Windows 10 news recap: Windows 10 reaches its second birthday, Creators Update available for all compatible devices and more

Jack Wilkinson

Windows 10 Build 2017

Welcome back to our Windows 10 news recap. We are continuing the trend of our weekly “Windows 10 news recap” series where we go over the top stories of the past week in the world of Microsoft’s flagship operating system.

Windows 10 is 2 years old today!

This week saw Windows 10 reach its second birthday. During the birthday celebrations, we take a look back at 2 years of Windows 10 and the major updates we’ve received over the past 24 months.

Windows 10 - 50 million business PCs

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) leaves beta, brings one small change

After being in its beta phase for some time, Microsoft’s built-in feature to manage a Linux environment within Windows 10, known as Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), is coming out of beta during the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update.

Windows 10 Creators Update is now available for all compatible devices

Those with devices that are compatible with the Windows 10 Creators Update will now all be able to install the latest feature update for Windows 10, now that the rollout is complete.

Windows 10 Creators Update

Windows 10’s “Continue on PC” app arrives on iOS

In the latest Windows 10 Insider build, 16251, Microsoft implemented new functionality to continue tasks from mobile platforms such as Android and iOS on to a Windows 10 device. Now, its new “Continue on PC” app is available for iOS devices.

That’s it for this week, we’ll be back next week with more Windows 10 news!