Windows 10 Anniversary Update Review

The biggest update to Windows 10 is finally upon us, but can it keep up the momentum Microsoft has been building?

A year ago, the release of Windows 10 was more than just the next version of Windows. Windows 10 represented a new vision of how an operating system could be developed, trading the traditionally years-long gap between releases for a constant stream of incremental updates. It was dubbed ‘Windows as a Service’ and overall Microsoft has kept their promise over the last 12 months.

New features and improvements have come at a steady clip, but the Anniversary update is the largest and most ambitious of these updates since Windows 10’s launch last July. We’ve been following the Anniversary Update, codenamed Redstone, for months as you all know, but today we’re taking an in-depth look at everything that made the cut. Having an opportunity to see these changes evolve has been fascinating and it feels like everything’s finally ready for the masses. Let’s take a look.
(note: Microsoft Corp. was misidentified as Microsoft Inc. in the video - we apologize for any inconvenience)

[Smankusors]

Wait... Microsoft Inc.? Who is that? All I know was Microsoft Corporation -.-

[MasterofWindowsXP]

"Hey there guys, Zac here from Winbeta-"

Oh wait he's in Windows Central.

[halomexx]

Thanks guys, this are really professional and enthusiastic videos that keep informed the fans of Windows.

[JeetChowdhury]

Hello This Is Zac!! And Welcome To WinBeta!! :D

[vivekmohan]

I recently updated to the anniversary update. Rest of the things are fine but when I restart my Laptop, the Lenovo (my laptop manufacturer) logo just appears for couple of seconds and then disappears although spinner keeps on rotating for some more time with black screen in the background. After some time laptop boots I would like to know if this is by design or this is a bug.

[FuitGummy]

This update is very nice
:'(
I miss Zac

[xnlightenedx]

I can't find Cortana anywhere since installing this. When I search in startmenu, it's just normal search. And there aren't any setting around here. She's nowhere. What is going on?

[strat]

Does anyone notice that the update made the display a little darker? Please tell me I'm not the only one.

[asdjesdsd]

i saw 5+ other review videos and this is the best, explains fast and direct, also covers more changes. btw i love every change exept the new start menu, i hate all apps been displayed all time.

[k]

Cortana stil unavaible in my region :(

[themisc.channel]

they forgot the lock-screen update, instead of it sliding up it just re appears on top of the lock screen picture

[unlokia]

_"To celebrate the Anniversary of the release of Windows 10, we thought we'd include a special `feature` which completely screws up your PCs, by changing the way webcams and drivers work, WITHOUT telling you first. Enjoy!"_

Sincerely, Microfail.

[WINDOWS]

can i download this and upgrade to other PCs?

[sainikhil]

is Windows 10 Anniversary Update relesed in india

[latif.ferdiner]

I already got the update its almost done installing with no problems

[deepanshuutreja]

When will anniversary update will come for lumia?

[LrdDarkFyre]

Just wish there was a good cross platform browser that could take advantage of these features

[frankchen]

Fascinating background music, but no more reports about mobile?

[ankitpradhn]

Microsoft anniversary update has made my laptop slow and my boot up take longer than usual time. any suggestion as in how to improve my speed??

[andromeda]

If you are not getting the update automatically via Windows Update, then just open Windows Update and click ''Learn More'' and it will open a web page for you to automatically download an installer and download the update manually and then setup will automatically install it for you. That's what I did.