14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft is getting ready to ship a new batch of cumulative updates for Windows 10 devices as part of the May 2021 Patch Tuesday rollout.
As it happens every month, all Windows 10 versions will get new updates, though worth knowing is that some older releases are only services as part of the LTSC or for Education and Enterprise SKUs.
Given the new cumulative updates will land as part of the Patch Tuesday rollout, they will be primarily aimed at fixing security bugs and vulnerabilities in Windows 10 and the built-in components. But on the other hand, expect these updates to also include various other non-security bug fixes to improve the general experience on Windows 10.
Microsoft preparing for Windows 10 version 21H1
At the same time, this new Patch Tuesday rollout takes place only a few days before Microsoft is expected to ship the new Windows 10 version 21H1.
As a result, insiders already running the final version of Windows 10 version 21H1 should also get a new cumulative update ahead of the public rollout of this feature update (all improvements will be bundled with the final version to ship to production devices).
Windows 10 version 21H1 will be just a small feature update focused on performance and improvements under the hood. It’ll follow in the footsteps of the previous feature update, with Microsoft says it decided to go for this approach based on user feedback.
“Windows 10, version 21H1 will have a scoped set of features improving security, remote access and quality. The features we are releasing in this update are focused on the core experiences that customers have told us they’re relying on most right now. So, we optimized this release to support our customers’ most pressing needs,” the company said.
The first wave of production devices should get the new Windows 10 version 21H1 by the end of the month.