Microsoft to step up the pace of delivering Windows 10 builds

[Reefa]

Though the plan was to give Windows 10 preview a series of regular updates, there hasn't been a new build since January.

Windows 10 has two public release channels. The fast channel is meant to get more regular updates, and so get new features sooner, while the slow channel is meant to be more thoroughly tested and a little more stable. Both channels have been quiet lately.

While there's no immediate change on that front—a new public candidate build is in testing but it's not done yet—testers of the new operating system should take note: the fast channel is due to get faster. Gabe Aul, a General Manager in Microsoft's Operating Systems Group tweeted today the fast channel is going to go faster, and if you want a more stable situation, you should switch to the slow channel. Further, Aul says that the company may introduce additional channels, perhaps to offer even more cutting edge builds.

How fast the channel will turn out to be remains to be seen. Earlier this week, Microsoft accidentally published an internal document that said that a move was going to be made to daily builds. This wasn't meant for public consumption, as it said that to access the daily builds, you had to log in to Windows with your Microsoft domain account—something that obviously most people don't have—but nonetheless raised the hope that the long period without any new builds would be coming to an end.

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[oliverjia]

Yeah, more talking and more PPT, great job, MicroSoft.

OS is not something you want to be "cutting edge". "Cutting edge" equals to more security holes and bugs when it comes to an OS.

[Ehsan]

why MS skipped Win 9 ?!