Microsoft is planning two major updates for Windows 10 in 2016 – ZDNet.be

Sources tell within the company that Microsoft is working with two updates that have to do with the core of Windows. One in the summer of 2016 and another one in the fall.

The updates are focused on new hardware and devices running Windows. Consider the Xbox Surface Hub, smartphones, HoloLens, Microsoft Band, Office and other products that rely on Windows. Redstone is the code name for these updates, as discovered Neowin, and a reference to Minecraft, the popular game which Microsoft bought last year.

According to current plans, Microsoft Windows 10 will provide monthly updates. In addition, the plans are also unveiled “Windows as a Service. The new operating system is to gain from this summer. Microsoft continues to make updates, even for components that do not belong to the core.

As part of the plans receive elements as Project Spartan, the new browser for Windows 10 and replacement of Internet Explorer updates from the Windows Store . This is to ensure that the latest functionalities as quickly as possible arrive at the end user. In Microsoft Windows Phone works the same way.

The Redstone Windows updates can not be seen as Windows 11 or Windows 12, but rather as Windows 10.1 with new options where all the different devices benefit. Microsoft wants to publish more details on the development of HoloLens and Windows 10 during Build later this month. Chances are “Windows as a Service and Redstone then be discussed. Although the latter is not yet certain, because the name is used internally only two months. So it may be too early for the company to share the plans already with the public.