Microsoft is already preparing the next big leap in Windows 10

Windows 10 has been with us for 5 years, in which every six months we have received a series of updates that add new functions and improve other existing ones. In the last two years we have seen how the pace of updates has changed, going from two large annual updates to a large annual one and a much smaller one, but that does include news.

The last one was this same month of October with the new start menu, the possibility of changing the update frequency from settings or a greater integration of Windows 10 and Microsoft Edge. A few months ago it was reported that the pace of updates would change again taking advantage of the release of Windows 10X.

Windows 10 already has a Build 212XX

This week the compilation of the next big leap in Windows versions has been reported. If we look at the path that the Dev channel / Insider fast ring has taken since the beginning of the year, we have seen the passage of Build 196XX that corresponded to 10X. This has been delayed to next year, so that version was discarded and went to 20XXX.

Here we have seen some of the new features that will be arriving such as the new splash screen, a new touch keyboard or the redesigned emoticon panel. It is not yet confirmed that it will reach Insider users, but in just a few weeks / month we will see the step in Dev at

An update for all you Windows build number and branch enthusiasts
- fe_release is now a thing
- rs_prerelease jumped 1000 builds ahead to 21242, we are now presumably entering 21H2/22H1

— Albacore ☁️ (@thebookisclosed) October 22, 2020

expected to be released in October 2021.

Microsoft has been making a series of visual changes since the beginning of years to adapt it to Windows 10X and the new design direction in Redmond. Hopefully with this next version we will see the next wave of changes that, remember, will give greater consistency between the different parts of the system.