Win10 May 2019 Update Spends a Month in Testing before Shipping

Windows 10 May 2019 Update Release Day will Be in May

On April 4^th, 2019, Microsoft announced that the next Windows 10 feature update, also known as Windows 10 1903 or Windows 10 19H1 will be released in the late May. Thus, it is also called the Windows 10 May 2019 Update.

This spring Windows 10 feature update is the first “May” update for the previous version always released in April.

Microsoft will Spend a Month in Testing before Shipping

The last Windows 10 feature update, Windows 10 October 2019 Update, was released with plenty of issues and some of them were even damaging.

For instance, some users found that their files were missing after update. It was not a good look and it didn’t help the fact that the company skipped the entire Release Preview testing step for Windows 10 release.

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In fact, the Release Preview ring is the last port of call before a feature update is launched to the public. It tests the updates from the last one to the new one among other things, for any issues that can pop up throughout development.

To make sure the Windows 10 May 2019 Update can work normally as intended, the company will begin to test the upcoming Windows 10 19H1 in the Insider Release Preview ring for over a month. Now, this action just starts from this week.

It is double the time previous feature updates have spent in this ring, and the company does it to guarantee the Windows 10 May 2019 Update can be stable enough after its release.

From this week, Window 19H1 can be available to testers in the Release Preview ring and it will remain there until Windows 10 May 2019 Update release day.

Windows as a Service

The company changes the way to get the Windows 10 feature updates. Users will no longer being forced to install the feature updates after they get available as long as the Windows 10 version they are running is still in support.

That is to say, when the Windows 10 May 2019 Update is released, you don’t have to download and install it if you don’t want to use it, unless you are still running an old version which is not in support anymore.

From this change, you can see how the company is dealing with the rollout of the feature updates and it is also a reflection of the age of “Windows as a Service”.

As usual, the update will not be available to everyone on its first release day. The update uses machine learning and feedback from testers and it will be available in waves relying on whether your Windows 10 computer and install is compatible.

Thus, from this new update on, there will be some steps from receiving a new feature update to its installation. They are all in the name of offering users with more control. On the other hand, it is interesting to see how many users choose to update Windows 10 and how many choose to keep the current state as long as possible.

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New Features in Windows 10 May 2019 Update

Actually, Windows 10 May 2019 Update is just a small update relatively with only a few new features and most of them are enhancements to the existing features. After all, it just focuses more on improving the existing things in the current Windows 10 OS.

The new features contain a Sandbox mode for Window 10 Pro and Enterprise, a new clean and modern light mode, improvements on Start, Action Center and UI.