Microsoft Releases Windows 10 October 2020 Update

Microsoft late Tuesday launched the Windows 10 October 2020 Update, the yr’s second main replace to the working system. This replace focuses on enhancing the person interface, with out too many under-the-hood modifications. It sees nearer integration of the Edge web-browser with Windows, the place Alt+Tab allows you to cycle not solely amongst open home windows but additionally amongst web-browser tabs. Edge additionally introduces Collections, a characteristic akin to Firefox Pocket, which helps you to simply set up and save content material you discover on the internet.

Updates to the Start menu and Taskbar see app icons dispose of the sq. “modern UI” background within the apps listing. The Display Settings now embrace refresh-rate setting. Windows comes with nearer integration of 2-in-1 gadget context switching (between pill to laptop computer modes). Commercial customers get less complicated cell gadget administration, improved Windows Hello biometric sign-in, and Windows Defender Application Guard (WDAG), which makes use of {hardware} isolation to guard supported apps akin to Edge and Office, by leveraging {hardware} virtualization. Microsoft began releasing the Windows 10 October 2020 Update (free for present Windows 10 customers), by means of Windows Update.

A video presentation by Microsoft follows.