14 DAY TRIAL // Windows 10 April 2018 Update is now running on 89.6 percent of all Windows 10 devices out there, according to data provided by AdDuplex.
And while reaching a nearly 90 percent adoption is good news for Microsoft’s most recent feature update, these figures show that April 2018 Update hasn’t managed to achieve the same penetration level as the Fall Creators Update.
And there’s a chance that it will never do, as a new update is just around the corner and ready for the public launch next month.
“It is unlikely that April 2018 Update will reach the top level penetration of its predecessor — Fall Creators Update. Next month we are likely to see October 2018 Update in the mix and this means that it will start taking the market share from A18U before it reaches 92%+ share FCU enjoyed back in April,” AdDuplex explains.
Windows 10 October 2018 Update
Windows 10 Fall Creators Update is now the second most-used Windows 10 version with 5.7 percent share, while the Creators Update has dropped to 1.7 percent. Surprisingly, there are more devices running Windows 10 Anniversary Update – 1.8 percent.
The good news is that no less than 0.4 percent of the device base on Windows 10 is already on the Redstone 5 update (October 2018 Update) as part of the Windows Insider program.
Microsoft will release Windows 10 October 2018 Update to users next month, as development has already been completed. The RTM build was signed off earlier this week, and insiders in the Fast and Slow rings are running it right now. The same build should be promoted to the Release Preview ring shortly.
The October 2018 Update will roll out to production devices in stages, as Microsoft will address bugs as more PCs get it. A manual download option will also be offered via the Media Creation Tool.