The 19H2 update is due to be finalized in September

Jun 6, 2019 09:25 GMT  ·  By

With Windows 10 May 2019 Update already rolling out to users, the next logical step for Microsoft would be to move forward to the next OS feature update due in the fall.

As per Microsoft’s own approach, once a new Windows 10 version is finalized, the company begins the work on the next one, and the first steps typically involve releasing preview builds to members of the Windows Insider program.

However, the most recent preview build that Microsoft shipped to insiders isn’t an early release of the fall 2019 update, but actually a testing version of the feature update that the company plans for the spring of 2020.

The late-2019 update, officially codenamed 19H2, is still nowhere to be seen despite the fact that it’s supposed to be finalized in September, and this does nothing more than fuel rumors claiming this release wouldn’t bring anything major to Windows 10 users.

Just a service pack?

Earlier this year, it was speculated that the 19H2 update could end up being nothing more than a service pack, and Microsoft not shipping any testing builds seems to indicate this is the case.

As Chris Hoffmann of How-To Geek noticed on Twitter, “19H2 isn’t going to see much public testing,” despite Microsoft originally promising to release preview builds “in the spring.”

Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley says the 19H2 update is likely to become more of a service pack for Windows 10 19H1 (May 2019 Update).

“I think it really will be mostly like a service pack for 19H1. and rumor is if there are any new features they might be turned off by default,” she posted.

Whatever the strategy, Microsoft owes its users some specifics on the next Windows 10 feature update, as all the focus right now seems to be on the 20H1 release.