You can now download Windows 10 October 2020 Update: these are all the new features you'll find

Not surprisingly, Microsoft's silent launch of the second major update of the year ceases to be surprising. Windows 10 October 2020 Update is already a reality, an update that you can now download to your computer to replace Windows 10 May 2020 Update.

But before installing, you may be interested in knowing what are the improvements provided by Windows 10 October 2020 Update We are facing an update that It offers considerable innovations at the interface level together with an optimization in terms of the operation of our equipment, some of which were already available through the different channels of the Windows Insider Program.

Changes and improvements

• A renewed Start menu is here in which Microsoft unifies the design and now the Start menu has new icons and a translucent background to tiles instead of the solid color.
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• When it comes to Edge, now improves how tabs work with the Alt + Tab key combination. This, which allowed Windows to easily switch between open applications, now also allows us to switch between Edge tabs. These will act as one more application and a preview of them will appear in the preview that appears when executing Alt + Tab. You can modify the ALT + TAB experience in Settings > System and Multitasking."
• The Taskbar gains in customization capacity thanks to the arrival of new icons and accesses so that we can adapt the content that offers to our needs.

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• Improvements and changes in notifications are coming and now they will have an icon of the app that generated them in a way that is more easy to identify them. Also, it will be easier to remove them thanks to a new X button."
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• The Settings>Settings > System > About section has been improved so that you can easily copy that information and paste it into a help desk ticket. "
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• Improved the experience of using tablet mode and if before, when you disconnected a keyboard on a 2-in-1 device, it would appear a notification asking if you wanted to switch to tablet mode, now this notification no longer appears and goes directly to tablet mode. You can change this behavior in Settings > System > Tablet"
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• There are changes in the settings that allow you to change the refresh rate of the screen. A function that is available in Settings > System > Display > Advanced display settings."
• The Xbox Game Pass app for PC is now available in the Microsoft Store.

How to update

If you want to update to the latest version with Windows 10 October 2020 Update, you should know that the update will not be immediately available to all users. Following what we've already seen in other major updates, rollout will be progressive and scaled to ensure a reliable download experience and prevent a potential issue from becoming widespread. For this reason, it may still take weeks to reach your computer.In addition, before updating, it is advisable to take a series of precautions.

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In addition and as reported by Microsoft, some devices may have a compatibility problem, so that these will not be offered the update until the company is sure they will have no problem installing it."

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If you want to check if you already have the update available on your computer, you must go to the path Settings > Updates and security > Windows Update and click on Check for updatesIf the update appears as available and you are already using version 1903 or higher of Windows 10, you only have to select Download and install> "

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