Microsoft Win8.1 regular upgrade Major update only to Win 9

Computer Store News: The rumored Microsoft will release the Windows 8.1 Update 2 update, but this upgrade has not arrived, just a simple regular update. And Microsoft also made it clear that the next Windows 8.1 Update 2 update will not be released. The next major upgrade will be directly the Windows 9 operating system.

On August 12th, Microsoft released the "August Update" for Windows 8.1 upgrades with only minor improvements. These include precision adjustment of the touchpad, adding three new touchpad motion recognition: leaving the touchpad when the mouse is inserted, right-clicking on the touchpad, supporting double-clicking and dragging.

Microsoft released Windows 8.1 August update (image from TechRadar)

In addition, Microsoft has made Windows 8.1 fully compatible with Miracast, opening a set of APIs for transmission via Wi-Fi, enabling independent hardware manufacturing. Businesses and OEMs can develop related Miracast receiver devices; and SharePoint Online related updates, with login memory capabilities, simplifying the authentication process.

While these updates don’t seem to be eye-catching now, there will be some improvements like this every month. Enhanced updates may slowly turn Windows into a good use, as the Xbox team did before. system.

It is reported that in the future, Microsoft will only launch a regular upgrade of Windows 8.1 for about one month to gradually improve and improve the system. Microsoft's chief blogger Brandon LeBlanc said that these improvements are mainly divided into two aspects of security and non-security. For example, the Windows Store app store and OneDrive update in the previous period are non-security upgrades.