Windows 10’s 22H2 update may not actually do much

The Windows 11 22H2 update is making its way through Microsoft’s Windows Insider testing channels, and we expect it to start rolling out to Windows 11 PCs sometime in the next few weeks or months. But Microsoft had almost nothing to say about Windows 10’s next major update other than the fact that the operating system will continue to get annual updates for the foreseeable future.

Also, the Windows 10 22H2 update is already there for those who know how to install it. Newwin has been posted List of commands that can be typed into the Command Prompt or Windows Terminal to convert a fully updated Windows 10 21H2 installation into a 22H2 installation. The commands use the Microsoft Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) tool to make modifications to your Windows installation and require the optional KB5014666 update for Windows 10 to be installed first.

The catch is that enabling Windows 10 22H2 doesn’t actually look like that an act More than just increasing the version number on the About Windows screen.

The Windows 10 21H2 Update It was released shortly after the release of Windows 11 at the end of last year, and while it included a few visual improvements for the user, it updated the Windows subsystem for Linux and added some capabilities for Wi-Fi networks with WPA3 encryption. These kinds of low-level improvements and back-end features may be lurking beneath the quiet surface of Windows 10 22H2, but if they are, Microsoft isn’t saying anything about them yet.

It may seem odd that just flipping a switch can “upgrade” Windows 10 21H2 to version 22H2, but it’s not unprecedented. Windows 10 1909 update released via a similar copy”Empowerment PackThis increased the version number and enabled some new features and tweaks that were dormant in Windows 10 1903.

New features or not, you’ll need to have Windows 10 22H2 installed at some point to keep receiving software updates since Microsoft’s end of service dates reset with each annual release of Windows. Version 21H2 Until mid-2023 or mid-2024depending on whether you’re running Home/Pro or Enterprise editions, while Microsoft plans to update at least one edition of Windows 10 through October 2025.

These updates will be important for PCs that can run Windows 10 over the course of years, but they don’t meet them Windows 11 security requirements. Windows 11 It can be played unofficially On those systems, though, Microsoft Threatened to cut off security updates For unsupported computers sometime in the future.