Anniversary Update, is the first and the latest update from Microsoft after the release of Windows 10. It’s 8 months past the release of the tenth Windows version that Microsoft released this update and took over the world with its innovative and highly appealing features.

Windows 10 has been a hit among the users since its release. According to Microsoft, the customer satisfaction has been rising and customer engagement is also at an all-time high for Windows after the release of this latest version. Windows 10 usage statistics show up more than 350 million devices across the globe using this platform and mark its incredible 135+ billion hours usage till now.

While several enterprises are already up and going with the Windows 10 platform, many of them are yet planning to go for Windows 10 app development to gain significant business benefits from the latest Windows platform.

Adding up to the popularity of Windows 10, here come the new exciting features through the latest Anniversary Update. It’s called ‘Anniversary Update’ because it marks the completion of one whole year since Windows 10 was released.

Microsoft boasts to bring out improvements for consumers and enterprises through the anniversary update.

“The Anniversary Update will help people be more productive, stay safer online – and of course, have fun. Together, the Anniversary Update brings six areas of innovation and improvements to consumers and enterprises” writes Mr.Yusuf Mehdi, Corporate Vice President, Windows and Devices Group in his blog on Windows, while making an announcement for release of Windows 10 Anniversary update.

Here Mr.Yusuf Mehdi talks about the six incredible features which Windows 10 Anniversary update shall bring out for the consumers and organizations out there using Windows 10 devices. Following are those super six features that Windows 10 anniversary update offers.

• Improved Security for Consumers and Enterprises

Security has always been critical issue with online resources. With the day by day increasing threats to personal data and identity information, security becomes a matter of priority everyone. WIndows 10 is a highly reliable platform with built-in protection features. Improving this reliability with Windows 10, Anniversary Update comes up with lot more security innovations for both consumers as well as the organizations.

Security Innovations for Consumers

There are two BIG security innovations for consumer benefit in this update – Windows Hello and Windows Defender.

Windows Hello is an outstanding feature of Anniversary update that allows the users to unlock and sign into their devices, apps and protected websites in Microsoft Edge browser without a password. It allows for much better, quick and secured sign-in through a fingerprint or probably an iris scan. Microsoft Edge natively supports biometric authentication with a few supporting sites.

Windows Defender is a free anti-malware service that allows you to schedule quick, periodic scans of your PC automatically. It provides notifications and summaries when the scanning process is completed or any threats are found during the PC scan.

Security Innovations for Enterprises

Enterprises today are majorly impacted by security breaches and data threats. Hence, in order to protect the interests of their customers and avoid the costly cyber attacks, enterprises are now looking for advanced security options. Anniversary Update brings Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (WDATP) in order to protect corporate networks from malicious attacks. WDATP provides a more comprehensive threat intelligence and attack detection feature which not only detects, but also investigates, and responds to the attacks.

Now enterprises can tackle accidental data leaks with Windows Information Protection feature. This feature allows businesses to protect their corporate data from anywhere and moreover, enables them to separate personal and critical organisational data.

• Get the Pen’s Mightiness to Windows with Windows Ink

Anniversary update brings the process of writing to digital world with a new feature called Windows Ink. With Windows Ink, anyone can illustrate their creativity and learn through writing right on their digital devices rather than using a paper and pen for the purpose. You can draw, sketch on screenshot, make sticky notes to remember common tasks, draw custom routes in maps and do lot more.

• Get more productive with Cortana

Cortana is your new personal digital assistant just like SIRI in iOS. This anniversary update makes Cortana available right from the lock screen so that one can now ask questions, play music or set a reminder without unlocking screen. One can now save and recall information with visual reminders and give notifications and share information across Cortana using devices.

• Added Efficiency, Extensibility and Accessibility with Edge

Browser is a widely used application that allows users to surf videos, browse through the information on the internet, perform eCommerce activities and do lot more through internet. Microsoft Edge is an advanced version of the conventional browsers which offers efficiency with improved protection against security threats, extensibility by improving battery life and better accessibility through modern web standards and improved accessibility structure. The Edge browser offers power efficiency to your device with string power-saving improvements and minimising background processes and memory storage. It offers some useful extensions which can offer improved and personalized user experiences.

• Gaming gets better

Anniversary Update brings XBox Live which allows you stay connected with your friends and enjoy your games across various devices. The XBox Live offers play anywhere program that allows a user to buy once and enjoy playing games on Windows 10 devices and XBox One with shared processes. Yes, you can now share your achievements, progress and game saves with your friends across Windows 10 devices. You can now to quickly find new games, see your friends’ activities, turn on your XBox and do lot more using Cortana commands.

• New User Experience

Anniversary Update brings innovative improvements in start menu design, task view, lock screen, action center, battery options and emojis to redefine the user experiences with Windows platform.

Wrapping Up…

Hmmm….These are the major revolutionary changes that Anniversary Update has bought to Windows 10 platform. There are even smaller things like bug fixing, icon updates and more, which this update has bought up to the platform to improve user experiences. Several Windows 10 apps in the Windows store have also been updated to include new features which were not present in them earlier when developed on Windows 10 platform immediately after its release.

Hence, if you are planning for Windows 10 app development in the coming times, then Anniversary Update shall definitely add up to your profits as this will improve the demand for Windows 10 apps in the coming times.