14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft announced Windows 10 April 2018 Update late last month, and today, the company begins the automatic rollout to the first wave of compatible systems.
If since April 30 nearly all devices could be upgraded to the April 2018 Update manually via Windows Update, starting today, Microsoft is pushing this new OS version to devices no matter if users check for updates or not.
In other words, the public rollout is now live, and as it happened in the case of the previous Windows 10 versions, it takes place in stages. This means only a small percentage of devices get the update today, but there’s no reason to worry because eventually, all Windows 10 PCs will be allowed to upgrade.
Rollout taking place in stages
The rollout in waves allows Microsoft to ensure a smooth upgrade process based on a simple approach. The company first ships to update to a small number of devices, collecting feedback from them on bugs and compatibility issues that could impact the experience on other computers.
Once these problems are addressed, Microsoft publishes the update for more machines, again collecting feedback trying to hunt down the remaining bugs. This process repeats until eventually all issues are resolved and all systems can be safely upgraded to Windows 10 April 2018 Update.
The rollout typically completes in approximately three months, so by mid-summer, all Windows 10 devices should be allowed to upgrade as well. In the meantime, however, the manual upgrade option will continue to be offered, though this means that should any bugs be discovered, users might have to find a workaround on their own until Microsoft delivers a fix.
Windows 10 April 2018 Update lands as version 1803, and it installs quite quickly, as Microsoft has tweaked the process to perform more tasks online and thus keep devices less in offline mode. More information on how the rollout process advances will be provided by the company itself in the coming weeks.