So you can try the news of Windows 10 before anyone else: we tell you how to sign up for an Insider Program channel

This year we have seen an important change within the Insider Program: the rings have given way to the channels when it comes to testing the new Builds that Microsoft releases periodically to be able to test the new features that will arrive in the stable versions of Windows that will later reach the market.

A change that, however, does not offer modifications in terms of the build release process. Now we have three channels (Dev Channel, Beta Channel and Release Preview Channel), in the purest style of Edge, the Chromium-based browser.Three more or less daring channels to test new features that will later come to Windows 10 and which you can access by following these steps.

Enter a channel

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And the fact is that signing up and belonging to the Insider Program is very easy and we are going to detail the entire process in this article. If you are interested in being an insider>"

But first of all it is convenient to be clear how each of the channels differs that we can access:

• Development Channel (Dev Channel): those who choose the Dev channel will receive builds before no one They are the first in a development cycle and will contain the latest work-in-progress code from our engineers, so they are not as polished and can cause system instability or bugs.These builds focus on improvements that will appear in future versions of Windows 10 when they are ready, and can be delivered as full operating system build updates or service releases. The objective is generate the necessary feedback to correct errors
• Beta Channel: With more polished builds than the Dev Channel, allows access to relatively updates validated by Microsoft and at the same time to improvements that will come in future versions of Windows. These builds have fewer bugs and will be tied to a specific upcoming release, like 20H1 above. And the goal remains the same: to help engineers fix bugs and get them fixed before a major release.
• Release Preview Channel: Aimed at first-time users and IT professionals, it is primarily intended for Businesses are aware of and validate upcoming releases of Windows 10 before wide deployment within their organization.These are the three channels into which the Insider Program will be divided from the end of the month. Three channels that could be more, as they announce that as Windows 10 evolves in the future, new channels may be introduced that bring new experiences to Insiders.

Steps to follow

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The first step to be part of the Insider Program in any of the channels is to enter the Settings menu through the cogwheel found in the Start bar."

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Once inside we must look for the section Updates and security and look in the menu on the side for a section with the text Windows Insider Program."

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We enter it and in the intermediate part we will see an access called Start on which we must click to see a new configuration window Not without first choosing a Microsoft account, normally the one we have associated with Windows 10."

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We click on Continue>Windows 10 asks us which channel we want to sign up for (development channel, beta channel or version preview channel), recommending the beta channel by default . Despite this advice, we can opt for any of the other two channels."

In the case of the Development Channel that I have chosen, we can test the news before anyone else but with the consequent risk of suffering more bugsand bugs that have not been fixed.

"After a window that clarifies some aspects of the Insider Program in which we will press Continue, we will see how Windows 10 asks us to restart the computer to start downloading the most recent Build available. "

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When this starts to download, all we have to do is wait. In the meantime, if we go to the Insider Program section under Updates and security>Stop getting preliminary versions."

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And it is that if we get tired of belonging to the Insider Program we can also abandon ship>"