Anniversary Update for Windows 10 is indeed available, but Microsoft officials have already warned that it wouldn’t be immediately available to all consumers simultaneously at launch, rolling out in waves instead. Being able to publish the resulting app or game in the Windows Store means another channel for distribution and sale, clean installation and uninstallation, APIs for adding Windows 10-specific functionality, and automatic updates. “Internet access fees may apply”.
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Microsoft might be done with making wearables of its own forever.
She noted that Microsoft is throttling delivery of the Windows 10 Anniversary Update so that the firm can keep tabs on what’s working and what’s not as the update rolls out to the many permutations and combinations of Windows machines on which it’s qualified to run. Regardless of what happens with the hardware, the future seems to be bright for the software, so users of Microsoft’s Health platform have nothing to worry about.
“The vast majority of our customers have a high-quality, positive experience with our updates and our goal is an issue-free experience for everyone”, the spokesperson said.
Windows 10 users who have not yet seen the Anniversary Update arrive automatically can manually grab the update in a couple ways. IT decision makers for decades have heeded the advice that enterprises of all sizes should wait to deploy new versions of Windows until Microsoft releases that first service pack to avoid the pitfalls of bugs and security flaws that take time to discover. But we haven’t heard even a sniff of a new fitness tracker.
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While this is certainly a good thing for feature updates, Microsoft is trying to improve Windows 10 cumulative update testing too and is looking at Windows insiders in this regard. “We encourage our customers to contact customer support”.
