14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft has recently confirmed Windows 10 version 21H1, and one of the things that not everybody anticipated is the way it’ll be shipped.
Version 21H1 won’t be a major update, but a smaller release similar to version 20H2, so it’ll come in the form of a quality update published on Windows Update. Many call this a service pack-like approach, and in some regards, it really is, especially because the focus is on improving the performance of the operating system and less on new features.
But according to John Cable, Vice President, Program Management, Windows Servicing and Delivery, Microsoft is also working on a set of new features that will come to users in version 21H1, and they are all based on 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,” Cable said.
All eyes now on Windows 10 version 21H2
In other words, Microsoft will focus on multicamera support for Windows Hello and other security patches, including the following:
- Windows Hello multicamera support to set the default as the external camera when both external and internal Windows Hello cameras are present.
- Windows Defender Application Guard performance improvements including optimizing document opening scenario times.
- Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Group Policy Service (GPSVC) updating performance improvement to support remote work scenarios.
Windows 10 version 21H1 will thus be a rather light release, so now everybody is waiting for the 21H2 feature update due in the fall with so many more improvements, including a lot of new features that will represent a major overhaul to the Windows 10 experience.