Builds 18362.10012 and 18362.10013 available for insiders

Aug 9, 2019 04:24 GMT  ·  By

Microsoft has released new builds for Windows 10 19H2 insiders, and this time the company has embraced a different approach, with two separate builds released.

This is because Microsoft tries to introduce new features gradually, so the builds released today, which ship as part of cumulative updates published on Patch Tuesday, show up with different numbers for insiders.

For example, if you are currently running Windows 10 build 18362.10005 what you’re going to get is build 18362.10012, which comes with the new features turned off by default.

On the other hand, if the device is on Windows 10 18362.10006, Windows Update should serve you build 18362.10013 and all features are enabled.

What’s new in this build?

As for what the new features include, they are mostly smaller improvements that Microsoft originally introduced in Windows 10 20H1 and which the company is now backporting to 19H2.

For example, you can now create new calendar entries straight from the calendar flyout in the system tray, a feature that debuted in 20H1 preview builds earlier this year.

Additionally, app notification settings have been updated with so-called friendly images to demonstrate how the changes you make affect notifications in a more straightforward manner.

You can find the full changelog in the box after the jump.

Windows 10 19H2 is projected to be finalized in September, so we’re only a month or so away from the moment the RTM build should be signed off. This means you shouldn’t really expect major improvements in this new release, and people familiar with the matter previously called the 19H2 update “a little bit more than a service pack.”

This update is currently being tested with help from insiders in the Slow ring, whereas the Fast ring is already experimenting with improvements that will be included in the 20H1 feature update due in the spring of the next year.

New Features In This Build