The truth is Microsoft’s policy with Windows 10 is proving to be somewhat erratic, not to say completely contradictory. Let’s recall that at the dawn of summer 2021, shortly before the introduction of the then much-anticipated Windows 11 (exactly ten days before), those from Redmond published the date of the end of support for Windows 10, October 14, 2025 , in a little over a year and a half, closing the cycle that could put about 240 million computers out of service (unless they decide to switch to a Linux distribution, which would be the most sensible thing to do in this case). Unless, of course, its users are willing to look.

So, The last “major” update to the veteran operating system was Windows 10 22H2, published at the end of 2022, since then only security updates will be released for it, as well as updates designed to solve system problems. No new features, since then, which were reserved for Windows 11, in a movement clearly aimed at encouraging users to make the leap from 10 to 11. A movement that, unfortunately for those in Redmond, has not achieved the expected growth of the latest version of its desktop operating system .

Where I said, I say, I say Diego, who confirms the folk wisdom in these cases. So while Windows Copilot was originally supposed to be an exclusive feature of Windows 11, in November of last year we learned that Redmond’s interest in expanding the reach of its AI is above all else and subsequently announced that the assistant integrated into the operating system will come to Windows 10. The colleague Juan defined it quite precisely when he made the necessity of the virtues, although it is true that it was an exception.

Well, it seems that the precedent of bringing new features to the veteran operating system has been set, further progress can be expected in this regard. So as we read in MSPoweruser, The weather widget on the Windows 10 lock screen will be updated in the same way as in Windows 11. This new feature, which debuted exactly yesterday on the Microsoft Insiders Dev channel, was originally supposed to be exclusive to Windows 11 as well, but for some reason it seems they decided not to.

It’s a minor change, we won’t deny that, although I personally think it’s a pretty good improvement. However, The really interesting thing about all of this is Microsoft’s change with regards to Windows 10. What motivated you to decide to make this small but significant change to an operating system that already seemed to be forgotten in this sense? Everyone would say that Microsoft has given up on Windows 11 and that it has decided to shorten the wait for Windows 12 for users who are waiting for Windows 10 to see if this new version matches what they expected and did not find in Windows. 11.

How will the users who decided to stay on Windows 10 take it now? prioritizing system stability over new developments? We told you this morning that an OS update messed things up again, and that makes us wonder what might happen if Microsoft somehow and to some extent decides to add it back into feature updates and other news. .