Amidst Microsoft receiving strong criticism for a flawed update in its February patch, it’s now gearing up to launch a new Windows 10 version 2004. The firm has already launched an ISO version of this version 2004, and it’s preparing to roll out this officially in Spring this year. Even before that, here’s a list of few important improvements it did.
Cortana
Integration of Cortana into Office 365 made it more like a productivity assistant, rather than just a general digital assistant. Cortana is now improved for better conversations and tasks. It’s expanding it’s supported languages to other regional languages too. The window box where Cortana lies is movable in this update.
Quick searches in Search Home
Microsoft has added few quick searches in Home itself. The options include Weather, News, New Movies, Today in History and occasional quizzes. To view them all, press Start key + S.
A new tablet experience in 2-in-1 PCs
The maker is adding a tablet posture in this update to feel tablet experience in convertible 2-in-1 PCs. It includes a key touch
Introducing GPU temperature in Task Manager.
If you’re having a dedicated GPU within PC, you can now track the live temperatures of that in Task Manager. This gives you an idea about which apps causing much pressure on system graphics.
New Kaomojis
These are the expressions made by characters, like this – ಠ_ಠ, ಥâ•â•®à²¥ etc. These are added to general facial emojis, that can be accessed by clicking Win key + Semicolon. The updated version has more of these.
Connecting security camera to PC
CC and other network cameras that are capable of transmitting data over IP to phones, can now be connected to your PC to stream the content/footage directly.
Aside these, there are several other notables like improved algorithms to manage indexer according to disk space, improved designs, signing in with Hello PIN, easy Bluetooth pairing if devices, pushing Xbox game updates, resetting PC from cloud etc. Know about all of them here: Microsoft
