Microsoft has released Windows 10 build 17730 from the RS5 branch. Among the changes is the arrival of retail-like updates.
Microsoft today released a new preview for PCs with a retail restart experience. This build is from the RS5 branch, which represents the Windows 10 update the company plans to release later this year. The company is also releasing builds from the 19H1 branch, which, as its name indicates, will arrive in the first half of next year.
Windows 10 is being developed as a service, meaning it receives new features on a regular basis. Microsoft has released five major updates so far: November Update, Anniversary Update, Creators Update, Fall Creators Update, and April 2018 Update.
The Your Phone app, which we thought had arrived with the build earlier this week, is now actually available. As its name implies, Your Phone’s main purpose is to let you access your phone’s content — like text messages, photos, and notifications — right on your Windows 10 PC. Your Phone currently only works with Android devices and is limited to syncing photos, but more features are on the way.
The real change in this release, however, is how builds arrive for Windows Insiders. Microsoft explains:
Microsoft wants to improve how builds are delivered before releasing to retail.
This desktop build also includes the following general bug fixes and improvements:
Today’s update bumps the Windows 10 build number for the RS5 branch from 17728 (made available to testers on July 31) to build 17730.
This build has 13 known issues:
As always, don’t install this on your production machine.
