The updated OS will include new features, tweaks and general improvements and should, finally, introduce extension support to the Edge browser. It will also bring the different Windows 10 devices -- PC, Xbox, Mobile -- closer together.
'Redstone', like 'Threshold' last year is set to be released in two waves. The first, currently expected in June/July, will be timed to encourage Windows 7 and 8.x users to upgrade while the OS is still free. The second wave, Redstone 2, was set to follow that towards the end of the year, and be a continuation of RS1. In other words, features that fail to make the first update will likely land in the second.
However, sources at Microsoft now say Redstone 2 won’t be released until spring 2017. The reason?
According to Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley, this delay is due to the software giant deciding to wait for a next wave of Microsoft branded devices to arrive -- new PCs, tablets and phones -- and that would make sense. Intel is expected to introduce its next processor family, dubbed Kaby Lake, by the end of 2016, and it’s a safe bet we’ll see a new Kaby Lake powered Surface Pro from Microsoft shortly afterwards, possibly in the spring.
Delaying Redstone 2, so it arrives at the same time as the new hardware, would be a sensible move, and give Microsoft further time to fine tune the OS update.
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~ Wayne Williams
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