14 DAY TRIAL // While Microsoft has so far remained tight-lipped on the codenames of the next Windows 10 feature updates, referring to them as 19H2 and 20H1 (an indication regarding their expected release date), information in this regard reached the web occasionally.
A recent discovery, for example, confirms two of the codenames that made the rounds before for Windows 10 19H2 and Windows 10 20H1.
Microsoft watcher Tero Alhonen discovered evidence in the recently-released Windows 10 SDK build 18950 that the 19H2 update would be called Vanadium, while the 20H1 update due in the spring is currently baptized Vibranium.
Next stop, Windows 10 19H2
No other specifics are available right now, but given the same names have previously leaked to the web as well, there’s a good chance these are indeed being used for the upcoming versions of Windows 10.
Windows 10 19H2 is already available for insiders in the Slow ring, and it is due to be finalized in the September, with an October target date for production devices. On the other hand, Windows 10 20H1 can be tested by users enrolled in the Fast ring of the Windows Insider program, and it is expected to go live in the spring of 2020.
Out of these two updates, the 20H1 release seems to be the one getting all the attention, as it’s likely to bring many more substantial improvements to the Windows platform.
At the same time, the 19H2 update is described by many as a little bit more than a service pack, with the focus put on under-the-hood refinements and smaller improvements that won’t be necessarily noticeable for the average Joe.
It remains to be seen if Microsoft ever confirms these Windows 10 codenames, as for the time being, the company sticks with its current public naming approach that serves as a direct reference to the expected release date.