Announced during their annual Build conference and released on July 29, 2016, Microsoft offered up the Windows 10 Anniversary Update. Free for all Windows 10 users, the update is shaped by feedback from Microsoft's Windows Insider program. With the update, developers are able to build new capabilities for their Universal Windows Platform apps, including Windows Hello.
Microsoft is retiring its use of the codename "Redstone" for Windows 10 releases next year, moving on to codenames that might prove a little more useful.
Microsoft announced that the Anniversary Update has been promoted to the Current Branch for Business (CBB), and is now ready for deployment.
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The AdDuplex report reveals wider adoption of the Windows 10 Anniversary Update for PC especially for mobile. HP is still king of Windows 10 PCs.
An FAQ page on HP's support site has been updated to state that the HP Elite x3 smartphone will receive the Windows 10 Mobile Anniversary Update "in the coming weeks" instead of the previously announced Sept. 13.
A new report claim that the VAIO Phone Biz and NuAns Neo smartphones, both from Japan and both with Windows 10 Mobile, are now getting the Windows 10 Anniversary Update.
Microsoft has confirmed that its rollout of the Windows 10 Anniversary Update for PCs may not be completed until sometime in early November.
Microsoft says the latest 14393.105 cumulative update that rolled out to Windows 10 PC users earlier this week includes a fix to the freezing issues that have hit some PC owners after they installed the Windows 10 Anniversary Update.
A new cumulative update (KB3176938) is available for those on Release Preview (and likely Slow Ring too). The update bumps the OS to Windows 10 build 14393.105, which is a small change from the August 25 update (14393.103).
Microsoft has posted a new promotional video that showcases some of the new accessibility features that have been included in the recent Windows 10 Anniversary Update.
An FAQ page on HP's support site states that the HP Elite x3 smartphone will receive the Windows 10 Mobile Anniversary Update "on or about September 13, 2016".
Japan's VAIO Phone Biz, the Windows 10 Mobile smartphone that launched earlier this year, won't be getting the Windows 10 Mobile Anniversary Update for a little while.
A number of Windows 10 Anniversary Update PCs owners are reporting Blue Screen of Death crashes when they connect them to Amazon's Kindle eReaders like the Paperwhite and Voyage.
Microsoft has released a new cumulative update for Windows 10 Anniversary Update. Build 14393.103 is now live for those on PC and Mobile and who are on the Release Preview Ring for Insiders.
New numbers from AdDuplex show that many PCs and laptops are still not on the new Anniversary Update. It is not clear if that is because of Microsoft doing a more slow rollout for older devices, or users deferring until a later time.
