in the next release, which could take place either today, although there are only small chances for this, or next week, when PC insiders could get an update too.

No matter when they get the go-ahead for the Insider program, these changes should be part of Redstone 2, due in the spring of 2017 and coming with many other improvements. Of course, since they’re still in the experimental stage, expect them to improve substantially before the public rollout.

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