14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft is now giving the finishing touches to Windows 10 Creators Update (internally codenamed Redstone 2) and the company is expected to finalize the update sometime this month before the public launch due in April.
Now a new report indicates via unnamed sources that Windows 10 Creators Update could go live on April 11 as part of a gradual rollout that would eventually include smartphones as well.
No specifics are available for the time being, pretty much because everything can change overnight since the Creators Update is still in the works, but the previous targets that Microsoft has set for getting the update ready still appear to be valid: the new OS release should be ready in the coming weeks, while retail users would get it in April.
Furthermore, the same report claims that the final Windows 10 Creators Update is projected to launch next week, though there’s a chance that Microsoft extends this target for another week in order to fix the most recent issues reported by insiders.
Insiders getting the RTM first
Just like it happened with the Anniversary Update launched in August 2016, the Creators Update will first be shipped to users participating in the Windows Insider program and only then to everyone else.
A new Windows 10 build is expected to launch as soon as this week, possibly today, but a few others are likely to go live as well before the RTM build is compiled.
Microsoft has already started work on the Windows 10 Redstone 3 update, whose official name is not known just yet, but which is expected to land in the fall of this year.
Previous rumors on Redstone 3 indicated that the third major Windows 10 update could be ready in October as version 1711 before it is pushed to retail users in November. Of course, these dates could change at any moment given the fact that the Redstone 3 update is still in its very early development stages.