Windows 10 anniversary update is now available

Windows 10 Anniversary Update, the first major update to the new Microsoft operating system is already with us, commemorating its first year of life. Anniversary Update is a free update of Windows 10 that brings a series of interesting improvements and that we will go on to detail in the following lines.

Anniversary Update comes to Windows 10

• The first thing that jumps out after the Anniversary Update is the new start menu, which receives a rearrangement, for example, that now all the applications installed on the computer can be viewed using a scroll and new buttons are also added on the left side to enter the system options or to reboot / shutdown / hibernate.

• Another aspect that has been improved is the notification center, which now offers more information and are separated according to the application. The Cortana voice assistant has improved a lot after the update, a contextual conversation system has been added with which it now understands much better user questions. Cortana can also monitor your emails for data such as flight times, much like Google Now, and allows you to create reminders for almost anything with a voice memo system.

• Windows Hello comes to Windows 10 thanks to Anniversary Update. Windows Hello adds a biometric control to log in by scanning our face through a webcam. The arrival of this function is one of the most important for the security of the computer with this operating system. Windows Ink is another application that debuts in Windows 10. In this case, Windows Ink takes advantage of the use of styluses with a series of programs such as Screen Sketch, which allows you to paint on your screen making captures, or Sketchpad, which is an advanced application. to draw on the screen. There is also a function to write reminders on the desktop Sticky Notes) that can also be used without a stylus. The Microsoft Edge browser also receives many improvements such as extensions, we have dedicated a special article to Microsoft Edge at the time with all its news.

These would be some of the most important new features of Windows 10 Anniversary Update, which is now available to download and install for free.