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Windows 10: What to expect

in the next two releases

It’s still early, but here’s what we know. BY MARK HACHMAN

T

he next two Windows 10 updates,

code-named “19H2” and “20H1,”

reflect Microsoft’s recent decision

to split the major Windows 10

feature releases into two: a full-fledged

update, with new features, and a secondary

patch update. We’ve already had the major

“19H1” update, known officially as the May

2019 Update, so we’re now looking forward

to the minor 19H2 patch and then the major

20H1 feature release. Here’s what we know

so far about both of them.

As of July 2019, the upcoming 19H

feature (go.pcworld.com/19h2) will focus on

“quality enhancements,” while the “20H1”

feature will return to more substantive

improvements. If the latter hews to Microsoft’s

usual schedule, it’ll drop in March or April of

2020. Interim beta builds will provide further
      hints about what’s coming, and we’ll continue

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