Three builds in a week
Windows Insiders who signed up to the Fast ring for Windows 10 Technical Preview builds probably thought they'd at least have time to exhale in between new releases, and for most part, that's been true. However, after releasing two builds back-to-back earlier this week, Microsoft has now made available its third Windows 10 build in just four days.
In case the build numbers are starting to get confusing, here's a look at the past three builds, including the newest one released on Friday:
- Build 10158: June 29, 2015
- Build 10159: June 30, 2015
- Build 10162: July 2, 2015
What happened to Builds 10160 and 10161? We imagine they're locked in a crate somewhere, sitting alongside Windows 9 and Leisure Suit Larry 4: The Missing Floppies.
To recap, Build 10158 included updates to the Microsoft Edge browser, general improvements, refinements to the user interface, and a few other things. Microsoft also noted there were no "significant known issues."
In the absence of any significant issues, Build 10159 included over 300 bug fixes (presumably minor) and "one very interesting change," that being a revised login screen with a new hero image for the OS.
So, what does Build 10162 bring to the table?
"We just released Build 10159 with our new wallpaper and logon UI on Tuesday, but this is a holiday weekend in the U.S. and we thought that some of you might want to get an even fresher build on your PCs to play with over the long weekend. Build 10162 is another great one. In fact, our testing and internal telemetry metrics show it has better reliability, performance, battery life, and compatibility than any Windows 10 Insider Preview build so far," Microsoft's Gabe Aul stated in a blog post.
While we thought Build 10158 might be the last Technical Preview before Microsoft releases Windows 10 on July 29, it now looks like a few more might be in the cards.
"We find ourselves in a great situation, with an abundance of build candidates. We’re deciding how long to let each build stay with Windows Insiders so you can really exercise them and send feedback on any problems that you’re hitting," Aul added. "I know many of you have said you’d love daily builds, but it is actually important sometimes to get a few days on a build so that all of the code that does deferred work (like OneDrive sync, search indexing, background updating, etc.) can run and we can get feedback and error reports."
As for Slow ring users, Microsoft says it hasn't forgotten about them and that Build 10162 looks to be a candidate unless any issues emerge in the Fast ring. If not, it will be published to Slow ring users with ISOs early next week.
Windows 10 releases in final form on July 29, though you may not receive it right away. Microsoft will perform a staggered roll out, starting with Windows Insiders and those who reserved a space in the release schedule. In between waves, Microsoft will "listen, learn and update the experience for all Windows 10 users" as appropriate.
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