What’s new in Windows 10 “Threshold R2” · 10586
- Edge can now sync your data, show tab previews and has an updated engine
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NEWNew Skype experience
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NEWNew customization settings for start, desktop and lockscreen
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NEWCortana has a new feature set and understands your handwriting
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NEWYou can now use Hyper-V’s within each other
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IMPROVEDThe Task View interface now functions more like Windows 8 in tablet mode
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IMPROVEDMany interface elements have been polished (icons, context menus)
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IMPROVEDAll apps have been updated to a more recent release
Start
- You can now show either 3 or 4 medium tiles per group
- Tiles now can have jumplists
- The start context menus have been updated to display icons and contain the app’s jumplist
- Cortana now also works for local accounts
- The context menus for tiles have been reorganized
- You can now share apps through this menu
- You can now review apps through this menu
- Desktop app tiles now can have their own color (Office 2013, Firefox, etc)
- Start now supports up to 2048 tiles (up from 512)
Interface
- The title bar of WinRT apps will now take the color of the splash screen while starting
- Context menus have a more consistent look
- When colors are set to the taskbar, start and action center, they now also apply to title bars
- The look for dropdowns has been changed system wide
- Jumplists have a new design
- Improved dark and light theming
- The text that is shown while preparing your account after an upgrade has been updated
Desktop
- When you snap a window and select another window to snap beside it, you can resize both windows at once (only horizontal)
- This needs to be enabled under System > Multitasking
Tablet mode
- Task View now allows to snap apps to the screen or replace apps
- You can now drag apps to the bottom in Task View to close them
Lock screen
- Windows Spotlight can now be set as the lock screen on all editions, not just the Home edition
- You can now disable the background for the logon screen
Features
- Cortana
- Cortana can now understand your inked notes
- Cortana can now track you movies and ticketed events
- Cortana can now warn you for missed phone calls
- Cortana can now save energy when you’re not using it
- Cortana can now sync your messaging and calling history
You can now use Hyper-V within another Hyper-V guest machine
Windows 10 Build 10586 (x86/x64) Retail & MSDN ISO
BitLocker has a new XTS-AES algorithm for encryption
Windows Update for Business is now available
Windows 10 Build 10586 Retail & MSDN ISO
Windows Store for Business is now available
Microsoft Edge
- Edge has been upgraded from version 20.10240 to 25.10586
- EdgeHTML has been upgraded from version 12.10240 to 13.10586
- Extended support for HTML5 and CSS3
- Support for the download-attribute in an anchor
- Support for the picture-element
- Support for :in-range, :out-of-range, :read-only and :read-write
- Support for font-size-adjust
- Support for input type=datetime-local
- Support for ellipses
- Support for Object RTC
- Support for HTML Templates
- Support for new input types
- Support for Pointer Lock
- Support for Canvas blending modes
- Improved support for ECMAScript 6 and 7
- You can now open proxy settings from within the Microsoft Edge settings
- You can now share media to other screens
- You can now use “Ask Cortana” when reading a PDF
- When a page is properly paginated, the next button will light up to go to the next page
- Tabs won’t resize when you’re closing tabs until your mouse leaves the tabbar
- Edge now shows previews of tabs
- You can now sync your favorites and reading list
- You can now cast media to other devices
- Middle-clicking the Edge-icon will now launch a new window
- The F12 tools can now be docked into the window
- The search engine setting now has its own pane
- The note feature has a new icon
Settings
- The Settings-icon on the taskbar has no longer a background color
- The Settings-tile is now transparent for non-fresh installs too
- The Settings app’s splash screen now uses the accent color of the user
- The About page now shows the Windows 10 logo in the user’s accent color
- Installing apps to another drive has been enabled again
- You can now change where Windows has to store offline maps
- Changing the scaling settings will now go in effect when changed, without clicking “Apply”
- You can now locate your device with GPS and Location tracking in “Find my device”
- The Windows Insider Ring now has to be set with a slider instead of a dropdown
- The Activation-screen no longer shows a product ID and key but the status if you’ve been digitally entitled
- You can now (dis)allow apps to access your call history
- You can now (dis)allow apps to access and send emails
- You can now make Windows select the correct time zone automatically
- The “Storage” tab now has icons for each file format
- You can let Windows notify you when there are issues with any USB-connected device
- The Insider settings now show your account details and allow you to stop receiving builds for a limited amount of days
- The Control Panel’s Theme Settings have been extended, back to the state from Windows 8.1
- The default apps are now marked as “Recommended for Windows 10” on the Default apps page
- There is a new “Learn more” link in Windows Update that is supposed to give you info on the latest updates
Windows Apps
- Windows Apps now have an opening and closing animation
- Windows Apps now can have jumplists
- Skype Video has been added as a default app
- Messaging has been added as a default app
- Phone has been added as a default app
- Sway has been added as a default app
- All build-in apps have been updated to more recent versions
And further
- Improved memory management
- You can now share feedback more easily with links to the app’s content
- Improvements to the text input panel, including expanding when more space is required and punctuation improvements
- New emojis have been added
- Some icons have been replaced
- There is a new system in place to warn you for common issues when using the Insider Preview
- The “Environmental Variables” window has been reworked
- You can now activate Windows 10 with a Windows 7, 8 or 8.1 key
- Windows will now claim to be version 1511, which probably stands for November 2015
- The build number of a public build no longer has to be dividable by 16
- The copyright has been changed to 2016
- Change log information taken from changewindows.org
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