Windows 10 October 2020 Update is now available with an updated Start menu and more

Microsoft is releasing its Windows 10 October 2020 Update to over a billion users nowadays. So much like last year, this second Windows 10 update of 2020 is more of a Inspection and repair Load down than a major release. Microsoft has, notwithstandin, made some unputdownable tweaks, including a refreshed Go menu, some AL Tab changes, and the bundling of the new Chromium-powered Microsoft Edge.

The biggest visual change is, of course, the updated Start menu. Microsoft's new design kills off the solid discolour rear app logos and adds a limpid background to tiles instead. The end result is a Start menu that's functionally the same, but that's a lot easier to scan to find your apps.

Microsoft's second significant change is how Alt Tab works. Traditionally, you use Elevation Tab key to oscillation through desktop apps that are naked in Windows, but the list now includes all undefended tabs in Microsoft Edge. Microsoft is allowing Windows 10 users to switch back to the classical EL-Tab experience, though.

The final examination important addition is connected to PC gaming. Microsoft has ne'er made it easy to set high and control monitor refresh rates in Windows, leading to many forgetting to enable 144Hz or higher modes on their monitors. You can now switch to higher brush up rates at once within the Windows 10 settings panel (Settings > System > Reveal, Advanced display settings). IT's finer than jumping into a legacy interface buried in settings operating room having to control this from AMD Oregon Nvidia's apps.

Microsoft's other improvements to Windows 10 with this October 2020 Update are even more minor. Notifications now include app logos at the top to make them easier to manage and identify, the taskbar has been decluttered for novel Windows 10 users, and pad of paper modality no more shows a notification if you'atomic number 75 using a 2-in-1 laptop.

While the Windows 10 October 2020 Update is disposable today, there's a chance you mightiness non be healthy to install it just even so. Microsoft typically takes a gradual approach to its Windows rollouts, and this nonpareil is arriving in the middle of a epidemic where everyone is relying on laptops and PCs more than ahead.

"We are taking a measured seeker-based rollout glide slope to the October 2020 Update," explains John the Evangelist Cable, Microsoft's head of Windows Servicing and Livery. "We are throttling availability over the advent weeks to ensure a certain download experience and so the update may non be offered to you right away. Additionally, whatever devices might get a compatibility issue for which a safeguard clasp is in situ, so we will not offer the update until we are confident that you will have a good update experience."

If your twist is now supported, then you can check for the Windows 10 Oct 2020 Update in the Windows Update division of settings (Settings > Update &A; Security > Windows Update). Otherwise, this latest update should appear in the coming weeks.