14 DAY TRIAL // The next version of Windows 10 (codenamed Redstone 4) undergoes several last-minute changes, including not only a new RTM build forced by BSOD errors, but also a completely new name.
A video discovered by Microsoft watcher @h0x0d seems to suggest that Redstone 4 won’t be called Windows 10 Spring Creators Update, as the Redmond-based software giant itself hinted earlier this year, but Windows 10 April 2018 Update.
While this isn’t really the best name that Microsoft could have picked for a new Windows 10 feature update, it’s actually a moniker that makes more sense than the Spring Creators Update, which would have become the third Creators Update after the original one launched a year ago and the second that landed in the fall of 2017.
Microsoft, however, hasn’t yet announced the name of the new Windows 10 update, as the company continues working on finalizing the RTM build. The Spring Creators Update designation itself showed up in several official documents earlier this year.
Last-minute bug in original RTM build
Windows 10 build 17133, which was released to insiders in all rings earlier this month, was supposed to launch for systems worldwide on April 10, but Microsoft decided to hold it back for a little longer after discovering a blocking increasing the likelihood of BSODs.
A new build, version 17134, was published today addressing these issues, and now Microsoft needs to promote it to all Windows Insider rings before rolling it out to general users. This is expected to happen by the end of the month, as the company plans to stick with its April target and maintain version 1803 for this new release.
Microsoft hasn’t yet confirmed the April 2018 Update moniker for the new Windows 10 update, but if everything goes according to the plan, more information should surface early next week.
Video: hear Microsftie say "Windows 10 April 2018 Update" pic.twitter.com/H4WPkCC3sA — WalkingCat (@h0x0d) April 17, 2018