Microsoft is set to release the next feature update for Windows 10 users, dubbed version 21H1. This is another minor feature update, but it includes a few key improvements for certain scenarios.
Spring is one of the two seasons of the year when Microsoft typically releases a new feature update for Windows 10, and that means we’re due for another one soon. Microsoft has already been testing the next feature update – known as version 21H1 – for a while now, and it shouldn’t be too long before it becomes publicly available. As such, it’s time for yet another roundup of what’s new in this update, but before we get into that, you may want to check out all the changes that have been made in previous Windows 10 updates: Moving to version 21H1, there’s some background required here. For the past couple of years, Microsoft has released a major feature update in the spring (see versions 1903 and 2004) and a smaller update focused on refinements and smaller improvements in the fall (versions 1909 and 20H2). These updates are delivered through enablement packages, meaning the actual bits in the fall updates are the same as the spring update, but they have an enablement package that makes certain features light up. The spring and fall updates each year even receive the exact same cumulative updates every month. This time, however, the spring update – version 21H1 – is yet another enablement package update, meaning it’s only lighting up certain changes that are already hidden in version 2004 and 20H2.
