Windows spring 2021 update (21H1)

 

Windows 21H1

Windows 10’s May 2021 Update, also known as 21H1, was released on May 18, 2021. Like the 20H2 update, this is a smaller update that focuses on security improvements. The big features originally planned for 21H1 have been delayed to 21H2 in late 2021 October.

How to install Windows 10’s May 2021 Update?

Windows Update will automatically install the update on your Windows 10 PC. However, you may have to wait-Microsoft gradually rolls out updates to PCs, bit by bit, watching to see if there are any problems.

To get the update immediately, you can head to Microsoft's Download Windows 10 website, click the "Update now" button, and run Microsoft's update tool. And you will be updated to the 21H1 spring version.

What's New in Windows 10's May 2021 Update?

 

Almost nothing is new in Windows 10's 21H1 update. However, Windows is still being fixed with important security patches and bug fixes.

 

Here's what Microsoft's John Cable says we should expect:

 

Windows Hello Multicamera Support: When you have both an external and internal Windows Hello camera on your PC, you can now set the default camera as your external camera. Windows Hello is used for signing into PCs.

Windows Defender Application Guard Performance: Microsoft has sped up WDAG, a feature that lets administrators configure applications to run in an isolated, virtualized container for security. Microsoft says opening documents, in particular, should be faster.

 

WMI Group Policy Performance: Microsoft has improved Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Group Policy Service (GPSVC) and made it perform more quickly "to support remote work scenarios."

 

Customers running either Windows 10, version 2004 or version 20H2 who choose to update to the new release will have a fast installation experience because the update will install like a monthly update. For consumer or commercial users coming from versions of Windows 10 earlier than the May 2020 Update (version 2004), the process of updating to the new release will be the same as it has been and will work in a similar manner to previous Windows 10 feature updates, using the same tools and processes. As this Windows 10 release is targeted for the first half of 2021, all Windows 10 editions of version 21H1 will receive 18 months of servicing

Microsoft's Windows Insider blog post adds a few more details on the specific scenarios that have been improved.

What's will be the next Update?

The next update will be the 21H2 update which will be introducing on October 2021 as in Windows insider Program. The Windows 21H2 Update will have many new features and new sorts of icons.

(source: https://blogs. windows.com/windowsexperience/2021/02/17/introducing-the-next-feature-update-to-windows-10-version-21h1/

https://www.howtogeek.com/685996/whats-new-in-windows-10s-21h1-update-coming-spring-2021/)