14 DAY TRIAL // While Windows 10 Redstone 5 is nearly in stabilization mode, meaning that Microsoft begins to concentrate exclusively on fixing bugs and refining performance, it looks like there still are a few unannounced features to discover in the OS.
One of them concerns a little improvement to the way screen resolution changes are handled by the operating system.
As discovered by reddit user ericfabreu, Windows 10 no longer loses windows size settings when switching from one resolution to another, instead making the process a lot smoother and without needing any further user adjustments.
While at first glance this may not be such a significant change for Windows 10 users, it is specifically for users with 4K display where most apps and games launch in lower resolutions. This means a resolution change is triggered whenever the process is launched, in turn altering windows dimensions.
As the cited user explains on reddit, this improvement still needs a bunch of refinements, as taskbar icons are still blurry until the explorer.exe process is restarted.
Redstone 5 coming in the fall
Microsoft hasn’t announced this change in Windows 10 Redstone 5, but there’s a chance that more information may be shared when work on it completes and everything works properly, including the icons.
Windows 10 Redstone 5 is projected to debut in the fall, and according to Microsoft’s typical schedule, it should be finalized in September before it begins rolling out to users in October. Windows insiders will be the first to receive the RTM build.
In the meantime, Microsoft has also started work on Redstone 6, the next major release for Windows 10, this time scheduled for the spring of 2019. Redstone 6, however, advances at a slower pace now, given it’s developed alongside Redstone 5, but while the next update ships in the fall, Microsoft would accelerate releases and ship new builds on a more frequent basis.