MICROSOFT is believed to be making some changes to Redstone – the next blockbuster update to its hugely-popular operating system, Windows 10.
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| Microsoft is planning some major changes to Windows 10 in 2016, but you might have to wait |
Microsoft is hard at work on the next major update to Windows 10, dubbed Redstone, which is due for released in the first half of 2016.
However a new report claims the US technology firm is trimming some of the features initially planned for the blockbuster update.
Instead, Microsoft is believed to the focusing on improvements to some of its internal systems.
These under-the-bonnet tweaks should help Microsoft find bugs faster, which should speed up development in future.
According to a new report in Petri, which cites multiple sources within the Redmond technology company, “development takes time and with multiple weeks allocated to OneCore and other internal systems […] this means to meet their deadline of the first half of 2016, feature priority must be adjusted.”
The report does not specify what new features Microsoft plans to delay to a later update.
Microsoft is believed to be experimenting with a number of upgrades to Cortana for its Redstone update, including allowing the voice assistant to float around the operating system.
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| Not only will Cortana gain more functionality, but is also expected to be omnipresent across the OS |
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| Microsoft brought back the Start Menu – and added some stellar new customisation options |
Microsoft could allow Cortana to follow users as they navigate around the operating system, surfacing useful information based on what users are viewing on-screen.
The nifty context-aware functionality sounds closer to Now On Tap in Android Marshmallow than the infamously annoying Clippy character bundled with Windows 97 to 2003.
Microsoft is also believed to be planning a number of updates to the Notification Centre, also known as Action Centre.
Future versions of this pane are expected to include widgets, offering users quick glanceable snapshots of data, synced across your Windows 10 devices.
Unfortunately, none of these features made an appearance in the latest preview version of Windows 10, build 11099, which rolled out to Windows Insider users last week.
Instead, the latest preview focused on stability and tweaks to the operating system, which runs across tablets, desktops, two-in-one hybrids and smartphones.
Microsoft has previously stated an ambition to get one billion devices across the globe running Windows 10 within two years of the operating system's release.
NewsNewsBlog.blogspot.com was impressed with the new operating system, in our review we said it marked "a brilliant start to the next chapter for Microsoft Windows.”
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| Microsoft’s next blockbuster update, Redstone, is planned for early 2016 |
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| Windows 10 and supported Universal Apps work great in tablet mode |
But the new OS has not been without issues.
Users have reported infuriatingly slow boot-up speeds, trouble with wifi connections, privacy concerns and issues with child safety features following the jump to Windows 10.
Windows 10 is currently a free operating system upgrade to customers running genuine versions of Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1.
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