Windows 10 April Update Might Not Actually Arrive In April

by Brandon Hill — Wednesday, April 25, 2018, 12:07 PM EDT

There has been a lot of drama surrounding Microsoft's next major feature update for Windows 10. It was first rumored to be called the Spring Creators Update, following last year's Creators Update (Spring) and the Fall Creators Update (Fall). More recently, however, all signs are pointing towards the release being called the Windows 10 April Update.

While we don't have anything against the "April Update" naming, it's looking like the name could be out of style before it is ever released to the public. A new report alleges that the April Update will in fact land on May 8^thin the United States (May 9^thin China). May 8^thalso just so happens to coincide with Patch Tuesday for that month.

Windows 10 Apr Update will be released on May 9 : https://t.co/P3x6La3jFZ pic.twitter.com/A0Ys7Yu0Kx
— FaiKee (@FaiKeeF) April 25, 2018

The information comes courtesy of the FaiKee Twitter account, which says that it obtained this information from a memo that was sent by Microsoft to Chinese retailers. If this news is in fact accurate, it appears that going with the April Update naming isn't exactly the best PR move with an actual May release.

But of course, it wasn't supposed to happen this way. The Windows 10 April Update was originally supposed to be released to the public earlier this month, but was sidelined due to a "blocking bug". Microsoft would then go on to clarify what exactly caused the build to be put back on the test bench.

"As Build 17133 progressed through the rings, we discovered some reliability issues we wanted to fix," said Microsoft's Dona Sarkar. "In certain cases, these reliability issues could have led to a higher percentage of (BSOD) on PCs for example."

More recently, it was discovered that yet another bug threatened to delay the release. When selecting the "Set defaults by app" in Windows 10 Settings, a crash could be invoked.

As of now, the most recent build of Windows 10 available to the Slow and Release Preview rings is build 17134, which shouldbe certified as Windows 10 Version 1803.

Tags: Microsoft, Windows 10, (nasdaq:msft), spring creators update, windows 10 april update

Brandon Hill

Brandon received his first PC, an IBM Aptiva 310, in 1994 and hasn’t looked back since. He cut his teeth on computer building/repair working at a mom and pop computer shop as a plucky teen in the mid 90s and went on to join AnandTech as the Senior News Editor in 1999. Brandon would later help to form DailyTech where he served as Editor-in-Chief from 2008 until 2014. Brandon is a tech geek at heart, and family members always know where to turn when they need free tech support. When he isn’t writing about the tech hardware or studying up on the latest in mobile gadgets, you’ll find him browsing forums that cater to his long-running passion: automobiles.

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