We know that when Microsoft releases a new version of its operating system, it does not reach all users from the first moment. To reduce the probability that something will go wrong and there are errors, the company usually releases its new version “in waves”, debugging the update process with each one of them. May 2020 Update , the update from May last year, has been one of the slowest updates to all users. However, for several hours, this 2004 version has been available to 100% of Windows users.
Windows 10 May 2020 Update: the 20H1, finally, finished
The Windows Health dashboard now indicates that Windows 10 version 2004 is now available for mass deployment. For the company, this new version of the operating system no longer causes problems, it has no errors . Unless there is a compatibility problem with the hardware, or with a driver, all users of previous versions of the operating system will see this new update in Windows Update. And they can download and install it with one click.
Thanks to this new level of update status, any user who has not yet installed this 2004 version of the operating system will now be able to do so without problems and without having to resort to Microsoft’s update wizard . And it is very important to do so. We remember that the 2019 versions will stop having support very soon, in May of this year. And we should not use an unsupported Windows.
Windows 10 version 2004 is an update that has generally worked quite well. Especially if we compare it with the updates of 2019.
Windows 10 20H2 for the most adventurous
Users who always want to be up-to-date have one more version to upgrade to: Windows 10 20H2 . This is the second update of 2020 of the operating system, and unlike 2004, it is a small update, maintenance, without great news.
20H2 is still in full expansion, and its market share is less than 17%, a growth well below the expected if we compare it with other previous updates of Windows 10.
Microsoft ensures that it is already thinking of bringing the new version of the operating system to more users in order to increase the market share of this version. Users who have not yet upgraded to 20H2 can check if this version is already available for their computers by searching for updates manually from Windows Update. Or they can also use the media creation tool to force the installation, although we recommend waiting.
Windows 10 21H1 just around the corner
Microsoft already has its next Windows update almost ready, 21H1 , the first in 2021. This new version will be, again, a minor update, just like 20H2. An update focused, above all, on correcting errors and debugging the operation of the system.
The next feature update is expected to be 21H2. This version, also known as Sun Valley, wants to change Windows 10 in a very radical way. We will have to wait to see if it finally succeeds.