Windows 10 Anniversary Update to Launch in July, Microsoft Roadmap Reveals

[Batu69]

The date is still not confirmed by the company though

Microsoft announced the Anniversary Update for Windows 10 at Build 2016, but the company hasn’t provided any details on when exactly this new version could land.

But information coming from people close to the matter indicated that a July launch was considered and new details provided on a Microsoft website now seem to confirm that this is indeed very likely.

A Microsoft roadmap spotted by @h0x0d (via WinBeta) indicates that the software giant is planning some big changes to Cortana (which are likely to be introduced with the Anniversary Update), and all these improvements are projected to debut in July.

“Cortana is also the best digital assistant at reminders, letting you set them in more ways including by pen, and [coming in July 2016] pulling reminder-relevant info from emails so you have the details at hand. And you can instantly capture your ideas by voice just by telling Cortana to take a note,” the roadmap page reads (emphasis is ours).

July makes sense

Although Microsoft still wants to remain tight-lipped for the moment when it comes to the release of the Anniversary Update, the July date actually makes sense given the fact that Windows 10 turns one during the month. Furthermore, Microsoft ends the free upgrade promo on July 29, so releasing an update that brings new features is the best way to convince more people to install Windows 10 at the very last minute.

There is a reason the company doesn’t want to share more information on the release date of the Anniversary Update: work on this version is still under way and in case major bugs are found, it can easily push back the launch for a few more days without anyone knowing about it.

It’s a known fact that missing a deadline is not well received by the community and it already happened several times during the development process of Windows 10 to launch preview builds later than planned, so Microsoft clearly wants to avoid this with the Anniversary Update.

For the moment, all we know for sure is that the Anniversary Update is landing in the summer, so we shouldn’t be too far away from the moment this happens.

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[Jogs]

4 hours ago, Batu69 said:

 Windows 10 turns one

Nice to think about it. 

 

[csmdew]

the jul update won't give people much time to test to see if they want to make that jump to win 10; makes more since to put it out in may or june so more time to test for bugs

[D1v1n3D]

you think that is accident they want to lock people into their always evolving buggy OS I bet this new update will for sure disable the old CD key's in their databases all w7 and w8 keys updates I bet will be disabled and turned invalid if you update it to that redstone 1 update.

[tiliarou]

10 hours ago, D1v1n3D said:

you think that is accident they want to lock people into their always evolving buggy OS I bet this new update will for sure disable the old CD key's in their databases all w7 and w8 keys updates I bet will be disabled and turned invalid if you update it to that redstone 1 update.

Where do you get that from ? Old valid (and leaked) retail and VLK keys are valid when upgrading from w7 or w8/8.1. However, Microsoft announced that it the upgrade would be free for 1 year only. The thing is to upgrade before the end date but as usual we will always find a way to activate cracked copies I assume.