Microsoft[1] at IFA 2018[2] announced the name of the upcoming Windows 10[3] update, internally known as Redstone 5[4]. The Redmond, Washington-headquartered company Microsoft said that the next feature update to Windows will be called the Windows 10 October 2018 Update[5]. With the update, the company wants to bring new features and enhancements to almost 700 million devices that run Windows 10. Microsoft, however, did not announce what is coming exactly in the update and said that more details will be revealed in the run-up to the release date. The company has been publicly testing Redstone 5 via its Windows Insider Program for a while now, and we detail some of the features that the testing revealed.
At its keynote presentation at IFA 2018 in Berlin, Microsoft showcased several Windows PCs such as the Lenovo Yoga C630[6], Yoga Book C930[7], Dell Inspiron 13 7000 2-in-1[8], Surface Go[9], Acer Predator Triton 900[10], among others. While sharing the new Windows experiences during the event, Erin Chapple, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft also confirmed that more things will be coming with the next Windows 10 update.
At the Microsoft Build 2018 held in May, the company brought several new developments[11] on Microsoft's core products. A lot of those announcements were around Windows 10. While Microsoft has not reconfirmed which features will make it to the final Windows 10 October 2018 Update, the company is expected to bring several new features such as Dark Mode in File Explorer, Your Phone app, and more.
Microsoft had previously stated that a dark theme is finally making its way to Windows 10...