With the release of Windows 10, Microsoft has changed the vision of releasing its operating system and made Windows a service. In this vision, instead of releasing a new version of Windows every three or four years, Microsoft has decided that Windows 10 is the latest edition of Windows in numerical terms (in the sense that there will be no Windows 11), releasing regular updates functionality
Because Windows 10 is a service, in addition to releasing continuous quality and critical updates, Microsoft releases two major updates called feature updates twice a year that change the version of Windows 10, add new options and features to the operating system and modify it also in an important way.
Generally, the first feature update of the year is released in April / May and the second feature update comes in October.
This change of vision still struggles to be understood by most users, among whom there are still those who wait for a Windows 11, those who ignore the existence of different versions of Windows 10 and those who do not install the new updated versions, for fear that something will not work (which is not an unfounded fear) or because, simply, they do not know of their existence.
READ ALSO: Switching to Windows 10 is still always free
In this confusion, Microsoft is certainly not free from blame, in the meantime because the automatic installation via Windows Update of these version updates of Windows 10 are very slow and not immediately available to everyone and then also because, as happened in the last, they can last minute bugs and errors discovered which lead to delay availability.
In the end, therefore, it may take a few months before a Windows 10 update is available for a PC.
After this premise, to find out what the latest version of Windows 10 is available, it is better to go to the installation download page and read which one you can download:
//www.microsoft.com/it-it/software-download/Windows10
At the center of the page you can read today the writing:
Windows 10 October 2018 Update is now available
The latest version of Windows 10 released today, therefore, is that of May 2019, version 1903.
The version number is not indicated on the page, but can be found by pressing the "Download tool now" button, which is used to download the Windows 10 installation tool called the Media Creation Tool.
The file downloaded from the Microsoft website page will have the version number, which is currently MediaCreationTool1903.exe
The version number indicates the year of release (19 stands for 2019) and the month (in this case 03 means March even if the update was released in May).
At this time when I write, therefore, the latest version of Windows 10, therefore, is 1903, released in May 2019.
READ ALSO: Download the Windows 10 update from the Media Creation Tool or Windows Update
How to check if you're using the latest version of Windows 10 "> clean install of Windows 10, deleting installed programs, while still keeping your personal files.
After installing an update, you can use the Winver.exe command in the search box on the taskbar and press the Enter key to check that the current version of Windows 10 is the latest.
FINAL NOTE
Microsoft allows everyone to install the version of Windows 10 still officially released, for those who want to always have the latest version, even if with the risk of making the PC unstable and with some errors.
To do this, you must activate what is called the Windows Insider Program program.
To activate it, go to Settings, to the Update and Security section and scroll the right side down to Windows Insider Program .
You can then activate the program to download the preview of the latest version of Windows 10 which will come out with the next feature update.
Being an Insider not only means being among the top of the list to receive free Windows 10 updates, but also being able to participate in the development of the future operating system, providing feedback and comments that could be taken into consideration by Microsoft to make changes in the future . Microsoft warns of possible problems resulting from the installation of updates that have not yet been fully tested.
If after installing the insider build Preview version you want to go back, you can still go back to normal Windows 10 from the Settings> Update and security> Recovery menu.
For the 30 days following the installation of the latest insider build, you can go back and undo the changes.
After 30 days, however, the only way to go back will be using a backup, which is advisable to do before starting with the Insider program.
Because Windows 10 is a service, in addition to releasing continuous quality and critical updates, Microsoft releases two major updates called feature updates twice a year that change the version of Windows 10, add new options and features to the operating system and modify it also in an important way.
Generally, the first feature update of the year is released in April / May and the second feature update comes in October.
This change of vision still struggles to be understood by most users, among whom there are still those who wait for a Windows 11, those who ignore the existence of different versions of Windows 10 and those who do not install the new updated versions, for fear that something will not work (which is not an unfounded fear) or because, simply, they do not know of their existence.
READ ALSO: Switching to Windows 10 is still always free
In this confusion, Microsoft is certainly not free from blame, in the meantime because the automatic installation via Windows Update of these version updates of Windows 10 are very slow and not immediately available to everyone and then also because, as happened in the last, they can last minute bugs and errors discovered which lead to delay availability.
In the end, therefore, it may take a few months before a Windows 10 update is available for a PC.
After this premise, to find out what the latest version of Windows 10 is available, it is better to go to the installation download page and read which one you can download:
//www.microsoft.com/it-it/software-download/Windows10
At the center of the page you can read today the writing:
Windows 10 October 2018 Update is now available
The latest version of Windows 10 released today, therefore, is that of May 2019, version 1903.
The version number is not indicated on the page, but can be found by pressing the "Download tool now" button, which is used to download the Windows 10 installation tool called the Media Creation Tool.
The file downloaded from the Microsoft website page will have the version number, which is currently MediaCreationTool1903.exe
The version number indicates the year of release (19 stands for 2019) and the month (in this case 03 means March even if the update was released in May).
At this time when I write, therefore, the latest version of Windows 10, therefore, is 1903, released in May 2019.
READ ALSO: Download the Windows 10 update from the Media Creation Tool or Windows Update
How to check if you're using the latest version of Windows 10 "> clean install of Windows 10, deleting installed programs, while still keeping your personal files.
After installing an update, you can use the Winver.exe command in the search box on the taskbar and press the Enter key to check that the current version of Windows 10 is the latest.
FINAL NOTE
Microsoft allows everyone to install the version of Windows 10 still officially released, for those who want to always have the latest version, even if with the risk of making the PC unstable and with some errors.
To do this, you must activate what is called the Windows Insider Program program.
To activate it, go to Settings, to the Update and Security section and scroll the right side down to Windows Insider Program .
You can then activate the program to download the preview of the latest version of Windows 10 which will come out with the next feature update.
Being an Insider not only means being among the top of the list to receive free Windows 10 updates, but also being able to participate in the development of the future operating system, providing feedback and comments that could be taken into consideration by Microsoft to make changes in the future . Microsoft warns of possible problems resulting from the installation of updates that have not yet been fully tested.
If after installing the insider build Preview version you want to go back, you can still go back to normal Windows 10 from the Settings> Update and security> Recovery menu.
For the 30 days following the installation of the latest insider build, you can go back and undo the changes.
After 30 days, however, the only way to go back will be using a backup, which is advisable to do before starting with the Insider program.
