Windows 10 October Update New Features

You already know that the next big update for Windows 10 (codenamed Redstone 5) is gonna be released in October because I said it on the title. Well now it has an exact date, October 2nd. It's not important for geeks like us but it's very important for normal people. There are some really interesting features coming along with the October update.

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Some of the main features are:

• Clipboard history and sync across devices
• Dark theme for File Explorer
• Text from your PC with the “Your Phone” app
• Swiftkey support in the touch keyboard
• Completely new screenshot utility
• Hidden Window Borders and More Acrylic Design
• Power Usage Details in the Task Manager

Some additional features:

• Bluetooth peripherals show their battery percentage within Settings
• Game Bar has been redesigned with new features including an overview of system performance and more.
• A new Windows HD color page is now available under Display Settings that let you configure HDR settings.
• You can now make text size bigger separately from the overall display scaling options in Settings.
• Windows now supports leap seconds.
• Windows Update will now use machine learning to determine when to install and not install updates. But you might still want to stop Windows 10 updates competely. 

Those were a few noticeable things in the new version. And of course there are a lot more changes and improvements because it's a major update. I didn't include them here because I'm thinking of keeping news articles on this blog short and to the point. But you can see the complete list of changes here. 

Oh, and Microsoft brings their amazing skill of naming things back. The next update won’t be codenamed Redstone 6 during its development. It will be called "Windows 19H1", which means it’s the first update of 2019. Future updates will be named "19H2", "20H1", "20H2", and so on.

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